COMMENTARIES
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Sri Lanka: A New Base for ISI against India?
N Manoharan · 18 Sep, 2014 · #4665 · Commentary
The recent arrest of Sri Lankan national Arun Selvarajan in Chennai by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for spying on behalf of Pakistan’s ISI is concerning. He is the third Sri Lankan arrested for spying in the past over one year. ...
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Bangladesh, China and Japan: Dhaka’s Delicate Balancing
Harun ur Rashid · 17 Sep, 2014 · #4664 · Commentary
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited China and Japan during the second quarter of this year. These visits were fruitful as both countries pledged financial support and investment in Bangladesh. Japanese PM visited Dhaka early this mon...
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Neither Azadi nor Inquilab
Pakistan: The Coup that didn’t take
D Suba Chandran · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4663 · Commentary
Almost after a month of intense politicking in Islamabad and the multiple calls to Azadi and Inquilab with few thousand men and women, why have Imran Khan and Tahirul Qadri failed to achieve their primary objectives? And why did the Khakis back ...
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Xi Jinping and the Maritime Silk Road: The Indian Dilemma
Vijay Sakhuja · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4662 · Commentary
New Delhi is abuzz with speculation that President Xi Jinping could raise the issue of Maritime Silk Road (MSR) during his visit to India this week and explore business, investments and trade opportunities for China in India. At least three reas...
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Indus-tan
Pakistan: Why is Army against Nawaz Sharif?
Sushant Sareen · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4661 · Commentary · Column
It appears Nawaz Sharif has managed to survive the first major attempt to oust him from office. A series of fortuitous developments – the whistle-blowing by Javed Hashmi about Imran Khan’s links with the Pakistan Army stands at the t...
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Strategic Space
Uranium and Nuclear Power: Three Indian Stories
Manpreet Sethi · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4660 · Commentary · Column
In one of his short stories entitled "Higher Mathematics", written during the period 1935-1950, R K Narayanan had jocularly written "Any news that mentions the atom becomes suspect these days". Nothing much has changed in the...
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South Asian Dialectic
Obama’s New Strategy towards the Islamic State: Implications for India
PR Chari · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4659 · Commentary · Column
In his widely anticipated 15th anniversary address on the 9/11 attacks, President Obama has clarified his objectives in the Middle East: “We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, [the Islamic State] through a comprehensive and ...
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Dhaka Discourse
Abe’s Successful Visit to Dhaka: Two Political Challenges
Delwar Hossain · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4658 · Commentary · Column
In a span of three months, the Japanese Prime Minister and his Bangladeshi counterpart met twice, first in Tokyo (May 2014) and recently in Dhaka (September 2014).
This commentary analyses the nature of bilateral visit and the ...
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Red Affairs
Six Thousand Plus Killed: The Naxal Ideology of Violence
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4657 · Commentary · Column
How does one analyse the killings of 6105 civilians and security forces in incidents related to left-wing extremism between 2005 and 2013?
Given that the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), since its formation in 2004,...
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Al Qaeda in South Asia: Zawahiri will Fail in India
Saneya Arif · 13 Sep, 2014 · #4656 · Commentary
Ayman al-Zawahiri leader of the al Qaeda (AQ) has recently announced his intention to “raise the flag of jihad” in the Indian sub- continent. Will Zawahiri succeed in establishing AQ roots in India?
Muslims con...
