COMMENTARIES
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India-US Relations: Khobragade Case Tests India's Resilence
C Uday Bhaskar · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4257 · Commentary
On 10 January, Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, till recently the deputy consul general in New York returned to Delhi after being criminally indicted by a US court in a high-octane, hyper-visible visa fraud case related to her domestic maid t...
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The Strategist
Strategic Non-Nuclear Weapons: An Essential Consort to a Doctrine of No First Use
Vijay Shankar · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4256 · Commentary · Column
Politico-Military thought often harbours a puzzling phenomenon when it organises concepts and institutions in a mosaic of sometimes antithetical notions. Contrary ideas are indeed intrinsic to the art of political sagacity, but when form is defi...
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Nuke Street
Nuclear Power: An Annual Report Card
Sheel kant Sharma · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4255 · Commentary · Column
The global nuclear power scenario showed signs in 2013 of gradually emerging from the post-Fukushima freeze. The impact of Fukushima remained still formidable in Japan as the year saw the trickle of persistent bad news from the Daichi units in J...
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Eagle Eye
Indo-US Strategic Partnership Post Khobragade: The Long Shadow
Chintamani Mahapatra · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4254 · Commentary · Column
The Devyani Khobragade episode that took place in the backdrop of a strong strategic cooperation between the two countries has terribly hurt the Indian government and the people alike. The diplomatic discord between India and the US over the ind...
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Spotlight West Asia
The Arab World: Trying Times Ahead
Ranjit Gupta · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4253 · Commentary · Column
Though the spotlight on West Asia is understandably focused currently on the unquestionably exciting prospect of a welcome and desirable reconciliation between the US and Iran, which is more than likely to happen, contemporary ground realities a...
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Year in Review
Japan 2013: Abenomics
Angana Guha Roy · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4252 · Commentary
2013 turned out to be one of the most eventful years for Japan. Under Abe’s leadership, and with a revised security policy and an engaging foreign policy, Japan remained prominent in international diplomacy. It marked the completion of a y...
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Year in Review
South Asia’s 2013: A Time for Elections
Roomana Hukil · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4251 · Commentary
South Asia underwent a political wave that overpowered the other strategic discourses of the entire region in 2013. As most countries experienced grave political shifts with elections doing the rounds; others witnessed roadblocks in the form of ...
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Year in Review
China 2013: New Leadership
Teshu Singh · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4250 · Commentary
The change in Chinese leadership was the major event of the year 2013. With the articulation of new terms such as ‘Chinese dream’, ‘maritime silk road’, ‘new pattern of great-power relations’ the foreign polic...
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Year in Review
US-Afghanistan Relations 2013: BSA and Taliban Negotiations
Athul Athul · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4249 · Commentary
The bilateral security agreement (BSA) and negotiations with the Taliban were the main issues between the US and Afghanistan in 2013. The future of the US-Afghan relationship is heavily reliant on the bilateral agreement and the evolving securit...
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Year in Review
Iran 2013: Was Change the Buzzword?
Ruhee Neog · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4248 · Commentary
2013 was a year of change for Iran, most of which started roughly half way through the year. There was a change in leadership and a change in the conduct of diplomacy, both of which are of particular relevance to nuclear matters. If the West wer...
