COMMENTARIES
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Al Qaeda in South Asia: The Terror World Championship Begins
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 07 Sep, 2014 · #4646 · Commentary
Earlier this week, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a video message, launched an al Qaeda wing in the Indian sub-continent to “raise the flag of jihad.” What does the Al Qaeda in South Asia (AQSA) mean to South Asian security? What are the sign...
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Uighur Unrest
Religious Radicalisation in Xinjiang: Is China’s Game-plan to Blame?
Bhavna Singh · 06 Sep, 2014 · #4645 · Commentary
The execution of Juma Tahir, the Uighur imam of the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, the largest in China, earlier last month has raised concerns about the nature of religious extremism in Xinjiang. It comes as no surprise since these imams are mostly ...
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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...
