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  • Islamic State: What is Drawing the European Muslims?
    Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith    ·   21 Oct, 2014    ·    #4709    ·    Commentary    
    The Islamic State (IS) has demonstrated a remarkable capability in enticing young Muslims from a variety of European countries into the battlefields of Iraq and Syria. These foreign fighters (FFs) have made numerous headlines, with pictures of t...
  • Umbrella Revolution
    China's End Game in Hong Kong
    Teshu Singh    ·   21 Oct, 2014    ·    #4708    ·    Commentary    
    China has two Special Administrative Regions (SAR) - Hong Kong and Macau - that were reunified with the mainland in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Both SARs are a part of China under a unique system famously known as ‘one country, two systems...
  • Big Picture
    When Xi Met Modi: Juxtaposing China and India
    Varun Sahni    ·   21 Oct, 2014    ·    #4707    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in September, much was made of the personal rapport and chemistry between him and his host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Chinese investment worth US$20 billion, although a fraction of t...
  • West Asia
    The US, Syria and Iraq: The Success of Airstrikes So Far
    KP Fabian    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4706    ·    Commentary    
    The battle for Kobane, the Kurdish town on the Syrian side of the border with Turkey, is still raging, though indications are that the US’ airstrikes have so far failed to make a decisive impact and reverse the advance of the Islamic State...
  • Red Affairs
    Naxalites and the Might of a Fragile Revolution
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4705    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    On the morning of 18 October 2014, Shiv Kumar, a personnel belonging to the Chhattisgarh Armed Police was pulled out of a passenger bus in Sukma district by a group of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and killed. Kumar was ill...
  • Regional Economy
    Regional Economic Architecture: Is India Ready?
    Amita Batra    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4704    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Two mega regional trade agreements – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) – are currently under negotiation in Asia. The RCEP, launched at the East Asia Summit in November 201...
  • China and Japan: Will the Twain Never Meet?
    Srikanth Kondapalli    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4703    ·    Commentary    
    With prospects for a bilateral meeting between Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and China’s President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit at Beijing in November brightening, the East Asian security situation m...
  • Dhaka Discourse
    Bangladesh: Diplomatic Manoeuvres at the UNGA
    Delwar Hossain    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4702    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina led a 184-member delegation to the 69th UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting. Significantly, this year has marked the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh’s membership at the UN. Bangladesh was admit...
  • Strategic Space
    Nasr: Dangers of Pakistan's Short Range Ballistic Missile
    Manpreet Sethi    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4701    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    In April 2011, Pakistan tested a 60 km very short-range ballistic missile called Nasr and claimed it to be nuclear capable. This has since been publicised as the tactical nuclear weapon (TNW) meant to deter India from mounting a conventional milit...
  • Indo-Pacific
    The ASEAN's Centrality in the Indo-Pacific Region
    Shankari Sundararaman    ·   20 Oct, 2014    ·    #4700    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Over nearly a decade, the concept of the Indo-Pacific has been gaining ground as a term that gives credence to a strategic perspective rather than a well-defined geographic entity. When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke about the `conflue...
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