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  • Indian News Media: Does it have an Impact on Policy-Making?
    Roomana Hukil    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4179    ·    Commentary    
    The impact of news media on society is felt in two broad forms – collectively and individually. As a collective, it articulates itself through public opinion, sometimes fostering change in governmental policy, whilst individually it happen...
  • Pakistan: Double-Speak on Drones
    Ayesha Khanyari    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4178    ·    Commentary    
    The recent killing of Hakimullah Mehsud, leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP), by US drone strikes, and the subsequent protests in Islamabad highlight the dilemma Pakistan faces - incapable to draw a line between supporting a homicidal militant ...
  • China: Bo Xilai Inspires a New Party?
    Namrata Hasija    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4177    ·    Commentary    
    On 6 November 2013, a new political party was formed in China. Named Zhi Xian, the party was founded by Wang Zheng, an associate Professor of International Trade at the Beijing Institute of Economics and Management. It consists of supporters of ...
  • Responsibility to Protect: China’s Version
    Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4176    ·    Commentary    
    Responsibility to Protect (R2P) was accepted as a global norm at the World Summit Conference held at the United Nations in 2005. The Outcome Document of the Conference in paragraphs 138 and 139 accepted that all states have the responsibility to...
  • IPCS Special Commentary
    China: Document No. 9 and the New Propaganda Regime
    Jayadeva Ranade    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4175    ·    Commentary    
    Upset by the apparent indiscipline in the country’s media and cultural space over the past couple of years, where ideas viewed as seeming to challenge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s authority were being openly aired, the new CCP...
  • CHOGM, India and Sri Lanka: New Delhi’s Missed Opportunities
    N Manoharan    ·   14 Nov, 2013    ·    #4174    ·    Commentary    
    After a long suspense, India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has formally conveyed his decision not to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to the Sri Lankan president. Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid now heads th...
  • IPCS Debate
    India-Pakistan and Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Implications of Hatf-9
    Beenish Altaf    ·   12 Nov, 2013    ·    #4173    ·    Commentary    
    The Nasr missile, with its enhanced capability, was successfully test-fired on 05 November 2013. A short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile (SRBM), also called Hatf IX, it has a range of 60 km. The test fire was conducted with successive...
  • BCIM Economic Corridor: A Giant Step towards Integration
    Harun ur Rashid    ·   12 Nov, 2013    ·    #4172    ·    Commentary    
    Lord Dalhousie, India’s Governor General from 1848 to 1856, once dreamed of a ‘route’ in South Asia – a railway line from Singapore to Constantinople and beyond, with a branch track meandering up to Lhasa (Tibet). Another...
  • Myanmar: Kachin State and the State of Peace
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   11 Nov, 2013    ·    #4171    ·    Commentary    
    The ongoing clash in southern Kachin state has questioned the success of the new peace deal that was signed between the Myanmarese government and Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO). The peace deal, which was signed in October 2013, was expecte...
  • Nepal Elections 2013
    Is there Hope for Madhes?
    Sisir Devkota    ·   11 Nov, 2013    ·    #4170    ·    Commentary    
    The second round of CA elections has provided hope for the historically exploited people of the geographically flat plains (Madhes/Terai) of Nepal. The hopes are high at this time because the people in Madhes have an outstanding chance to choose...
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