COMMENTARIES
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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...
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Islamic State and Foreign Fighters: Jihadists from Europe
Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith · 08 Oct, 2014 · #4687 · Commentary
The prolonged fighting in Middle Eastern countries have attracted numerous European Muslims to partake in them. Although estimations of exact figures vary, approximately 2,000-5,500 foreign fighters (FFs) have joined the Middle Eastern battlefie...
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Islamic State and Indonesia: Jakarta's Counter-strategies
Max Regus · 07 Oct, 2014 · #4686 · Commentary
Earlier this year, Indonesia was shocked by the Islamic State's (IS) propaganda spread via YouTube to recruit new members. In fact, in certain parts of Java, some have even expressed their willingness to become new members of the IS. Given t...
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Dateline Colombo
Stronger Democratic Values for a Better Tomorrow
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4685 · Commentary · Column
In the last few months, geopolitical instability has resurfaced in Eurasia and the Middle East. The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressing the World Economic Forum special meeting on Unlocking Resources for Regional Development in Ist...
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Himalayan Frontier
China in Nepal: Increasing Connectivity Via Railways
Pramod Jaiswal · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4684 · Commentary · Column
China is steadily extending its reach into South Asia with its growing economic and strategic influence in the region. It has huge trade surpluses with all South Asian countries and it reciprocates these surpluses with massive investment in infr...
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East Asia Compass
India in East Asia: Modi’s Three Summit Meets
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4683 · Commentary · Column
In September 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had summit meets with the leaders of Japan, China and the US. The summit meets initiated the unfolding of India’s policy towards the East Asian region. By choosing Japan as his first d...
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Spotlight West Asia
War against the Islamic State: Political and Military Responses from the Region
Ranjit Gupta · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4682 · Commentary · Column
Strange things are happening in West Asia. Those who created the modern jihad in an extremely misguided and immature tactical response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan are today at war with its most extremist manifestation, the Islamic Stat...
