COMMENTARIES
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Red Affairs
IPCS Forecast: Left-wing Extremism in 2015
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4813 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Red Affairs', is the precis of a larger document titled 'Left-wing Extremism in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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At the onset of 201...
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Australia & India: A New Era in Defence Cooperation?
Stephen Westcott · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4812 · Commentary
Following a particularly productive year in Indo-Australian relations that saw great strides most notably in defence cooperation, it is timely to reflect upon the events and ask two key questions: what is the status of the bilateral defence relati...
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India’s Defence Procurement: The Indigenisation Challenge
Saumitra Mohan · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4811 · Commentary
Pragmatism informed by the appreciation of national interests seems to have given way to a garbled policy of compromising national security in favour of playing safe to avoid the accusations of ‘kickbacks’ in defence purchases. One r...
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Indo-Pacific
IPCS Forecast: Southeast Asia in 2015
Shankari Sundararaman · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4810 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Indo-Pacific', is the precis of a larger document titled 'Southeast Asia in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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One of the mos...
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Sri Lankan Presidential Election
The Fall of Rajapaksa: Why Democracies Fail Strongmen
D Suba Chandran · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4809 · Commentary
Last January in 2014, none would have predicted the fall of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa. At that time, he was gathering momentum politically every passing day; political opposition within Sri Lanka – both inside and outside the ...
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J&K
Governor's Rule and PDP's Dilemma
Shujaat Bukhari · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4808 · Commentary
Even after a high voter turnout that was witnessed for the first time in last 28 years, Jammu and Kashmir failed to get a government. Eighteen days after the results to tumultuous assembly elections were declared, political parties could not cobbl...
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Indus-tan
IPCS Forecast: Pakistan in 2015
Sushant Sareen · 19 Jan, 2015 · #4807 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Indus-tan', is the precis of a larger document titled 'Pakistan in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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Dateline Islamabad
IPCS Forecast: Pakistan in 2015
Salma Malik · 17 Jan, 2015 · #4806 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Dateline Islamabad', is the precis of a larger document titled 'Pakistan in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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Himalayan Frontier
IPCS Forecast: Nepal in 2015
Pramod Jaiswal · 14 Jan, 2015 · #4805 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Himalayan Frontier', is a precis of the larger document of the same name, that is part of the IPCS's 'Forecast 2015' series.
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Sri Lanka after Rajapaksa: A New Chapter with India?
V Suryanarayan · 14 Jan, 2015 · #4804 · Commentary
The unprecedented democratic upsurge in Sri Lanka, which brought to an end the despotic regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been hailed as the harbinger of a new chapter in Sri Lanka’s turbulent history. While the minority votes tilted the ba...
