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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...
  • 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.  Click here to read the full report  Contra...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 . The ...
  • IPCS Forecast: Myanmar in 2015
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   21 Jan, 2015    ·    #4817    ·    Commentary    
    2014 was a year of ups and downs for Myanmar. Naypyidaw successfully completed its ASEAN chairmanship that enhanced the country’s legitimacy both within the region and internationally. However, in the domestic arena, Myanmar did not fare w...
  • IPCS Forecast: China in 2015
    Teshu Singh    ·   21 Jan, 2015    ·    #4816    ·    Commentary    
    The year 2014 can be considered the new leadership’s first year of functioning’. As predicted in early 2014 (China 2013: New Leadership), the foregoing year saw a more assertive China at the global level. Towards the end of the year,...
  • IPCS Forecast: Towards a Nuclear Deal with Iran in 2015
    Ruhee Neog    ·   19 Jan, 2015    ·    #4815    ·    Commentary    
    2014 was a year of significant global political upheaval; one in which the US, first among equals, had to repeatedly prove its diplomatic mettle. Of these, the Iran-West rapprochement and negotiations for a political settlement on the Iranian nu...
  • IPCS Forecast: Islamic State in 2015
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy    ·   19 Jan, 2015    ·    #4814    ·    Commentary    
    In 2014, the world, already engaged in the tedious task of controlling and eliminating several religious radical terrorist groups, came face to face with a new and more brutal terrorist group, the Islamic State (IS). This group has proven itself...
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