COMMENTARIES
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India-ASEAN FTA: Gap Between Expectation and Reality
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 05 Sep, 2014 · #4644 · Commentary
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s maiden official visits to Southeast Asian countries have highlighted India’s increasing thrust towards its Look East Policy (LEP). During her visit to Vietnam, she emphasised that Indi...
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Impending or Embedded Coup in Pakistan?
The Military’s Script and Endgame
D Suba Chandran · 04 Sep, 2014 · #4643 · Commentary
Is there a coup imminent in Pakistan? Or has it already taken place behind the scenes and the military is well embedded?
Javed Hashmi, the President of the PTI who has now distanced from Imran Khan has made few important statements hintin...
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India and Nepal: Let There Be Light
Saneya Arif · 03 Sep, 2014 · #4642 · Commentary
The recent landmark visit of Narendra Modi to Nepal, the first by an Indian prime minister in 17 years is seen as a ray of hope for New Delhi-Kathmandu bilateral relations. Will the new Indian government be able to address the growing distrust b...
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J&K
Balraj Puri: Loss of a Liberal voice
Shujaat Bukhari · 03 Sep, 2014 · #4641 · Commentary
In the death of Balraj Puri, Jammu and Kashmir has lost a liberal voice, human rights defender, thinker and a democrat par excellence. The 86-year old Puri had emerged as a full-grown institution in himself that canopied a vast area of diversiti...
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India
The Islamic State: Affecting Shia-Sunni Relations in India?
Saneya Arif · 03 Sep, 2014 · #4640 · Commentary
The unilateral establishment of the Islamic State (IS) and a ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq and Syria, and its atrocious activities has intensified the debate on the issue of Shia-Sunni strife. The jihadist group, in its self-proclaimed status ...
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Voice from America
India and Australia: Beyond Curry, Cricket, and Commonwealth
Amit Gupta · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4639 · Commentary
The Australians used to say that the India-Australia relationship was based on Curry, Cricket, and Commonwealth. While the first two are still relevant, India no longer needs Australia as a gateway to Western economic and political forums. Inste...
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The Strategist
The Islamic State Caliphate: A Mirage of Resurrection
Vijay Shankar · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4638 · Commentary · Column
The Universal State: The Last-Gasp Opportunism of Power
Belief in the immortality of a ‘Universal State’ has in history periodically evoked those very ghosts that had established the State’s mortality causing their decay a...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka and China: Towards Innovation Driven Economies
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4637 · Commentary · Column
September begins with summer Davos in Tianjin, China, themed, ‘Creating Value through Innovation’; and over 1,500 participants from 90 countries will be in attendance. The discussion will be on how innovation can generate more and be...
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Af-Pak Diary
Pakistan: Crouching Democrats, Hidden Khakis
D Suba Chandran · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4636 · Commentary · Column
It appears that the biggest threat to democracy in Pakistan is its democratic leadership, that too the elected ones. Ongoing developments in Islamabad clearly highlight the problem – all in the name of democracy and revolution, but through...
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Maritime Matters
Maritime Silk Road: Can India Leverage It?
Vijay Sakhuja · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4635 · Commentary · Column
It was the Maldives’s turn to receive a sermon on the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) from China. Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen to participate in the 21st Century MSR, expand cooperation in tourism, trade...
