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  • India-China: Energy Competition in Nepal
    Prachi Aggarwal    ·   25 Jul, 2014    ·    #4580    ·    Commentary    
    After Bhutan, Nepal is now preparing itself for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. In recent times, a ‘trust deficit’ seems to have developed between India and Nepal, with a gradual erosion of the bonhomie and generosity tha...
  • Jammu & Kashmir: The New Battle
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   22 Jul, 2014    ·    #4579    ·    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 ...
  • Revolutions and Million Men Marches
    Rise of Democratic Anarchists
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Jul, 2014    ·    #4578    ·    Commentary    
    Democratic anarchists? How can anyone be a democrat, and yet be an anarchist? How else can one explain what Imran Khan is attempting to impose in Pakistan, one year after accepting the election results? How else can one explain what Tahirul Qadr...
  • Sri Lanka: Understanding the Buddhist-Muslim Communal Clashes
    Zarin Ahmad    ·   24 Jul, 2014    ·    #4577    ·    Commentary    
    In June 2014, history repeated itself when three Muslims were killed and over 50 injured in Aluthgama, Sri Lanka. Almost 100 years ago, in May 1915, communal violence erupted between Sinhala Buddhists and Muslims in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The 1915...
  • Sri Lanka and Myanmar: Understanding the Rise of Buddhist Radicalism
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy    ·   24 Jul, 2014    ·    #4576    ·    Commentary    
    Over the past three years, there has been an evident surge of Buddhist radicalism in Myanmar and Sri Lanka, with the clergy being increasingly involved in violence against minorities, especially Muslims. Both countries have sizeable Muslim popul...
  • Combating Maoism: Lessons from Jharkhand
    Saneya Arif    ·   24 Jul, 2014    ·    #4575    ·    Commentary    
    According to the Jharkhand assessment 2014 report by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) data base, Jharkhand today stands second, after Andhra Pradesh, in countering Maoism in the country.This commentary tries to analyse the positive changes...
  • West Asia
    Can Iraq's Disintegration be Prevented?
    KP Fabian    ·   23 Jul, 2014    ·    #4574    ·    Commentary    
    At present, it is difficult to see how the ongoing implosion of Iraq can be stalled and reversed. The world  started taking note of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its leader  Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who has been declared...
  • India: XVII Mountain Corps
    Amit Saksena    ·   23 Jul, 2014    ·    #4573    ·    Commentary    
    On 1 January 2014, the flag of the newly sanctioned XVII Corps was hoisted at its interim headquarters in Ranchi, which kick-started the process of fielding a credible Indian deterrent force on the Northeastern front, from Arunachal Pradesh to Lad...
  • Red Affairs
    A 'New' Counter-Naxal Action Plan
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   21 Jul, 2014    ·    #4572    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Days after the formation of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New Delhi, contours of a new policy vis-a-vis Left Wing Extremism (LWE) remained a matter of speculation. Whether tough measures would replace the ad hoc ones and c...
  • BRICS Summit and India-China Relations
    Geeta Kochhar    ·   21 Jul, 2014    ·    #4571    ·    Commentary    
    The 6th BRICS summit, a conglomerate of world’s top five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa was held at Fortaleza, Brazil, in July 2014. With heightened expectations, the summit is seen as to have del...
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