COMMENTARIES
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Indian Ocean Region
Australia-India-China: IOR Procurement Race for Submarines
Stephen Westcott · 24 Mar, 2015 · #4853 · Commentary
As most of the international community focuses on maritime events taking place in East Asia, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has been witnessing its own naval arms race in recent years. Increasingly at the forefront of countries’ maritime pr...
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The Role of Geopolitics in Myanmar’s Resource Curse
Suparna Banerjee · 24 Mar, 2015 · #4852 · Commentary
Myanmar’s abundance in resources similar to the existence of the Roman god with two faces, Janus. In the country’s historical transition, natural resources could either prove to be key to Myanmar’s economically developed future...
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Book Review: 'Indonesia’s Rise, Seeking Regional and Global Roles'
Navrekha Sharma · 17 Mar, 2015 · #4851 · Commentary
Vibhanshu Shekhar’s book, ‘Indonesia’s Rise’, is an account of the country’s role and international standing, nearly two decades after Soeharto’s dictatorship and the advent of democracy. It is easy today to f...
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Red Affairs
Return of the Native: CPI-Maoist in Kerala
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 16 Mar, 2015 · #4850 · Commentary · Column
On 7 December 2014, in the first ever incident of its type, personnel of Thunderbolt, the elite paramilitary commando unit of the Kerala Police exchanged fire with a six-member team of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) at the Chap...
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The Strategist
State of Play: Non-Proliferation, Fissile Material Cut-Offs and Nuclear Transparency
Vijay Shankar · 09 Mar, 2015 · #4849 · Commentary · Column
Tools that promote a stable nuclear relationship between nations are characterised by a congruence of views on non-proliferation of weapon and vector technologies, fissile material control and strategic transparency; the last makes clear the str...
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Looking East
Dimapur Lynching: Mirror to Nagaland’s Security Scene
Wasbir Hussain · 09 Mar, 2015 · #4848 · Commentary · Column
In a blatant defiance of the country’s justice system and the rule of law, a 5000-strong mob stormed the central jail in Nagaland’s commercial hub, Dimapur, on 05 March, dragged a rape accused out, paraded him through the streets aft...
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Islamic State in Af-Pak: The �Wilayat Khurasan� Conundrum
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 04 Mar, 2015 · #4847 · Commentary
In January 2015, the Islamic State (IS), in a statement, called on the militants operating in the Af-Pak region to pledge their allegiance to their chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his ‘Caliphate’. They declared ‘Wilayat Khurasan...
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Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Where Does It Stand?
Kalpana Jha · 04 Mar, 2015 · #4846 · Commentary
While truth is a mirror to the past, reconciliation is the road into the future. Uncovering the truth to attain reconciliation is an intrinsic step for all post-conflict societies. In such societies, reconciliation involves an elaborate engageme...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka: President Sirisena’s First One Hundred Days
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 04 Mar, 2015 · #4845 · Commentary · Column
“Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”
Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days
51 days have passed, and 49 remain to fulfill the election promises of the 100-day reform introduced by the newly elected re...
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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean: Modi on a Maritime Pilgrimage
Vijay Sakhuja · 02 Mar, 2015 · #4844 · Commentary · Column
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maldives, Mauritius Seychelles and Sri Lanka during this month to reinforce India’s foreign policy objectives. A number of political, economic, social and security issues would constitute the agenda ...
