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  • 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...
  • Iran-P5+1 Nuclear Negotiations: What Is Holding It Up?
    Ruhee Neog    ·   31 Jul, 2014    ·    #4586    ·    Commentary    
    The six-month interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) between the P5+1 and Iran expired on 20 July with the negotiating parties failing to reach an understanding on a longer-term comprehensive agreement. This was not a shock ending – there was...
  • Nepal: Flawed Nature of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
    Subin Nepal    ·   23 Jul, 2014    ·    #4585    ·    Commentary    
    Nepal seems to have met another roadblock in its ongoing peace process with the ongoing debate on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Act. The idea of TRC that was conceived in 2006 became a reality on paper in 2013 when the Nepalese C...
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