COMMENTARIES
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Bangladesh-China: Respective Objectives and Strategies
Dibya Shikha · 30 May, 2014 · #4476 · Commentary
On May 12, Bangladesh and China signed four military treaties, increasing the warmth in the existing bilateral ties between the two countries. What did Bangladesh gain by aligning with China? Why is China interested in Bangladesh? Where is the b...
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IPCS Discussion
China and US in the Indian Ocean
Report · 30 May, 2014 · #4475 · Commentary
Opening Remarks
Prof P R Chari
Visiting Professor, IPCS
Four sets of questions can help set the stage regarding Sino-American relations vis-à-vis the Indian Ocean.
• Is the Sino-American relationship in the Indian Ocean...
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Thailand: Why is History Repeating Itself?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 30 May, 2014 · #4474 · Commentary
The Royal Thai Army declared martial law in Thailand on 20 May 2014. The announcement was made at 03:00 AM by the Commander in Chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha through the Army-owned television station, Channel 5. Thailand has been undergoing pol...
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Picking Up the Threads
Modi, Sharif and the Cross-LoC Interactions
D Suba Chandran · 29 May, 2014 · #4473 · Commentary
Now the entire region across the international border and the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan is discussing the invitation to the SAARC Heads of the State by Narendra Modi as a diplomatic coup, and the positive response by Nawaz S...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Fresh Air of Rapprochement
Shujaat Bukhari · 29 May, 2014 · #4472 · Commentary
Much before he took over as the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi hit the diplomatic ground with a master stroke. He invited all the heads of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to witness his swearing in ceremon...
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China-Vietnam: The Oil Rig Non-diplomacy
Roomana Hukil · 28 May, 2014 · #4471 · Commentary
The recent impasse between China and Vietnam over Beijing’s deployment of oil rigs in the South China Sea (SCS) has generated chaos in the Southeast Asian political arena. The tension between the two states has renewed security challenges ...
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Tali-Qaeda Reader
The Karachi Taliban
Riffath Khaji · 28 May, 2014 · #4470 · Commentary
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in order to escape operations by the Pakistani military and drone strikes by the US, has gradually spread from its traditional base in the country’s Federal Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) and Khyber ...
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South China Sea: China's Renewed Confrontation and ASEAN Options
Abanti Bhattacharya · 28 May, 2014 · #4469 · Commentary
China-Vietnam relations have deteriorated sharply since the China National Offshore Oil Corporation towed an oil rig into waters 220 km off central Vietnam’s coast. What added a new twist to the crisis was China’s sending of warships...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Interpreting Modi’s Diplomatic Signalling
Manish Dabhade · 28 May, 2014 · #4468 · Commentary
Even as analysts, Indian and foreign, were busy contemplating the meaning of the rise of Narendra Modi in India, the Prime Ministerial designate - now Prime Minister - surprisingly announced that he had invited the heads of States of all SAARC c...
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Rohingya Crisis: An Agenda for the Regional and International Communities
Dibya Shikha · 28 May, 2014 · #4467 · Commentary
During the 2014 ASEAN Summit in Naypyidaw, the first one to be held in Myanmar, the plight of the Rohingya Muslims was left off the agenda. The failure to discuss the issue and the deliberate attempts by Myanmar to not recognise the Rohingyas in...
