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India-Bhutan: A Model of Friendship?
Kunkhen Dorji examines the role of China in India-Bhutan relations

Guns and Youth: Preserving our Future
D. Suba Chandran deconstructs who should be held responsible for the wanton destruction of self and the rest

Bangladesh Elections: Would the Shahbagh Upsurge Bring the Awami League Back?
Suvolaxmi Dutta Choudhury assesses the impact of the movement on the prospects of the party in the impending elections

Sri Lanka and China: The India Factor
V. Suryanarayan on the role of India and China in Sri Lankan political thinking

Sri Lanka: Use and Abuse of History
V. Suryanarayan deconstructs the truth behind Sinhalese-Tamil relations through the centuries

Bhutan and China: Two Friendly Dragons?
Kunkhen Dorji on the future course of Bhutanese foreign policy vis-a-vis India and China

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Attack on Afghan convoy kills 3 drivers; southern police chief survives car bomb
Washington Post, 17 June 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns into a convoy carrying goods to the Afghan capital on Monday, killing three drivers and wounding two others, an official said.Two of the container trucks caught...

Jayalalitha accuses centre of silence over fishermen issue
Indian Express, 17 June 2013
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha today accused the Centre of not engaging the Sri Lankan government in any dialogue to resolve the issue of attacks on fishermen from the state and maintaining a 'stoic' and 'apathetic' silence over...

Roadside bomb kills 5 police in Afghanistan
Washington Post, 15 June 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb struck a police van in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five police as they were on their way to a training session, authorities said. Seven other police were wounded in the early morning blast in Paktika...

6 Afghan policemen found shot dead at checkpoint in possible insider attack, official says
Washington Post, 13 June 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Six Afghan policemen were found shot at their checkpoint in the country’s south and two other policemen were missing, raising suspicions they killed their comrades, an official said  Thursday.District chief...

Motorcycle bomb kills 2, wounds 15 in southern Afghanistan amid wave of violence
Washington Post, 12 June 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A motorcycle bomb killed an Afghan soldier and a civilian Wednesday and wounded 15 other people in southern Afghanistan, officials said. The blast was near a market in Helmand province’s heavily contested Sangin district,...

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Issue Briefs, Special Reports, Research Papers
Social Media: Sri Lanka's New War Zone
J Jeganaathan
Issue Brief 226
Contemporary Myanmar: Challenges to Political Process and Reconciliation
Sonu Trivedi
Research Paper 28
China and its Peripheries: Beijing and India-Sri Lanka Relations
N Manoharan
Issue Brief 217
Emerging Security Architecture in Southeast & East Asia: The American Pivot and Rebalancing
PR Chari
Issue Brief 210
Analyzing Failure: Pakistan and the Failed States Index
Lidia Leoni
Special Report 137
Building Bridges: A Regional Dialogue
Panchali Saikia , Pradeepa Viswanathan and Ruhee Neog
Conference Report 42
Afghanistan & the International Community: Limitations of Engagement
Aryaman Bhatnagar
Issue Brief 194
Expanding Economic Activity along the Sino-Indian Border & Developing Infrastructure for Connectivity
Bhavna Singh
Conference Report 41
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2012 Sixth Annual Conference
Annapoorna Karthika , Aryaman Bhatnagar , Medha Chaturvedi , Panchali Saikia , Pradeepa Viswanathan , Priyanka Dutta Choudhury and Vasundhra Thakur
Conference Report 39
Connecting South Asia: Experimenting with the Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Model
Panchali Saikia
Issue Brief 189
books
Armed Conflicts in South Asia 2011: The Promise and Threat of Transformation
Edited by D. Suba Chandran and P.R. Chari
New Delhi: Routledge India
Book reviews
Yogesh Joshi reviews
On Nuclearization in South Asia: Two Interpretations
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