COMMENTARIES
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Spotlight West Asia
New Leadership Lineup in Saudi Arabia: Reading the Tea Leaves
Ranjit Gupta · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4827 · Commentary · Column
In Saudi Arabia, the incumbent King has the absolute right to designate a successor who is titled as the Crown Prince. However, with an eye to ensure acceptable successions in the future given the intense factional rivalries within the royal fam...
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Looking East
Insurgency in Northeast India: The Chinese Link
Wasbir Hussain · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4826 · Commentary · Column
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has just ended a four-day visit to China where she discussed “bilateral, regional and global issues of concern” for both countries. The range of discussions with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi...
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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean: Exploring Maritime Domain Awareness
Vijay Sakhuja · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4825 · Commentary · Column
Attacks on maritime targets such as the USS Cole and MV Limburg off Yemen by al Qaeda, the 2008 Mumbai attacks by the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and the 2014 attempt on Pakistan Navy ship by al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) ...
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East Asia Compass
Japan-South Korea: Antagonism Despite Alignment
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4824 · Commentary · Column
On 29 December 2014, Japan and South Korea concluded a military intelligence-sharing agreement related to the North Korean nuclear and missile programmes. It is a three-way pact in which the US is the connecting party. The negotiations between S...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka: A Silent Revolution
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 02 Feb, 2015 · #4823 · Commentary · Column
The dramatic build-up to the Presidential election in Sri Lanka on 08 January 2015 turned out a silent revolution. The common candidate who ran against the then President Rajapaksa was from within his Government. President Sirisena’s inten...
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Dhaka Discourse
IPCS Forecast: Bangladesh in 2015
Delwar Hossain · 31 Jan, 2015 · #4822 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Dhaka Discourse', is the precis of a larger document titled 'Bangladesh in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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India-Nepal: Disparate Partners in Fuel Diplomacy
Kalpana Jha · 29 Jan, 2015 · #4821 · Commentary
At a time when developed countries are expanding fuel diplomacy and exploring alternative options for fuel, Nepal is completely dependent on India for the supply all kinds of fuel such as petrol, diesel, domestic LPG and jet fuel. This issue of ...
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Pakistan, Militancy and the New Paradigm
Will the Genie Want to Go Back?
D Suba Chandran · 29 Jan, 2015 · #4820 · Commentary
Ever since the horrible attack on school children in Peshawar, there have been a series of measures within Pakistan in responding to militancy. A National Plan has been prepared; military courts have been constitutionally set up to deal with the...
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J&K: Nailing the Lies
Shujaat Bukhari · 27 Jan, 2015 · #4819 · Commentary
When 46-year-old Liaqat Shah of frontier district Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir was arrested on March 23, 2013 at the Indo-Nepal border as a “suspected” Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist, it created a furor in Kashmir. From a commoner ...
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East Asia Compass
IPCS Forecast: East Asia in 2015
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 21 Jan, 2015 · #4818 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'East Asia Compass', is the precis of a larger document titled 'East Asia in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
Click here to read the full report .
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