COMMENTARIES
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India: Security and Strategic Challenges in 2014
C Uday Bhaskar · 02 Jan, 2014 · #4233 · Commentary
The twin terrorist attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd that have killed more than 30 innocent people and grievously injured scores of others on two successive days (29 and 30 December 2013) which are suspected to be the handiwork of an Isla...
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Special Commentary
Indian Air Force: Is it an Expeditionary Force?
Gp Capt (Retd) PI Muralidharan · 02 Jan, 2014 · #4232 · Commentary
Reporting on the recent assumption of office by the new Chief of the Indian Air Force, The Times of India on 31 December 2013 carried a piece by Rajat Pandit stating that the new Chief would have to focus on faster induction of plann...
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Japan’s New National Security Strategy: India Factor
Shamshad A Khan · 02 Jan, 2014 · #4231 · Commentary
Japan, in its new strategic doctrines for the next decade, has identified India among the countries that are ‘primary drivers’ of change in the global ‘balance of power’. The two strategic documents (National Security Str...
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Thailand: Challenges to Democracy?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 31 Dec, 2013 · #4230 · Commentary
The ongoing anti-government protests in Bangkok seem to threatening the democratic establishment of the country. The protests which started in November 2013 are being led by Suthep Thaugsuban, the former deputy Prime Minister of Thailand before ...
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Special Commentary
Iran Nuclear Deal: Israeli and Saudi Arabian Objections
Ruhee Neog and Ayesha Khanyari · 31 Dec, 2013 · #4229 · Commentary
While the interim nuclear deal signed with Iran has earned praise from many quarters, it also has its share of detractors. Chief among them are Israel and Saudi Arabia, with whom the US has the most firmly held relationships in the region. The b...
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Peace Audit
Ten Years of Ceasefire along the LoC: Through Elections and Media Ratings
Salma Malik · 27 Dec, 2013 · #4228 · Commentary
If nothing else, India and Pakistan have no dearth of issues to disagree and dispute over. The already fragile and precariously balanced “peace,” suffered yet another major setback when starting January 2013, the Line of Control (LoC...
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Conflict Early Warning
Afghan Mujahideen and J&K: How real is the threat?
D Suba Chandran · 27 Dec, 2013 · #4227 · Commentary
There has been a serious concern, at times even a threat perception, that after the American withdrawal in 2014, the Afghan mujahideen would enter into J&K, as they did after the Soviet withdrawal in 1989. How real is the threat? How relevan...
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Pakistan: The Military Shuffle and Consolidation under the New Chief
Rana Banerji · 26 Dec, 2013 · #4226 · Commentary
Even as new Army Chief, Gen Raheel Sharif settles down to his powerful job, recent military appointments in Pakistan indicate it is business as usual as far as senior level placements are concerned. Raheel presided over his first Corps Commander...
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DGMOs Break the Ice
Shujaat Bukhari · 26 Dec, 2013 · #4225 · Commentary
Even if it may not be termed as a major breakthrough but the meeting between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan has surely helped to break the deadlock. By having the first eye-to-eye contact after 14 year...
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IPCS Special Commentary
North Korea: Beginning of the End?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 26 Dec, 2013 · #4224 · Commentary
It was astonishing to know that the number two leader in North Korean politics, Jang Song-thaek was accused of sabotaging the regime and some other charges and within a few days, was executed by the young leader Kim Jung-un. It was also unique t...
