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Some takeaways from the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace
October 11, 2012Even as imagined and real cyber security threats scale new heights, the story coming out of the recently concluded Second International Conference on Cyberspace in Budapest was one of a...
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The Existing Biological Threat: Evaluating the Seventh Review Conference of...
IDSA Occasional Paper No. 28 2012 Bio terrorism is emerging more as possibility in the 21st century not only because of the changing nature of terrorism but also because of rapid growth in life...
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China to Launch Satellite for Sri Lanka: India’s Missed Opportunity?
November 16, 2012India has much to learn from China with regard to using space as an ‘instrument of influence’ and also needs to expand the global footprint of its expertise.
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The Indian Space Programme in 2012: A Review
January 2, 2013While 2012 saw ISRO’s 100th space mission, its continued dependence on a single operational launch vehicle in the form of the PSLV has meant dependence on foreign launch services for...
View ArticleNBC threats and India's Preparedness
July-December 2012 With new developments in the field of science and technology it is becoming very tough for countries to change the level of security preparedness. It is also becoming increasingly...
View ArticleGlobal Health Security for Collaborative Countering of Bio-threat Agents and...
July-December 2012 In the post globalisation era, countries around the globe have teamed up to cooperate on various issues which include issues related to environment security to maritime security....
View ArticleCivil Society, Chemical Industry and the Chemical Weapons Convention
July-December 2012 Civil society has played a very important role in the framing of the regime against chemical weapons. Following the adoption of the Biological Weapons Convention in 1972, Civil...
View ArticleChemical Weapons Profile of Angola
July-December 2012 Angola, a country in southern Africa, which has no officially confirmed history of possession and use of chemical weapons by the state. However, it should be noted that South...
View ArticleThe Third Review Conference of the State Parties of the Chemical Weapons...
July-December 2012 The Third Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is scheduled to take place in Hague during 8-19 April 2013. The previous two review conferences were held in...
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India’s New Science Policy is about Innovation
January 9, 2013STI 2013 envisages the creation of a word-class infrastructure for R&D and skill development as well as encouraging the scientific community by providing adequate opportunities and...
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A Missile in the Monkey’s Shadow?
January 31, 2013Iran’s investments in space should not be viewed only through the narrow prism of a nuclear threat but as a nascent attempt to challenge the West’s technological domination.
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Successful PSLV-C20/SARAL Mission: India’s French “Space” Connect
March 7, 2013For almost the last 50 years, space collaboration has significantly remained intact between France and India. They have worked together on a range of issues from satellite applications,...
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Innovation: The New Mantra for Science and Technology Policies in India,...
March 7, 2013“Innovation” has become a buzz word in recent science and technology policies of various countries. It has also been given ample importance in the science and technology policies and...
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China’s ‘String of pearls’ in Space
March 21, 2013A ‘pearl’ could be viewed as a sphere of influence seeded, secured and maintained through the use of economic, geopolitical, diplomatic or military means.
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India's Nuclear Triad: A Net Assessment
IDSA Occasional Paper No. 31 2013 This paper discusses such delivery mechanisms commonly known together as nuclear triad in the Indian context. The paper has four major parts. The first part attempts...
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Outer space comes closer to a regime
May 20, 2013The Group of Government Experts need to take into consideration complex and inter-related concerns of space activities before formulating the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures....
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Syria and WMD: Deepening Uncertainty
June 3, 2013Even as the uncertainty over the alleged use of chemical weapons use in Syria deepens, the cautious US response to the situation has been conditioned by the lack of viable military options...
View ArticleAccomplishments in the Elimination of Chemical Weapons - A Fact Sheet
January-June 2013 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) that was signed in January 1993 and came into force in 1997 could now be viewed as the most successful arms control mechanism. However, with eight...
View ArticleCWC and OPCW: Future Course and Challenges
January-June 2013 In the last few years, the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) originally designed to eliminate chemical weapons, has paid attention also towards economic and technological...
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Cyber Security Dilemma
June 18, 2013Any cyber architecture can be viewed as a doubled edged sword – either ignore it and be exposed or use it to one’s advantage. Cyber espionage is here to stay.
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