COMMENTARIES
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East Asia Compass
Japan: Implications of Indiscriminate Assertiveness
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 03 Feb, 2014 · #4287 · Commentary · Column
Shinjo Abe’s unrelenting tough approach towards China is arguably the second most important development in recent years in East Asia after the growing military might of China. There is lots of support across the region for his policy of &l...
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Maritime Matters
China in the Indian Ocean: Deep Sea Forays
Vijay Sakhuja · 03 Feb, 2014 · #4286 · Commentary · Column
China’s maritime ambitions are expanding and it is making forays into the deep seas beyond its waters. The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) has drawn plans to build scientific research vessels and mother ships for submersibles. Further, ...
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Spotlight West Asia
Syria Today: Is Regime Change the Answer?
Ranjit Gupta · 03 Feb, 2014 · #4285 · Commentary · Column
There are three aspects of the Syrian imbroglio: First, what was originally a political struggle has become a progressively more devastating civil war. Second, those fighting against the Assad regime have fragmented into several distinct and con...
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IPCS Debate
Federalism and Foreign Policy: Limits of the Political-Institutional Framework in India
Zaad Mahmood · 01 Feb, 2014 · #4284 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies has initiated a timely academic discussion on the dynamics of foreign policy in response to evolving federalism in India. The first instalment in this exercise is PR Chari’s Limits of Federalism ...
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IPCS Debate
Federalism and Foreign Policy: Regional Inputs in India's Neighbourhood Strategy
V Suryanarayan · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4283 · Commentary
The IPCS should be complemented for initiating a healthy debate on what role federal units should play in the making of India’s foreign policy. This essay is a perspective from Chennai.
India borders Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, ...
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Indian Ocean Region
The Malabar Exercises: India, Japan and the US
Teshu Singh · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4282 · Commentary
When the Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera visited India in the first week of January, an invitation to partake in the Malabar Exercise 2014 was extended to the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force. The exercise would be held sometime after ...
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China, Myanmar, and the Myitsone Dam: Uncertain Future
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4281 · Commentary
The unresolved status of the presently-suspended Myitsone Dam project in Myanmar’s Kachin state has the potential to derail Beijing-Yangon bilateral relations. How did this come to be? And more importantly, what are the implications of fal...
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India & Iran: Post Nuclear Deal
Ruhee Neog · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4280 · Commentary
In speeches centred on India’s bilateral relations with Iran, India leaders have been known to untiringly emphasisethe convergence of interests, starting with civilisational links to current strategic implications. However, the history of ...
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Myanmar: Why is the Clergy Angry?
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4279 · Commentary
A recent UN statement demanding an impartial probe into the killings of Muslims by Buddhists, in Myanmar, has once again brought the issue of the Rohingyas – widely accepted as the most persecuted minority group – to the fore. The al...
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Myanmar: Are the Infrastructure and Economic Reforms Adequate?
Kuhan Madhan · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4278 · Commentary
With chairing the covetous ASEAN group for 2014, the extravagant ceremonies of the 27th South East Asian (SEA) games drum aloud Myanmar’s return from isolation. Myanmar, given its strategic location as the link between the Bay of Bengal an...
