COMMENTARIES
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on Road and Transport Cooperation
Col R Hariharan (Retd) · 29 Oct, 2013 · #4153 · Commentary
Of the multiple agreement signed between the two countries during Manmohan Singh’s visit, the MoU on roads (National Highways) and road transportation has a modest objective of promoting the sharing of knowledge, experience and cooperation...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
MoU on Sister City Relations
DS Rajan · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4152 · Commentary
In the modern era, the concept of sister city ties between countries in the world which in the main focuses on ‘people to people contact sand learning from each other’, have come to play a strong supportive role in making the develop...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
Border Defence Agreement
D Suba Chandran · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4151 · Commentary
Of the multiple agreements signed between India and China during Manmohan Singh’s visit, one of the most important is on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border between the countries. Given the tensions between the two countrie...
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India & China: An Assessment of October 2013 Agreements
No Tangibles
Jayadeva Ranade · 27 Oct, 2013 · #4150 · Commentary
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s 3-day (Oct 21-23, 2013) tour to Beijing marked the first time in sixty years that the Indian and Chinese Prime Ministers exchanged visits within a year. As seasoning for the event the Chinese threw in...
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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...
