COMMENTARIES
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India and its Neighbourhood
Modi Sets a Regional Agenda
Jayadeva Ranade · 03 Jun, 2014 · #4490 · Commentary
Elected with a massive popular mandate not seen in the past thirty years, Narendra Modi took a bold foreign policy initiative even before he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 26 May 2014. The initiative did not emanate from the foreign policy ma...
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Af-Pak Diary
Taliban after Afghan Elections: Spring Offensive or the Last Stand?
D Suba Chandran · 02 Jun, 2014 · #4489 · Commentary · Column
A series of attacks by the Taliban in Afghanistan during May 2014 resulted in a few media-persons calling it a Spring Offensive. Is it really a calculated and well planned offensive by the Taliban? Or is it merely the Last Stand of a terrorist o...
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Voice from America
India-US: Will Modi and Obama Come Together?
Amit Gupta · 03 Jun, 2014 · #4488 · Commentary
After denying Mr Narendra Modi a visa for nearly a decade the US saw the writing on the wall and started changing its tune just before the 2014 elections were held. Mr Modi is now officially welcome in the Washington but it will be a long time bef...
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Dateline Colombo
Asia Pacific: Reset for Qualitative Change
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 03 Jun, 2014 · #4487 · Commentary · Column
Permeated by many turbulent events in May 2014, East Asia served as the milieu for events from the coup d'état in Thailand, to maritime cooperation for the Indonesia-Vietnam boundary between President Susilo and the Prime Minister of ...
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Himalayan Frontier
Modi and Nepal-India Relations
Pramod Jaiswal · 02 Jun, 2014 · #4486 · Commentary · Column
Narendra Modi’s thumping victory with 282 Lok Sabha constituencies, making him the Indian Prime Minister generated vibes throughout the region. His invitation to the heads of governments of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperat...
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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean Navies: Lessons from the Pacific
Vijay Sakhuja · 02 Jun, 2014 · #4485 · Commentary · Column
The Chinese naval base at Qingdao in Shandong Province was buzzing with naval activity a few weeks ago. Two significant events – International Fleet Review (IFR) to celebrate the 65th anniversary of China’s People’s Liberation ...
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East Asia Compass
Looking Northeast: A Foreign Policy Agenda for the New Government
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 02 Jun, 2014 · #4484 · Commentary · Column
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his term with a bold and positive move to invite all the SAARC leaders to his inaugural ceremony. These are positive vibes, and it would be great if the new government is able to achieve a breakthrough...
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Spotlight West Asia
Looking West: Bridging the Gulf with the GCC
Ranjit Gupta · 02 Jun, 2014 · #4483 · Commentary · Column
For a potential global power like India clearly relations with China and the US are exceedingly important. Relations with Japan have acquired great strategic significance. Israel is a very valuable defence and high technology partner and the rel...
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Malaysia, Thailand, and the Trafficking of the Rohingyas
Roomana Hukil · 30 May, 2014 · #4482 · Commentary
Recent reports indicate a surge in the trafficking and abuse of the Rohingya migrants/refugees from within Malaysia and Thailand. Both countries have a trafficking network that is operational on a far greater scale than currently acknowledged of...
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Iran-P5+1: ‘Nothing is Agreed Until Everything is Agreed’
Ruhee Neog · 30 May, 2014 · #4481 · Commentary
The International Crisis Group’s May 2014 report, ‘Iran and the P5+1: Solving the Nuclear Rubik’s Cube’, is comprehensive and detailed. It is particularly useful for Iran watchers as thus far, official accounts of the neg...
