COMMENTARIES
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Dhaka Discourse
Bangladesh: A New Thrust Towards East Asia
Delwar Hossain · 16 Jun, 2014 · #4512 · Commentary · Column
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina’s back-to-back visits to Japan and China provide a diplomatic bonanza to the government bedeviled by legitimacy crisis at home and abroad following the 5 January general elections this year. ...
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South Asian Dialectic
The Enigmatic Case of Bowe Bergdahl
PR Chari · 16 Jun, 2014 · #4511 · Commentary · Column
Sgt Bowe Bergdahl was serving with the US Army in Afghanistan’s Paktika province when he was captured on 30 June 2009 by the Taliban’s Haqqani faction. After protracted negotiations, Bergdahl was released on 31 May 2014 in a deal bro...
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Book Review
Pakistan: A Hyper-national Security State
Rana Banerji · 13 Jun, 2014 · #4510 · Commentary
'The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World' by TV Paul; 272 pages; Random House India, 2014
For over six decades, the Pakistani elite have pursued a `hyper-national security state’ geopolitical approach, s...
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City of Flames
TTP and the Karachi Airport Attack
D Suba Chandran · 11 Jun, 2014 · #4507 · Commentary
Karachi has been generally referred as the City of Lights. But this Sunday, unfortunately it became the City of Flames – literally and figuratively, with its airport being attacked by the Pakistani Taliban and smoke spiralling out.
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A New Foreign Policy Agenda for Modi: ‘Look West’
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 11 Jun, 2014 · #4506 · Commentary
Within a week of the new Indian government assuming office, South Block hosted two important events: the foreign minister of Oman visited the new Indian minister of external affairs, and a ministerial delegation from Qatar followed shortly after...
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J&K
What concerns young Kashmir?
Shujaat Bukhari · 11 Jun, 2014 · #4505 · Commentary
I never had any doubt about the ability of Kashmiri youth to think and look positively towards making this place better. But it is also a fact that they need to be pushed to do something on their own. Dependence on government jobs has always hel...
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Japan and US in the Asia Pacific: Countering Chinese Assertiveness
Samundeswari Natesan · 11 Jun, 2014 · #4504 · Commentary
The statements issued by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Shangri La Dialogue show the renewal of tension in the Asia-Pacific with the rise of China. The US remarks were a follow-up to Abe’s c...
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Tali-Qaeda Reader
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan: The Mehsud Breakaway
Riffath Khaji · 10 Jun, 2014 · #4503 · Commentary
On 28 May, 2014, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Wali-ur-Rehman faction led by Khan Said, also known as Sajna, announced its separation from the TTP, alleging that the current Mullah Fazlullah-led TTP is bombing public places using fake name...
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India-China Bilateral Under Narendra Modi
Srikanth Kondapalli · 10 Jun, 2014 · #4502 · Commentary
As the recently formed government in New Delhi is settling down, the domestic and external policies to be adopted are being worked out. While no specific blue print is available, one can take the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election mani...
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Eagle Eye
US Foreign Policy: Rehashing Old Stances
Chintamani Mahapatra · 09 Jun, 2014 · #4501 · Commentary · Column
The foreign policy community’s anxious wait to hear US President Barack Obama make his foreign policy speech at the West Point Military Academy finally came to an end on 28 May, 2014. In his commencement address to the graduating military ...
