COMMENTARIES
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Using Defence for Development: New Policy Options for India
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 13 Nov, 2014 · #4737 · Commentary
Defence and development have remained watertight compartments in India’s national security discourse and are largely perceived within the ‘guns versus butter debate’. Both compete for the scarce resources and hesitate to reach ...
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UNSC Resolution 2178
Fighting Foreign Fighters: New Legislations
Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith · 13 Nov, 2014 · #4736 · Commentary
Over the course of this year, the threat of Islamist terror changed dramatically for the worse. 13,000 people who do not belong either to Syria, or Iraq, now fight for the terrorist group, the Islamic State (IS) in its battles in Syria and Iraq....
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Maritime Silk Road: Increasing Chinese Inroads into the Maldives
Srikanth Kondapalli · 13 Nov, 2014 · #4735 · Commentary
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s September 2014 visit to the Maldives was his first visit to South Asia, indicating to the balance of power dimension with India. Through the joint press communiqué on September 15, China secured the Ma...
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Regional Economy
18th SAARC Summit: An Economic Agenda
Amita Batra · 11 Nov, 2014 · #4734 · Commentary · Column
The 18th SAARC summit is scheduled to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, in a little less than three weeks from now. The theme of the summit is ‘deeper integration for peace and prosperity’. Deeper integration, in addition to the cre...
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Eagle Eye
Has President Obama Turned Lame Duck?
Chintamani Mahapatra · 10 Nov, 2014 · #4733 · Commentary · Column
The US’ mid-term Congressional election result was, in the perception of the Republican Party – that came to control the US Congress for the first time in last eight years – a referendum on incumbent President Barack Obama&rsqu...
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The Strategist
Of Lawrence, Sykes-Picot and al-Baghdadi
Vijay Shankar · 10 Nov, 2014 · #4732 · Commentary · Column
Islamic State's Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a July 2014 speech at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul vowed that "this blessed advance will not stop until we hit the last nail in the coffin of the Sykes-Picot conspiracy."
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Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh: Designs and Network in India
N Manoharan · 07 Nov, 2014 · #4731 · Commentary
In the wake of Burdwan blast, the Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently ordered an immediate neutralisation of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror modules in India. What is the JMB? What are its designs and network in India?
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India-Sri Lanka: Time to Settle the Fishermen Issue
N Manoharan · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4730 · Commentary
The recent death sentences issued by a Sri Lankan court to five Indian fishermen on drug-trafficking charges has once again highlighted the urgent need for finding a durable solution to the fishermen issue between India and Sri Lanka.
The var...
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Voice from America
Mid-Term Elections: So What If the US Swings Hard Right?
Amit Gupta · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4729 · Commentary
The Republican party has won the US senate and added to its majority in the House of Representatives. Optimists think this will usher in a new era of cooperation between the White House and Congress much as what happened when Presidents Ro...
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Af-Pak Diary
Can Pakistan Reset its Relations with Afghanistan?
D Suba Chandran · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4728 · Commentary · Column
The recent International Crisis Group (ICG) report on the Af-Pak region, following its excellent previous reports on the same subject, now addresses a crucial question: Can Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan be reset?
The report fo...
