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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, ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • India-South Korea: President Park Geun-hye and ‘Sales Diplomacy’
    Angana Guha Roy    ·   31 Jan, 2014    ·    #4277    ·    Commentary    
    India hosted South Korean President Park Geun-hye in the second week of January 2014; weeks after India hosted Japan’s emperor, and also readied to host Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as the guest of honour at the Republic Day celebrat...
  • Bangladesh: Implications of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Indictment
    Rupak Bhattacharjee    ·   30 Jan, 2014    ·    #4276    ·    Commentary    
    The trial of Bangladeshi war criminals that began on 21 November 2011 has generated many controversies. In March 2010, the Awami League (AL) government constituted the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for the trial of persons accused of commi...
  • Dateline Kabul
    Afghanistan, US and the Peace Process: A Deal with the Taliban in 2014?
    Mariam Safi    ·   28 Jan, 2014    ·    #4275    ·    Commentary    
    If the rise in violence this month is any mark of the year that is to be, then we can conclude that 2014 will turn out be an ominous year for Afghans. The winter season in Afghanistan, which tends to witness a reduction in fighting, has in fact ...
  • Targeting Minorities: Emerging Trend in Bangladesh and Pakistan
    C Uday Bhaskar    ·   27 Jan, 2014    ·    #4274    ·    Commentary    
    Even as India celebrated its Republic Day to reiterate its commitment to the Constitution and the equality of all its citizens irrespective of religion, caste, language and ethnicity – a dangerous trend is emerging in South  Asia  ...
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