COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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South Asian Dialectic
Thinking the Unthinkable: Promoting Nuclear Disarmament
PR Chari · 21 Jul, 2014 · #4570 · Commentary · Column
In a barely noticed event, forty bishops, scholars and activists had gathered in the Catholic University of Notre Dame in end-April to explore how the world could eliminate nuclear weapons. University President Rev Jenkins cited Pope John ...
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Dhaka Discourse
India-Bangladesh: After Sushma Swaraj's Visit
Delwar Hossain · 21 Jul, 2014 · #4569 · Commentary · Column
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made an official visit to Bangladesh as her maiden standalone overseas tour from 25 to 27 June, 2014 – which was termed by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as “extremely fru...
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Strategic Space
Indian Ratification of the Additional Protocol: Mischievous Reports Miss its Significance
Manpreet Sethi · 21 Jul, 2014 · #4568 · Commentary · Column
On 26-27 June 2014, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) held its plenary meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The discussion on India’s membership was reportedly on the agenda. Meanwhile, on 23 June, India announced its decision to rati...
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Indus-tan
Domestic Politicking in Pakistan: It's Not Cricket, Stupid!
Sushant Sareen · 21 Jul, 2014 · #4567 · Commentary · Column
For someone whose understanding of politics is limited to drawing banal cricketing analogies, the phrase ‘it’s not cricket’ aptly describes the sort of politics Imran Khan is indulging in these days. His threat of leading a &ls...
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J&K
Post-poll administrative inertia
Shujaat Bukhari · 16 Jul, 2014 · #4566 · Commentary
“National Conference Government has taken historic decisions in all fields of governance and development particularly concerning common people and youth”— Omar Abdullah at a workers meet in Baramulla on July 12.
Chief Mi...
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Next Afghan President
Don’t steal the election now
D Suba Chandran · 16 Jul, 2014 · #4565 · Commentary
Within a span of two months, there has been an unfortunate turn around to the electoral and thereby the larger democratic process in Afghanistan. After a successful first round of elections in April 2014, the second round took place during the l...
