COMMENTARIES
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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...
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Spotlight West Asia
Islamic State: The Efficacy of Counter-strategies
Ranjit Gupta · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4727 · Commentary · Column
The efficacy of the US strategy to defeat the Islamic State (IS) can only be meaningfully evaluated in the context of the current regional and international geopolitical configurations. It should be self-evident that there is no possibility at a...
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Dateline Colombo
Connecting Sri Lanka: Train to Jaffna
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4726 · Commentary · Column
On 09 November, the world will remember the fall of the Iron Curtain. Twenty five years from this date the Berlin Wall was dismantled; this iconic moment triggered the end of the Cold War. One may wonder what journey a contemporary super power s...
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Himalayan Frontier
The Future of SAARC is Now
Pramod Jaiswal · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4725 · Commentary · Column
The 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit is taking place in Kathmandu at the historic moment when South Asia is going through massive transformation. India elected Narendra Modi as its prime minister with an overw...
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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean and the IORA: Search and Rescue Operations
Vijay Sakhuja · 03 Nov, 2014 · #4724 · Commentary · Column
The international efforts to locate the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 which went missing over the southern Indian Ocean nearly seven months ago have continued unabated. Till such time the debris and the black box is located, the c...
