COMMENTARIES
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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...
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East Asia Compass
Modi's Visit to Japan: Gauging Inter-State Relations in Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4634 · Commentary · Column
It is remarkable that Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to visit Japan for his first foreign visit outside the Indian subcontinent. The visit is based on the consistently growing partnership with Japan and as well as the annual summit meet be...
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Spotlight West Asia
The Islamic State: No Country for the Old World Order
Ranjit Gupta · 01 Sep, 2014 · #4633 · Commentary · Column
Following spectacular successes in routing government forces and other opponents in both Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) announced the establishment of an Islamic State (IS) on June 30, 2014 to the absolute astonishmen...
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Xi Jinping’s Mongolia Tour
China and Mongolia: Realising a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership”
Abanti Bhattacharya · 29 Aug, 2014 · #4632 · Commentary
On 22 August, Chinese President Xi Jinping wrapped up his two-day trip to Mongolia, which is noteworthy not just because he signed as many as 26 agreements but because this was his second single country visit since he became President and also a...
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India, Pakistan and J&K
Processes at the cost of peace?
D Suba Chandran · 28 Aug, 2014 · #4631 · Commentary
Shujaat Bukhari has just written an interesting commentary in this page yesterday on the calling off of the Foreign Secretaries-level talks by India in the wake of High Commissioner of Pakistan meeting the Hurriyat leaders from Kashmir Valley. W...
