2017-03-07T03:39:39+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Post the 2003 Iraq war, the debate regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was confined mostly to the realm of nuclear weapons for more than a decade. The perception that WMDs are not for actual use but for deterrence broadly continues to hold in the post Cold War period too. [...]
2017-02-24T18:17:30+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Egypt has always valued its friendship and strong bonds with India. For centuries, the peoples of these two ancient civilisations have engaged in cultural and economic exchanges. In the modern era, our leaders Saad Zaghloul and Mahatma Gandhi struggled against colonialism in the quest for freedom and national independence. [...]
2017-02-20T01:21:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
The article below explores Why India Succeeded (And Pakistan Failed) In Keeping The Army Out Of Politics !!! […]
2017-02-18T12:39:37+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
The horrific suicide attack at a Sufi shrine in Sehwan in Pakistan’s Sindh province that killed at least 80 people, underscores fears about the Islamic State gaining strength in the country. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, among the most venerated of Sufi [...]
2017-02-13T20:15:22+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
1)South China Sea – The geopolitics and it’s impact on India :- Background :- South China Sea (hereafter referred as SCS) , has been in news for past few years, but the confrontation has never grown out of context or become large enough to be a major flash point [...]
2017-02-13T20:10:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Prelude :- The Middle east is in ruins, Civil war and games of geopolitics derailed the development, peace and prosperity pursuits of this region.In this context we at UPSCTREE observed that :- “Spring has long left the Arab,The Arab world is now at cross roads with “destination Anarchy” on every [...]
2017-02-06T21:30:19+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
Legislation has now been introduced in the US House of Representatives which, among other things, calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $1,30,000, making it difficult for firms to use the programme to replace American employees with foreign workers, including from India. The question [...]
2017-02-05T16:28:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|
At the heart of India’s China problem is an Indian inability to size up the Middle Kingdom and the meaning of its spectacular rise and to devise realistic responses to meet the attendant challenges. To be fair, this is not an affliction of New Delhi alone. Successive American administrations have [...]
2017-01-31T03:38:38+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|Tags: geopolitics|
There has been a tectonic shift in the global geopolitical economy, to which powers such as the U.S., China and Russia have responded. However, India is yet to formulate a worldview even as Asia, after a gap of 260 years, is again set to become the centre of the world. [...]
2017-01-31T03:45:00+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Editorials, FP & IR|Tags: national security|
Security is always a work in progress and there is nothing absolutist about it; it is always long-term in outlook. Yet, there are nuances which can be taken stock of, issues which have perhaps long been clamouring for attention but complexities of management have rarely afforded an opportunity to visit [...]
