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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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Middle Kingdom
    China-Japan Friction: How can India Respond?
    DS Rajan    ·   13 Jan, 2014    ·    #4259    ·    Commentary    
    The current trends make clear that tensions between China and Japan on political and strategic issues are increasing day by day. It is natural that Asia-Pacific nations, which have a big stake in guaranteeing regional stability and prosperity, a...
  • Seminar Report
    Conflict Early Warning: Contemporary Regional Environment & Implications for J&K
    Ayesha Khanyari    ·   13 Jan, 2014    ·    #4258    ·    Commentary    
    Session I: Conflict Early Warning - Regional Security Environment Chair: PR Chari, Visiting Professor, IPCS Iran Nuclear Deal and Regional Security Amb Ranjit Gupta Former Indian Ambassador to Oman The interim nuclear agreement is a di...
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