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  • Thailand & Cambodia: End of Clashes over Preah Vihear?
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   30 Nov, 2013    ·    #4203    ·    Commentary    
    On 11 November 2013, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) declared its verdict on Preah Vihear case, a Hindu temple on the Thailand-Cambodia border. Several clashes on the border have taken the lives of quite a few civilians and soldiers fro...
  • IPCS Debate (Special Commentary)
    India-Pakistan and Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Step closer to the Abyss
    Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar    ·   30 Nov, 2013    ·    #4202    ·    Commentary    
    The Futility of TNWs In March 2013, a workshop was conducted under the aegis of the Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey. It sought to examine the escalation dynamics in a South Asian crisis under a nuclear overhang. A scrutiny of the scenario...
  • Peace Audit
    Ten Years of Ceasefire along the LoC: An Evaluation
    PR Chari    ·   30 Nov, 2013    ·    #4201    ·    Commentary    
    Some history would be of relevance here.  The Line of Control (LoC) was envisioned by the Simla Agreement entered  on 2 July 1972; it replaced the ceasefire line negotiated by the Karachi Agreement of 1 January 1949 and demar...
  • Nepal Elections 2013
    The Fall of Maoists
    Sisir Devkota    ·   29 Nov, 2013    ·    #4200    ·    Commentary    
    The 2013 CA election in Nepal was a show of vibrant participation, inclusiveness and enthusiasm. Not only was there an increase in people’s representatives, there were also 68 more political parties running for the FPTP (first past the post)...
  • Pakistan: New Army Chief Lt Gen Raheel Sharif
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Nov, 2013    ·    #4199    ·    Commentary    
    After months of suspense and questions, the elected Prime Minister of Pakistan has appointed the next Army Chief, who will take over following the retirement of Gen Kayani. An Orderly Succession? Lt Gen Raheel Sharif, who was third in line,...
  • Nepal Elections 2013
    (Un)Making of Madhesi Politics
    Sohan Prasad Sha    ·   28 Nov, 2013    ·    #4198    ·    Commentary    
    As the Nepal’s election result unfolds, the sudden setback to ‘progressive forces for Change’ is surprising. The Madhes movement of 2007, which invoked federalism, gave rise to political parties from Madhes, drew into the natio...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal: Regional Implications
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Nov, 2013    ·    #4197    ·    Commentary    
    None would have expected until few months ago that the US and Iran would come together and agree on a tentative draft that too on the enrichment issue. But that is what had actually happened in Geneva few days before when the P5 plus 1 countries...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal: American Re-Entry into the Middle East?
    Chintamani Mahapatra    ·   28 Nov, 2013    ·    #4196    ·    Commentary    
    What does the Iran nuclear deal mean for American policy towards Tehran and the rest of the Middle East? Iran Nuclear Deal: Winners and Losers The Geneva Agreement, signalling an American-Iranian détente, has created winners and lo...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal: A Definite Breakthrough
    Ruhee Neog    ·   26 Nov, 2013    ·    #4195    ·    Commentary    
    The interim nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+1 on 24 November 2013 was a definite breakthrough. It is the only nuclear deal to have been successfully concluded since the one reached with Rouhani at the negotiating table in the ea...
  • Iran Nuclear Deal: End of Cold War against the West?
    Ayesha Khanyari    ·   26 Nov, 2013    ·    #4194    ·    Commentary    
    After months of negotiations, the P5+1 and Iran have managed to reach an understanding on Tehran’s nuclear programme that gives each side a small portion of their demands. In exchange of temporary relaxation of sanctions, the P5+1 reached ...
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