COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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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Iran-Russia Oil Deal: Will it Go Through?
Ayesha Khanyari · 22 Apr, 2014 · #4400 · Commentary
Iran and Russia are negotiating an oil-for-goods agreement worth US$1.5 billion a month that would see Iran export oil to Russia in exchange for unspecified goods and equipment from Moscow. The deal would further enable Iran to raise oil exports...
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US in Asia Pacific
Military Implications of the Rebalance: Increasing Chinese Aggression
Shreya Upadhyay · 22 Apr, 2014 · #4399 · Commentary
Despite the crisis in Ukraine and Syria, the 2014 US Quadrennial Defence Review (QDR), US-ASEAN Defence forum and a slew of ongoing visits by American leaders seek to reassure that rebalance has not lost steam. This article seeks to explore two ...
