COMMENTARIES
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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...
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India and the Charm Offensive in Nepal: Modi’s Magic
Subin Nepal · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4626 · Commentary
To give a boost to improving India’s relations with its neighbours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal for his second official state visit. Making it the first official visit from an Indian Prime Minister in 17 years, Modi was very...
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Islamic State and South Asia: How Real is the Threat?
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 27 Aug, 2014 · #4625 · Commentary
The rise of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria is a game-changer in international affairs today. Their unprecedented rise and ability to fight in two countries simultaneously without suffering serious losses - while attracting more recruit...
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Sushma Swaraj's Visit
India in Myanmar: Strengthening the Economic Commons
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 26 Aug, 2014 · #4624 · Commentary
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s four-day visit to Myanmar highlights India’s intentions towards expanding the New Delhi-Naypyidaw bilateral. Swaraj, during her visit emphasised on the border cooperation and trade and...
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Indian Army & Operational Preparedness: Agenda for the New Chief
Gurmeet Kanwal · 26 Aug, 2014 · #4623 · Commentary
On taking over as the COAS from General Bikram Singh, General Dalbir Singh Suhag said his priorities would be to “enhance operational preparedness and the effectiveness of the Indian Army.” He also said that force modernisation, infr...
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Travails of Post Conflict Societies
Cost of Peace
D Suba Chandran · 26 Aug, 2014 · #4622 · Commentary
While there have been enormous emphasis in studying the cost of war and the evil effects of conflict, in the recent period, there have been an emphasis on the cost of peace in terms of economic and political investments and its fallouts.
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Nuke Street
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Musings on the Bomb
Sheel kant Sharma · 21 Aug, 2014 · #4621 · Commentary · Column
August is the month of remembrance of the ghastly tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Such remembrance is far from a mere annual routine of some ritual happenings – there is no dearth of moral, ethical, legal or humanitarian condemnation of...
