COMMENTARIES
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Year in Review
Left-wing Extremism 2013: The Threat Continues
N Manoharan · 26 Jan, 2014 · #4273 · Commentary
Left-wing Extremism (LWE) continued to remain as one of the major challenges to India’s internal security in 2013. Its intensity persisted especially in three states – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Orissa – apart from significant...
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IPCS Debate
Federalism and Foreign Policy: Do National Political Parties have ‘Regional Outlooks’?
Wasbir Hussain · 24 Jan, 2014 · #4272 · Commentary
Mr PR Chari appears to be happy with the ‘federalisation of India’s polity,’ which, he says, has ‘enabled its conversion into a true democracy’. One can understand his point of view given that federalisation has ren...
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Year in Review
Maldives 2013: End of Political Stalemate
N Manoharan · 23 Jan, 2014 · #4271 · Commentary
A small atoll state, Maldives witnessed numerous events in 2013 on the political, socio-economic and diplomatic fronts.
The political issues revolved around the long-delayed presidential polls. The second multi-party presidential elections t...
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Dateline Islamabad
The Musharraf Trial & Beyond
Salma Malik · 20 Jan, 2014 · #4270 · Commentary · Column
On January 2, General Musharraf ended up at the Armed forces institute of cardiology in Rawalpindi, a rather long detour from his residence to the court, which had made a third unsuccessful attempt to summon the ex-president on charges of treaso...
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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...
