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  • Nuclear Use: Need for Thinking on Political-Level Considerations
    Ali Ahmed    ·   05 Aug, 2014    ·    #4596    ·    Commentary    
    In a recent op-ed, 'Counter Pak Nuke Tactics', nuclear strategy expert Manpreet Sethi rightly states in the conclusion that “The purpose of the Indian nuclear weapon is narrow and limited to safeguarding the country against nuclear...
  • Dateline Colombo
    India-Sri Lanka: Strengthening Regional Cooperation
    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera    ·   04 Aug, 2014    ·    #4595    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    August marks the death anniversary of the late Lakshman Kadirgamar, a remarkable Foreign Minister brutally assassinated by the LTTE. He once said, “India and Sri Lanka relationship is lost in the mist of time,” which signifies the de...
  • Maritime Matters
    BRICS: The Oceanic Connections
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   04 Aug, 2014    ·    #4594    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    At the 6th summit at Fortaleza in Brazil, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries announced a seed capital of US$50 billion and US$100 billion Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) for the New Development Bank which wo...
  • Voice from America
    And Then There is the Middle East: The Lack of an End-Game
    Amit Gupta    ·   04 Aug, 2014    ·    #4593    ·    Commentary    
    US’ policy towards the turmoil in the Middle East, or the lack of it, is shaped by three factors: traditional ties and alliances that continue in the post-Cold War era; the complex regional environment that has emerged after the so-called ...
  • East Asia Compass
    North Korea: Seeking New Friends?
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra    ·   04 Aug, 2014    ·    #4592    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    North Korea appears to have become increasingly desperate in its behaviour. It executed its number two leader Jang Song-thaek in December 2013, called South Korean President Park Geun-hye a ‘prostitute’ and the US President a ‘...
  • Spotlight West Asia
    India and the Conflict in Gaza
    Ranjit Gupta    ·   04 Aug, 2014    ·    #4591    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The creation of Israel in Palestine was a Western venture to expiate their guilt for their historical ill treatment of the Jews, and, at the time it was finally done, also to implant a permanent base for safeguarding their own interests for the ...
  • Nepal, India and the Electricity Trade: Advantage Kathmandu
    Subin Nepal    ·   31 Jul, 2014    ·    #4590    ·    Commentary    
    Sitting on a theoretical possibility of producing 84,000 megawatts of hydro-electricity, Nepal currently produces about 700 megawatts of hydro-electricity. The demand for electricity has risen upwards of 20% each year over the last decade; yet N...
  • India-Bangladesh: Can the Maritime Boundary Resolution Rebuild Faith?
    Sonia Hukil    ·   24 Jul, 2014    ·    #4589    ·    Commentary    
    The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague recently rendered its judgment in the India-Bangladesh maritime boundary dispute in the Bay of Bengal on 7 July. The Arbitral tribunal unanimously ruled in favour of Bangladesh, awarding 19,4...
  • The Islamic ‘Caliphate’ and Sectarian Violence: Ramifications for Pakistan
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy    ·   31 Jul, 2014    ·    #4588    ·    Commentary    
    Following the unilateral declaration of an Islamic ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq and Syria, the self-declared ‘Caliph’ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, reviling the Shia Muslims as Rafada (rejectionists), announced their campaign against the ...
  • BRICS: China’s End-Game
    Teshu Singh    ·   31 Jul, 2014    ·    #4587    ·    Commentary    
    The recently held BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) Summit (14-16 July 2014) is representative of developing countries and forty per cent of the world's population. It is also a successful non-Western international organ...
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