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  • 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...
  • Jammu & Kashmir: The New Battle
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   30 Jul, 2014    ·    #4584    ·    Commentary    
    With Congress and National Conference deciding to go alone in the forthcoming Assembly elections, the electoral battle in Jammu and Kashmir is poised for an interesting contest. In both the Kashmir and Jammu divisions a triangular contest could ...
  • Look East Policy
    India’s Myanmar Mission
    Wasbir Hussain    ·   29 Jul, 2014    ·    #4583    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's neighbourhood push continues in full steam with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj now set to visit Myanmar within a fortnight, to try and consolidate ties with the leadership in Naypyidaw. H...
  • Indo-Pacific
    Indonesia: 2014 Presidential Election Explained
    Shankari Sundararaman    ·   28 Jul, 2014    ·    #4582    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Indonesia’s presidential election has heralded a change in the old guard, with Joko Widodo emerging as the winner of the mandate that took place on 9 July. The election, that took place 16 years after Indonesia’s transition to democr...
  • US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue: Lessons for India
    Teshu Singh    ·   25 Jul, 2014    ·    #4581    ·    Commentary    
    The Sixth US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was held in Beijing from 9-10 July 2014, amid growing tension between the US and China over the maritime disputes of the South China and the East China Seas. This commentary highlight...
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