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  • An Indian Nuclear Doctrine Review: A Third Model
    Ali Ahmed    ·   30 Apr, 2014    ·    #4410    ·    Commentary    
    The reference in the BJP manifesto to a review of the Indian nuclear doctrine has had the salutary effect of keeping the nuclear issue in the public mind. It has also made the possibility of a review of the doctrine, even if the BJP does not com...
  • A Comprehensive Nuclear Agreement with Iran: Four Potential Roadblocks
    Ruhee Neog    ·   24 Apr, 2014    ·    #4409    ·    Commentary    
    The Joint Statement released by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif after the latest round of nuclear talks towards a possible comprehensive agreement states that “A lot of intensive work will b...
  • Civil-Military Equations in Pakistan: Que Sera Sera
    D Suba Chandran    ·   24 Apr, 2014    ·    #4408    ·    Commentary    
    During the last two weeks, there have been a series of statements and meetings highlighting a possible divide between the civilian leadership and the General Head Quarters (GHQ ). While the relationship between the two have never been cordial hi...
  • J&K
    PaK Returnees: A Ditched Lot
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   24 Apr, 2014    ·    #4407    ·    Commentary    
    On February 22 this year Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the State Assembly that 308 militants had returned from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) along with their families under his government’s much-hyped Rehabilitation Policy and that...
  • Piracy and Floating Armouries in the Indian Ocean: Risk or a Solution?
    Riddhi K Shah    ·   23 Apr, 2014    ·    #4406    ·    Commentary    
    Rising trends in piracy in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia, over the last few years have forced States to adopt innovative and collaborative approaches as effective counter-measures.The once tabooed private military security companies...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Pakistan Army: Composition, Character and Compulsions
       ·   23 Apr, 2014    ·    #4405    ·    Commentary    
    IPCS Discussion on Rana Banerji’s monograph, ‘Pakistan Army: Composition, Character and Compulsions’, organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Studies Programme, Academy of International Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia U...
  • Northeast India in BIMSTEC: Economic linkages with Myanmar and Bangladesh
    Leonora Juergens    ·   23 Apr, 2014    ·    #4404    ·    Commentary    
    During the third Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in March 2014, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged for an early conclusion of the BIMSTEC Free Trade Agre...
  • India-Bangladesh Relations: Significance of the Teesta Water-Sharing Agreement
    Roomana Hukil    ·   23 Apr, 2014    ·    #4403    ·    Commentary    
    During the recent meeting between an Indian delegation and Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque in Delhi, the entire gamut of bilateral relations and Mamata Banerjee’s scepticism towards the Teesta agreement were discussed. Wil...
  • Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh: Where To From Here?
    Dibya Shikha    ·   22 Apr, 2014    ·    #4402    ·    Commentary    
    The High Court of Bangladesh declared the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh as illegal in August 2013 on the grounds that the party’s charter was against the secular provision of the 1972 constitution. The election commission did not allow the...
  • Indonesia: The 2014 Legislative Elections
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   22 Apr, 2014    ·    #4401    ·    Commentary    
    The April 2014 elections in Indonesia are significant because they not only elect the members of the Regional Representative Council and the People’s Representative Council but also the political parties. A political party that achieves a ...
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