COMMENTARIES
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on the Brahmaputra River
Wasbir Hussain · 24 Oct, 2013 · #4149 · Commentary
Manmohan Singh’s visit to China could eventually turn out to be a bigger diplomatic success for India, especially on the memorandum of understanding the two neighbours reached on ‘Strengthening Cooperation on Trans-border Rivers&rsqu...
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Bangladesh: Is Sheikh Hasina's Proposal to End the Political Crisis too Little?
Harun ur Rashid · 21 Oct, 2013 · #4148 · Commentary
On 18 October 2013, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina oproposed forming an all-party election-time government to oversee the next general election."We want to hold the next parliamentary elections taking all parties with us. It's my proposal...
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Regional Research Institutions and Think-Tanks: Why are they Missing?
D Suba Chandran · 17 Oct, 2013 · #4147 · Commentary
In the last few years, one of the American Universities has been publishing an index of leading think tanks and research institutions at the global level. While the index has been questioned by many in terms of the parameters used, it provides a...
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J&K: A Haven for Agents?
Shujaat Bukhari · 17 Oct, 2013 · #4146 · Commentary
A few hours after a suicide bomber hit a Church in Peshawar on Sunday last, a six-The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly passed a resolution on Monday asking Government of India to order a time-bound probe into the “revelations” made by the ...
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Sri Lanka: TNA in the Northern Province
N Manoharan · 17 Oct, 2013 · #4145 · Commentary
In the recently held Provincial Council elections, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 30 out of 38 seats (that included two bonus seats) and formed the government in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. As announced during the campaign, its ch...
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Future Weapons, Future Wars: Looking Beyond Conventional Prompt Global Strike
Onkar Marwah · 17 Oct, 2013 · #4144 · Commentary
A host of new esoteric weapons are in various stages of development among the major powers. Cumulatively, the latter weapons systems are destined to completely change the face and techniques of future warfare on land, at sea, in the air, and whe...
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Sri Lanka: Should India Boycott the Commonwealth Meeting?
V Suryanarayan · 15 Oct, 2013 · #4143 · Commentary
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Colombo is fast approaching, questions are being raised in India, especially in Tamil Nadu, about the rationale of Indian participation. Some political groupings argue that Indian ...
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China and Southeast Asia: What is the Strategy behind the Maritime Silk Road?
Teshu Singh · 15 Oct, 2013 · #4142 · Commentary
The absence of the US at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali has given China an opportunity to downplay its ‘charm offensive’ in the Southeast Asian region. During the meeting, China proposed the revival of th...
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China-Malaysia: Is the Tilt Real?
Aparupa Bhattacharjee · 15 Oct, 2013 · #4141 · Commentary
Malaysia recently hosted the Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited on 3 October 2013. This is the first trip made by the president to Southeast Asia since he took office in March 2013. Malaysia was the second destination of this trip, which ...
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Intrusions along LoC/IB in J&K: Pakistan’s Objectives
Rana Banerji · 15 Oct, 2013 · #4140 · Commentary
Attempts to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir intensify usually in the autumn, marking, to some extent, the desperation to keep the strength of hardcore, committed militants at a sufficient high. 95 militants infiltrated in 2010, 52 in 2011 and ...
