COMMENTARIES
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IPCS Debate
Expanse of Federalism: South Asia Sui Generis?
D Suba Chandran · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4269 · Commentary
PR Chari, in his commentary titled ‘Limits of Federalism' in South Asia, makes several important assertions on the nature of federalism evolving in the region. Both his assertions and the nature of evolution need larger debate and unde...
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Year in Review
Northeast 2013: A Year of Peace and Violence
Rani P Das · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4268 · Commentary
India’s Northeast saw new twists and turns in so far as its conflicts and peace processes were concerned. If peace appeared to be knocking at the doors with most of the major rebel groups coming to truce mode, the emergence of many smaller...
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India-South Korea Relations: Creative Economy for Creative Strategy
Jiye Kim · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4267 · Commentary
Geun-hye Park, the President of the Republic of Korea, was recently on a visit to India as her sixth tour since she took office in February 2013. As indicated in her speech at a New Year’s meeting, economy is the keyword in the second year...
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Bangladesh Post Elections 2014: India’s Challenges and Options
Alok Kumar Gupta · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4266 · Commentary
Sheikh Hasina was sworn in January 2014 for her second straight term as Prime Minister of Bangladesh, after her Awami League (AL) party secured a landslide win in the general elections held earlier during the month. The electoral process right f...
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South Asian Dialectic
Limits of Federalism
PR Chari · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4265 · Commentary · Column
The Indian Constitution distributes political, financial and legislative authority between New Delhi and the States, with the centre enjoying primacy due to its control over finance, defense, trade, telecommunications and foreign investmen...
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Red Affairs
Surrender of Gudsa Usendi: Ominous beginning for the Naxals?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 19 Jan, 2014 · #4264 · Commentary · Column
Beginning of 2014 could not have been any worse for the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist). The outfit lost one of its trusted lieutenants. On 13 January, spokesperson of Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee, GVK Prasad alias Gudsa Use...
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IPCS Debate
Responding to Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Strategy for India
Manpreet Sethi · 18 Jan, 2014 · #4263 · Commentary
In Pakistan’s nuclear strategy, the primary task of its nuclear weapons is not to deter India’s nuclear weapons, but to avoid an engagement with a superior military capability. Rawalpindi is aware of the risk of having to confront In...
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India-Sri Lanka: Conflict over Fishing Rights
Kuhan Madhan · 16 Jan, 2014 · #4262 · Commentary
The conflict between the Sri Lankan and Indian Tamil fisher communities resonates with the larger ethnic struggles of the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. The civil war which ran into three decades stifled Sri Lankan fishing activity, and this crea...
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Dhaka Discourse
Bangladesh Post Elections 2014: Redefining Domestic Politics?
Delwar Hossain · 16 Jan, 2014 · #4261 · Commentary · Column
The 10th Parliamentary elections were held in Bangladesh on 5 January 2014 against the backdrop of the opposition alliance’s boycott and blockade programme, amidst a whirl of apprehensions, tension and violence. The boycott of the major op...
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Bangladesh Post Elections 2014: What Went Wrong?
Harun ur Rashid · 15 Jan, 2014 · #4260 · Commentary
Since 1991 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has either formed the government or the opposition in parliament. For the first time, BNP’s will not have a parliamentary presence because the party boycotted the January 2014 parliamentary...
