COMMENTARIES
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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...
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India-Pakistan Relations: A New Low
Shujaat Bukhari · 07 Jan, 2015 · #4799 · Commentary
Relations between India and Pakistan are again at a new low as hostilities across the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir have intensified. At least seven people including civilians have been killed in th...
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India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Reviewing NFU and Massive Retaliation
Gurmeet Kanwal · 07 Jan, 2015 · #4798 · Commentary
The BJP’s election manifesto had promised to review India’s nuclear doctrine to “make it relevant to challenges of current times…” Regardless of election-time rhetoric, it is necessary that important government pol...
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Maritime Matters
IPCS Forecast: The Indian Ocean in 2015
Vijay Sakhuja · 06 Jan, 2015 · #4797 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Maritime Matters', is the precis of a larger document titled 'The Indian Ocean in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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East Asia Compass
China-North Korea: Reasons for Reconciliation
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 06 Jan, 2015 · #4796 · Commentary · Column
On the occasion of the third death anniversary of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il on 17 December 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a special message to the North Korean embassy in Beijing. The Chinese President underlined the significance ...
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Voice from America
Obama’s Rapprochement with Cuba
Amit Gupta · 05 Jan, 2015 · #4795 · Commentary
For the first six years of his presidency President Obama played nice with the Republicans in the hope that they would enact significant domestic policy reforms. Instead, he was met with obstruction and efforts to derail his most significant dom...
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Spotlight West Asia
IPCS Forecast: West Asia in 2015
Ranjit Gupta · 05 Jan, 2015 · #4794 · Commentary · Column
This edition of the IPCS Column, 'Spotlight West Asia', is the precis of a larger document titled 'West Asia in 2015', published under the IPCS Forecast 2015 series.
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