COMMENTARIES
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Dhaka Discourse
Girl Summit Diplomacy and Bangladesh-UK Relations
Delwar Hossain · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4610 · Commentary · Column
The first ever Girl Summit took place on 22 July 2014 in London, UK. The event was co-hosted by the government of UK and the UNICEF, and the summit was dedicated to confronting child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and female genital mutilatio...
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Indus-tan
Pakistan: Degraded Democracy
Sushant Sareen · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4609 · Commentary · Column
At the time this comment is being penned, the Imran Khan’s ‘Azadi’ March and Tahirul Qadri’s ‘Inquilab’ (revolution) March are besieging Islamabad. The former is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Naw...
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Red Affairs
Anti-Naxal Operations: Seeking Refuge in Symbolism
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4608 · Commentary · Column
The day Prime Minister Narendra Modi unfurled the national flag from the precincts of the historic Red Fort to mark India's 68th Independence Day, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) authorities in Chhattisgarh unfurled the tri-colour at...
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Strategic Space
A Strategic Review for India
Manpreet Sethi · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4607 · Commentary · Column
All major nuclear weapon states periodically issue official statements in the form of a Review or a White Paper to provide a peep into their threat assessments and response priorities. The US Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is well known. Russia to...
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South Asian Dialectic
Modi’s Tryst with Abe
PR Chari · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4606 · Commentary · Column
Modi’s first foray outside South Asia was to Brazil to attend the sixth BRICS Summit on 15-16 July. This gave him the opportunity to meet President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin. Incidentally, he was to visit Japan in early July....
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Indo-Pacific
South China Sea: Intransigence Over Troubled Waters
Shankari Sundararaman · 18 Aug, 2014 · #4605 · Commentary · Column
Last week, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and its dialogue partners gathered at Naypyidaw, Myanmar, for the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting followed by the 21st ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) and 4th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meetings ...
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Ebola: Concerns for India
N Manoharan · 13 Aug, 2014 · #4604 · Commentary
Should India be worried about the outbreak of Ebola virus in Western Africa that is more than 9000 km away? Is the situation so alarming? What it Ebola all about? What are the counter-measures required?
In an increasingly globalised world, n...
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Obama’s Russian Dilemma
Amit Gupta · 12 Aug, 2014 · #4603 · Commentary
Has the shooting down of MH-17 heralded the start of a new Cold War? Observers in the west have likened the situation in Europe to 1914 and the hawks in Western Europe and North America have been calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. Caugh...
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Dateline Islamabad
Pakistan: Of Messiahs and Marches
Salma Malik · 11 Aug, 2014 · #4602 · Commentary · Column
It is both tragic and funny how the poor Pakistanis take anyone and everyone for the political messiah. All this proverbial messiah needs to do is say the right things with passion and fervour. Interestingly, the way Pakistani decision-makers ru...
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Eagle Eye
Obama Administration: Re-engaging India
Chintamani Mahapatra · 11 Aug, 2014 · #4601 · Commentary · Column
After months of downgrading its engagement with the Indian government, US President Barack Obama’s administration has woken up to the new reality of a transformed political profile in New Delhi, and has managed to alter its diplomatic cour...
