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  • South China Sea Dispute: China Unchallenged by ASEAN
    Samundeswari N    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4460    ·    Commentary    
    The coincidence of the China-Vietnam tussle and the ASEAN Summit of 2014 re-focused discussions on the South China Sea dispute but failed to create a significant impact. The foreign ministers of the ASEAN countries issued a standalone declaratio...
  • Uighur Unrest: Are China’s Policies Working?
    Rheanna Mathews    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4459    ·    Commentary    
    The recent bomb and knife attack on 30 April at a railway station in Urumqi, China has refocused the world’s attention on the Uighurs and the unrest in China’s north-western Xinjiang province. The government has blamed “extremi...
  • Media in Pakistan
    The War Against and Within
    D Suba Chandran    ·   14 May, 2014    ·    #4458    ·    Commentary    
    What had started as an attack against an individual journalist last month has now turned into a full blown war against the media, and unfortunately, also within. The situation is not only likely to worsen what the journalists within Pakistan are...
  • J&K
    The Poll Message: Loud and Clear
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4457    ·    Commentary    
    The results of just concluded elections to six Lok Sabha constituencies have come up with a mix of surprise and concern. While all the three seats in Kashmir valley have gone to opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s kitty, Ladakh and Jammu...
  • IPCS Review
    Myanmar: Is Tatmadaw Assuming a Proactive Role?
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4456    ·    Commentary    
    The International Crisis Group’s (ICG) recent report, titled 'Myanmar’s Military: Back to the Barracks?’ has tried to elaborately update the readers on the role of Myanmar’s army – the Tatmadaw – in the co...
  • Statehood Demands in India’s Northeast: Is Bodoland Justifiable?
    Ruhee Neog    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4455    ·    Commentary    
    As anticipated, the creation of Telangana has had a destabilising domino effect on the rest of India. The most recent of these is the demand for a separate Bodoland to be carved out of Assam, which has intensified since the government announced ...
  • BCIM and BIMSTEC: Two Competing Initiatives for Northeast India?
    Leonora Juergens    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4454    ·    Commentary    
    In June 2014, the second meeting of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) forum for economic cooperation will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The idea of a BCIM economic corridor was primarily initiated by the 'Kunming Initiative' to e...
  • Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: Changed Political Outlook?
    Ayesha Khanyari    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4453    ·    Commentary    
    At the New Delhi chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Ameer-e-Jamaat Maulana Jalaluddin Omari, the central head of the JIH, recently said, ‘‘The Jamaat is committed to upholding the values of democracy, secularism and the princ...
  • Will China ‘Rig’ the Indian Ocean?
    Shreya Upadhyay    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4452    ·    Commentary    
    China’s deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou 981, a massive billion-dollar rig designed to drill oil, in the South China Sea (SCS), has sent a clear message to the region – Beijing will drill as and where it pleases.   Is Chi...
  • China, the CUES, and Freedom of Navigation
    Vivek Mishra    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4451    ·    Commentary    
    The issue of freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea (SCS) and the East China Sea (ECS), has been a disputative one, involving narratives and counter-narratives of what constitutes a ‘code of conduct&...
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