COMMENTARIES
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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...
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India and Bangladesh: The Northeast Thrust
Wasbir Hussain · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4630 · Commentary
The Narendra Modi Government appears bent on a new thrust to boost ties with Bangladesh with Northeast India as the key bridgehead from where to launch economic initiatives beneficial to both nations. Sushma Swaraj’s first stand-alone visi...
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Indian Ocean Region
The Need for India-Australia Maritime Cooperation
Teshu Singh · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4629 · Commentary
Though India and Australia have a long history of interactions and cooperation at various international fora, the potential for cooperation in the Indian Ocean is yet to materialise. What can New Delhi and Canberra do to actualise the potential ...
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India’s Northeast and the Look East Policy: Challenging Established Notions
Ruhee Neog · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4628 · Commentary
Subir Bhaumik, in a June 2014 paper published by the Observer Research Foundation, outlines, in much detail, the challenges and prospects of looking East through the Northeast, i.e. comprehensively locating India’s Northeast in its Look Ea...
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J&K: Back to square one
Shujaat Bukhari · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4627 · Commentary
After New Delhi unilaterally called off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Islamabad, following the meeting of Hurriyat leaders with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, the cross-border shelling has again started with a bang. Few more li...
