COMMENTARIES
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Myanmar: Peace in Kachin State?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 30 Apr, 2014 · #4414 · Commentary
Ongoing conflicts between the Myanmarese army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) since 2011 have questioned all the peace deals signed between these two parties. The Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), the political wing of the KIA, had ...
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Pakistan: Shooting the Messengers
Shujaat Bukhari · 30 Apr, 2014 · #4413 · Commentary
Within a span of three weeks from March 28 to April 19, Pakistan’s two prominent journalists Raza Rumi and Hamid Mir escaped murderous assaults. The assassination bids show how hazardous the situation is for media persons in a country that h...
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Pakistan: A Different Agenda for Taliban’s Foot Soldiers?
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 30 Apr, 2014 · #4412 · Commentary
Of late, the discourses on terrorism and terrorist cells operating from within and outside Pakistan have seen intensification. What are the motives of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), given how leadership changes in the organisation have resul...
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US in Asia Pacific
Camp Pendleton Exercise: Heralding the Future US-Asia Security Dynamics?
Vivek Mishra · 30 Apr, 2014 · #4411 · Commentary
What does the recently held Camp Pendleton Exercise (Iron Fist 2014), between the US and Japan, portend for the US’ role in the Asian security architecture?
Joint military exercises, particularly those involving combat simulations a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
