COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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IPCS Debate
India-Pakistan and Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Implications of Hatf-9
Gurmeet Kanwal · 11 Nov, 2013 · #4169 · Commentary
On 05 November 2013, Pakistan’s Strategic Forces Command once again tested the 60-km range Hatf-9 (Nasr) short-range ballistic missile (SRBM). Salvoes of four missiles were fired from multi-tube launchers. According to the ISPR, the nuclea...
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IPCS Discussion
Contemporary Nepal: Elections, Constitution-Making and Internal Politics
Roomana Hukil · 07 Nov, 2013 · #4168 · Commentary
Dr Nishchal Nath Pandey
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies, Nepal
The current situation of Nepal can be discussed through three scenarios.
Scenario I: The real strength of the 33 political parties led by CPN-Maoist’s cad...
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Japan & China: Room for Rapproachment?
Angana Guha Roy · 07 Nov, 2013 · #4167 · Commentary
fJapan and China commemorated the 35th anniversary of their Bilateral Treaty of Peace and Friendship in a low key symposium in October this year. The commemoration coincided with the pessimism that marked their recent row over Senkaku Island and...
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After Hakeemullah Mehsud: Peace Process, American Drones and TTP’s Future
D Suba Chandran · 07 Nov, 2013 · #4166 · Commentary
Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban, perceived as Pakistan’s public enemy number one, was killed last week in his own stronghold by an American drone fired from the other side of the Durand Line. More than solving primary qu...
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India-Pakistan: Afghan End-Game
Shujaat Bukhari · 07 Nov, 2013 · #4165 · Commentary
Post International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) withdrawal from Afghanistan is a scenario that has thrown up more than one concern for the bigger players in the game. Whatever the fate of Afghanistan and its people, the issue which is being pa...
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Pakistan: The Hakimullah Mehsud Killing
Rana Banerji · 04 Nov, 2013 · #4164 · Commentary
The elimination of Hakimullah Mehsud through another pinpointed US drone attack on his newly built, lavish farmhouse at Danday Darpakhel, near Miramshah on 01 November evening indicates that his recently arrested cousin, Latif Mehsud must have s...
