COMMENTARIES
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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...
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Modi-fying Indo-US Relations
Shreya Upadhyay · 28 May, 2014 · #4466 · Commentary
The UPA’s commitment to transforming Indo-US ties lost steam in its second term due to several economic, defence and diplomatic issues. What impact would Narendra Modi's election as Prime Minister have in altering the strained relation...
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US in Asia Pacific
Southeast Asia: A Three-Pronged US Strategy
Vivek Mishra · 27 May, 2014 · #4465 · Commentary
The intertwined nature of the post-Cold War geopolitics that comprises economics and strategy, rise of a competitive-cum-aggressive China, and a regional involvement riveted on multilateralism has transformed the US’ role in the Southeast ...
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A Neighbourhood Strategy for Modi
Region by Sub-regions
D Suba Chandran · 21 May, 2014 · #4464 · Commentary
Multiple foreign policy inputs have already started pouring in terms of options available or likely strategies that the new Prime Minister could/should pursue. Narendra Modi would have his own foreign policy priorities already in terms of what n...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Foreign Policy Challenges for Modi
Wasbir Hussain · 22 May, 2014 · #4463 · Commentary
The massive mandate that Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi has managed to secure for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is certainly a verdict against the status quo in India. The buoyant stock market demonstrated the confidence of the...
