COMMENTARIES
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South Asian Dialectic
Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan: Implications for Asian Security
PR Chari · 20 Oct, 2014 · #4699 · Commentary · Column
Months of deadlock followed a hard fought election in Afghanistan after which both principal contenders - Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah - claimed victory, and a uniquely Afghan solution was found. Ghani will be President with Abdullah being...
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Cooperating against the Islamic State: A Nuclear Bonus for Iran?
Majid Izadpanahi · 16 Oct, 2014 · #4698 · Commentary
Since the 1979 revolution, the Iran has accused the US interference in the West Asia as the root of regional instability. But there are cases when Tehran has cooperated with Washington when their interests coincided.
The Islamic State (IS...
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IPCS Discussion
Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Implications of Pakistan's Nuclear Developments
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 16 Oct, 2014 · #4697 · Commentary
On 4 September, 2014, the Instutute of Peace and Conflict Studies organised a panel discussion on Pakistan's Tactical Nuclear Weapons (TNWs). Below is the seminar report of the event, rapporteured by Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy, Research Office...
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Dateline Islamabad
India-Pakistan: Working Boundaries and Lines of Uncontrolled Fire
Salma Malik · 13 Oct, 2014 · #4696 · Commentary · Column
After a much-deliberated stalemate, Afghanistan finally had a new democratic government with a power-sharing arrangement. The signing of the controversial Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) provides a false sense of security to many who felt tha...
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“China Threat” in South Asia: A Perspective from China
Siwei Liu · 16 Oct, 2014 · #4695 · Commentary
President Xi Jinping’s six-day South Asian trip is over. Apart from a series of bilateral agreements, friendly high-level dialogues and other interactions, the trip also demonstrated the direction of China’s South Asian policy. Indee...
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Petro Pirates and Maritime Security
Pirates Prefer Energy Cargo
Vijay Sakhuja · 14 Oct, 2014 · #4694 · Commentary
Early this month, pirates released the hijacked MT Sunrise 689, a small product tanker bound for Vietnam which went missing soon after it left Singapore. During the captivity that lasted nearly six days, the pirates siphoned 2,000 of the total 5...
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Af-Pak Diary
The New Afghanistan: Four Major Challenges for President Ghani
D Suba Chandran · 13 Oct, 2014 · #4693 · Commentary · Column
Will the new political arrangement (President and a Chief Executive Officer) in Afghanistan work, and more importantly, deliver? Though it looks simple in paper, given the recent history between the two contenders – Ashraf Ghani and Abdull...
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Eagle Eye
Modi-Obama Summit: Criticism for Criticism’s Sake?
Chintamani Mahapatra · 13 Oct, 2014 · #4691 · Commentary · Column
India’s hyperactive Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now widely known for his magic - the Modi Magic. His charisma made him popular ever since he began his tour of India to campaign for the parliamentary election and his charm became more wid...
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The Strategist
Strategic Estrangement: An Odd Bedfellow to Economic Engagement
Vijay Shankar · 13 Oct, 2014 · #4690 · Commentary · Column
The inextricable interdependence of survival of China’s despotic leadership, its economic growth and stability of State-controlled Capitalism poses a curious dilemma when large democratic economies choose to expand and boost economic engag...
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IPCS Discussion
Contemporary Myanmar & India-Myanmar Relations
IPCS · 09 Oct, 2014 · #4688 · Commentary
On 5 September, 2014, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, organised a discussion on Myanmar. This was the third set of discussions, and part of the larger series of IPCS discussions on Myanmar. The discussion was hel...
