COMMENTARIES
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Factories of ‘Hate’ and Pakistan’s Fate
Shujaat Bukhari · 03 Oct, 2013 · #4133 · Commentary
A few hours after a suicide bomber hit a Church in Peshawar on Sunday last, a six-year-old, chubby boy was struggling to get out of the clutches of two youngsters in a crowded Rawalpindi bazaar. Weeping and crying it was clear that he did not want...
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Iran’s Nuclear Programme: Is Rouhani in a Win-Win Situation?
Rajeev Agarwal · 01 Oct, 2013 · #4132 · Commentary
How much is Iran ready to compromise in nuclear negotiations? Could it entail giving up its nuclear enrichment programme? Would the US and the P5+1 be willing to accept Iran’s stance on its peaceful nuclear programme and the obvious lead up ...
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Indo-German Relations: Implications of 2013 German Federal Elections
Kai Fürstenberg · 01 Oct, 2013 · #4131 · Commentary
After relatively slow and quiet election campaigns, the German federal elections brought surprising results. First, the FDP, the liberal party, lost about 10 per cent of its vote share and will not be represented in the next Bundestag (federal p...
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IPCS Debate
Technological Change and Security: Implications for India
PR Chari · 01 Oct, 2013 · #4130 · Commentary
That technological change is value neutral and can lead to either greater security or insecurity is well known. But the linkage of technological change to a 'cultural time lag' is seldom identified, which is the period required for cultu...
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J&K: Noise about AFSPA
Shujaat Bukhari · 26 Sep, 2013 · #4129 · Commentary
Union Minister of State for Home, M Ramachandran has shrugged off the issue of revocation of controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) by putting the ball in Jammu and Kashmir government’s court that there was no formal request...
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Pakistan: Now the Christians, Next?
D Suba Chandran · 26 Sep, 2013 · #4128 · Commentary
The latest attack on the Christians in Pakistan is a painful reminder of how intolerant and indifferent we have become as a society and as a State. This is not the first attack on the Christians and other minority communities in Pakistan and unf...
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Pakistan: Nawaz's Problems are Manifold
Shujaat Bukhari · 26 Sep, 2013 · #4127 · Commentary
Smooth transition of democracy in Pakistan in May had raised the hopes of stability in a country that has been grappling with militant extremism for more than 12 years now. With Nawaz Sharif coming back to power for a record third term, the Paki...
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Philippines and Thailand: Need for Regional Peace Initiatives
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 25 Sep, 2013 · #4126 · Commentary
Since the beginning of September this year, the city of Zamboanga, Philippines is witnessing clashes between militant groups and the Filipino National Army. The row began on 9 September 2013, after rebels attacked Zamboanga city with the intenti...
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Nepal’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Can it Heal Old Wounds?
Buddhi Man Tamang · 18 Sep, 2013 · #4125 · Commentary
There is a provision in the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) signed in 2006 between the CPN (Maoist) and the government that war crimes and human rights violations will be resolved through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The president h...
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A Cohen Critique: US and J&K
D Suba Chandran · 26 Sep, 2013 · #4124 · Commentary
How does the American scholarship sees J&K today, and the role of US? Unlike the South Asian case, in the US, the academic community plays an important role in influencing and reflecting the thinking of the State on various issues. Hence, it...
