COMMENTARIES
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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...
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Regional Economy
IPCS Forecast: South Asian Regional Integration
Amita Batra · 12 Jan, 2015 · #4803 · Commentary · Column
In May 2014, when India made the unprecedented gesture of inviting the heads of all SAARC member-countries for the oath taking ceremony of its new Prime Minister, hopes were raised that a new beginning for regional cooperation in South Asia was ...
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The Strategist
The Af-Pak Entity: Seduction to Armageddon?
Vijay Shankar · 12 Jan, 2015 · #4802 · Commentary · Column
Armageddon is the mythical site of gathering of armies for battle that will end all. Its geographical location is shrouded in biblical lore and considerable controversy exists of its mercatorial coordinates, but its implications of the eventual ...
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Jammu & Kashmir State Elections
J&K Election Verdict: For Integration, Not Assimilation
Ashok Bhan · 08 Jan, 2015 · #4801 · Commentary
A credible democratic exercise has just concluded in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Media is agog with rumours on government formation based more on arithmetic than any analysis on how the outcome could be best utilised to strengthen the peace pro...
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Democratic Invitation to a Soft Coup
Pakistan: The Military Courts
D Suba Chandran · 08 Jan, 2015 · #4800 · Commentary
Of all the coups, overt and covert since 1947, the military in Pakistan should be smiling at the invitation by the Parliament to set up military courts. As a phenomenon and institution, the military courts are not new in the democratic history o...
