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  • Iran: Geostrategic Calculations vis-à-vis Afghanistan
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy    ·   07 Mar, 2014    ·    #4327    ·    Commentary    
    With a landmark Afghan presidential election fast approaching, soon to be followed by the Western military withdrawal from the country, Tehran has stepped up efforts towards securing a stable and favourable government in Kabul. Iran’s inte...
  • Kunming Attack and Ethnic Tensions
    Challenges to the ‘Chinese Nation’ Dream
    Geeta Kochhar    ·   06 Mar, 2014    ·    #4326    ·    Commentary    
    On a March 1, 2014, a group of men launched a deadly knife attack on people at the Kunming Railway station in China, killing 33 people and injuring over 130.. On October 28, 2013, an SUV slammed into a crowd killing two people and injuring 40. B...
  • IPCS Special Commentary
    Transition in Myanmar: Regional Implications & Future Directions
    Ranjit Gupta    ·   06 Mar, 2014    ·    #4325    ·    Commentary    
    Are the changes underway in Myanmar revolutionary or evolutionary? Since the governmental structure and the methodology of governance in Myanmar since April 2012, when the transition began, represents an utterly drastic change from what had exis...
  • Northeast and the Fraught Question of Racism in India
    Thangkhanlal Ngaihte    ·   06 Mar, 2014    ·    #4324    ·    Commentary    
    The death of Nido Taniam, a 19-year old boy from Arunachal Pradesh in Delhi on 29 2014 after a racially-inspired assault has put the issue of racism within India in the spotlight. Historically, India was loath to countenance the fact of racism wit...
  • Taliban Tracker
    Unraveling of FATA
    D Suba Chandran    ·   05 Mar, 2014    ·    #4323    ·    Commentary    
    Where does the Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) of Pakistan stand today in the ongoing talks and violence led by the Taliban and the State? What does the FATA want, in terms of the ongoing war against terrorism across the Durand Lin...
  • Smokescreen of Secularism
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   04 Mar, 2014    ·    #4322    ·    Commentary    
    Come elections, there is a rat race among political parties in India to woo the Muslim voters. This all is obviously done under the smokescreen of “secularism”, which has been unabashedly abused by the warring political parties. Now th...
  • Af-Pak Diary
    Across the Durand Line: Who is in Control Now? Will That Change?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   03 Mar, 2014    ·    #4321    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director General, the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, India, at a recent conference, raised an important question while discussing the Af-Pak region: who is in control? Given the recent developments on both sides ...
  • Maritime Matters
    Increasing Maritime Competition: IORA, IONS, Milan and the Indian Ocean Networks
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   03 Mar, 2014    ·    #4320    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The Indian Ocean rim countries have establishment a number of multilateral maritime mechanisms to address non-traditional security threats and challenges confronting the region. The Indian Ocean Rim-Association of Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC),...
  • Himalayan Frontier
    Chinese Inroads to Nepal
    Pramod Jaiswal    ·   03 Mar, 2014    ·    #4319    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Over the recent months, China, in an attempt to strengthen its relations with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), has been taking efforts to build a close-knit strategic alliance with Nepal. At a meeting with a visiting...
  • Spotlight West Asia
    Saudi Arabia-US Estrangement: Implications for the Indian Subcontinent
    Ranjit Gupta    ·   03 Mar, 2014    ·    #4318    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The Arab Spring strongly compounded Saudi Arabia’s progressively increasing disillusionment with the US when, to its utter consternation and deep anger, the US failed to prevent the overthrow of Mubarak, a faithful ally for more than three...
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