Sandeep Jain writes:The Indo-African summit is presently on in New Delhi. There is lot of focus on trade, investment, strategic partnership, historical linkages between India and the African continent as also country specific bilateral issues such as import of oil from Nigeria
US Warship Testing Chinese Military Strategy in SCS
Roshan Writes: The speculations that US ships will be patrolling SCS has come to en end as according to US defense officialsaa US navy guided missile destroyer USS Lassen sailed close to China’s Subi and Mischief Reef .
TPP – Reasons For Chinese Exclusion and Should India Join?
Sandeep Jain Writes: The TPP is a continuation in the trend of having regional trade and economic forums / agreements over and above the global architectures such as WTO.
India’s UNSC Quest: P5 Countries ambiguous approach
Dr. Nivedita Das Kundu writes: India has been vigorously following its quest for United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) permanent membership. In the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India has pressed for text based negotiations as a step to move forward the agenda of UNSC reform and expansion which was held-up aimlessly in the working group for last many years.
NASA Building Space Shotgun To Blast Asteroids
Sanjay Kumar Writes: Scientists at NASA are working on a giant space shotgun capable of smashing rocks out of asteroids. It is hoped the shotgun will allow experts test asteroid strength and will eventually be used as part of NASA’s Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM).
USI- RINSA,Joint Project on ‘Emerging Geo-political Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region: Its Implication for Regional Peace and Security’
USI in collaboration with Research Institute for National Security Affairs (RINSA),KNDU, South Korea is working on a joint project titled ‘Emerging Geo-political Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region: Its Implication for Regional Peace and Security’.