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31 August 2016

LEMOA: a natural progression in Indo-U.S. ties

Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar visited the U.S. this week, where he signed the long awaited Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement with Ash Carter, his American counterpart. Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism Studies, Gateway House, discusses the content and significance of the agreement, and prospects for Indo-U.S. defence ties.

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25 August 2016

Scorpene data leak will delay deployment

On the 24 August 2016, 22,000 pages of classified documents from France's DCNS was leaked. The documents contained sensitive information regarding India's newly acquired Scorpene-class submarines. Sameer Patil, National Security fellow at Gateway House summarises what has happened, and why this will only a small setback to the deployment of the submarines.

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25 August 2016

China’s G20: Structural reforms are key

China will be hosting the G20 Summit in Hangzhou on the 4-5 September 2016. Huang Wei, Director of Research, Department of Global Governance, IWEP-CASS, gave an interview on the sidelines of T20 Mumbai where she discussed how structural reforms can add energy to the world economy and help stabilise financial markets.