Amidst all the talk about the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight being hijacked for a possible September 11-style attack on an Indian city, it is necessary to look at the state of our security preparedness and whether India has adequate air defences to deal with such an aerial attack. Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow, Gateway House, explains.
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The talk about the missing Malaysian airlines being hijacked for an attack on an Indian city has necessitated an assessment of India’s counter-terrorism preparedness. India has strengthened its air defences on the tactical front but lags behind in intelligence sharing in aerial, land and maritime terror attacks
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Discussions at the recent India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing focused on Chinese investment in infrastructure in India. China’s strategy of funding projects in India comes from practical necessity – to meet the demands of China's growing middle class for affordable, market based services
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Efforts to reform credit rating agencies after the 2008 financial crisis have failed to address concerns about their ability to assess a nation’s financial status. Issues like private interests and a disregard for the diversity of development models have made it imperative to think of a new multilateral agency
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CNBC-TV18 interviewed Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, on the geopolitical risks that Russia poses post its annexation of Crimea. She said sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union are likely to increase
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At a recent conference on the ‘Economics of Happiness’ in Bangalore, opponents of globalisation outlined a vision of an economic system rooted in community, localisation and fairness. However, convincing everyone to think beyond GDP growth and look at harmonious “intelligent growth” will be a challenge
On March 2, a group of attackers burst into a railway station in the south-west city of Kunming and began stabbing people at random. Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow, analyses and comments on the situation.
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Rediff.com, an online news agency published an article written by Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House. In the article she talks about a conference which highlighted the need to find a new way to think about the economic system
Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, analyses the recently concluded G20 Finance Ministers & Central Bank Governors Meeting in Sydney. He discusses the highlights from the communique, IMF reform, U.S. Fed quantitative easing, and taxation.
After months of protests Ukrainian president Yanukovych was forced to flee and a new government was sworn in. Now pro-Russian groups in Crimea are fighting for supremacy and Russia has mobilised troops to secure its interests in Crimea. Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House analyses the situation.