COMMENTARIES
-
Special Commentary
South Asia: Anti-Trafficking, Flesh Trade and Human Rights
Roomana Hukil · 12 Sep, 2013 · #4116 · Commentary
The release of the US State Department’s report, ‘Trafficking in Persons 2013’ (TIP), showcases a premier document that underlines the status of human trafficking in the international community. The report is a country-wise...
-
Myanmar: Awaiting its Green Revolution
Yves-Marie Rault · 11 Sep, 2013 · #4115 · Commentary
On 1 September 2013, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein stated that “People in rural areas will soon experience tangible results of development programmes.” He seems to have ensured that the last months of his tenure are specifical...
-
J&K: Killings Bare Stark Reality
Shujaat Bukhari · 11 Sep, 2013 · #4114 · Commentary
In Kashmir everything comes at a cost. Even for organizing a music concert, blood is must to be spilled on the roads. Mired in controversy, the “Ehsaas-e-Kashmir” concert, featuring famous conductor Zubin Mehta bungled the Kashmiris fo...
-
End of American Hegemony: Iran, North Korea and now, Syria
D Suba Chandran · 10 Sep, 2013 · #4113 · Commentary
The Obama administration, after failing in Iraq and later in Afghanistan, today is itching to carry out military strikes against Syria. In the contemporary world, especially during the last two decades, the American foreign policy has been met wit...
-
J&K: Concert and Concerns
Shujaat Bukhari · 10 Sep, 2013 · #4112 · Commentary
German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner and his team seems to be at pain to wonder as to why his “dream” event of hosting world known musician Zubin Mehta in the historical Shalimar garden has gone awry. In private conversations S...
-
Syria and Chemical Weapons: Iran’s Dilemma
Shresht Jain · 10 Sep, 2013 · #4111 · Commentary
As Hassan Rouhani takes office and comes face to face with Iran’s myriad domestic and foreign challenges, the recent crisis in Syria has put him in a state of quandary. On one hand, hardliners in Iran have openly criticised the US’ d...
-
Special Commentary
India, Pakistan and the Paradox of Power: Countering Insurgency Across the LoC
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar · 09 Sep, 2013 · #4110 · Commentary
The Inadequacy of Proportional Response
The Pakistan army has relentlessly pursued its politico-military-militant strategy of a ‘thousand cuts’ to keep the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on the boil and in consequence erode the ...
-
Japan and South Korea: Burying the Past?
Rajaram Panda · 09 Sep, 2013 · #4109 · Commentary
Certain comments made by the United National Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Seoul in the last week of August about the need to have a ‘correct view of the past history’ of Northeast Asia made headlines in Japan and evoked sharp dis...
-
China: New Urbanisation Plans
Namrata Hasija · 09 Sep, 2013 · #4108 · Commentary
In March 2011, increasing urbanisation had been noted as part of the Twelfth Five Year Plan by the Communist Party of China’s Central Committee. It is now being reported that the Chinese government has plans to shift 250 million rural resi...
-
India and Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership (RCEP): Challenges and Prospects
Vignesh Ram · 03 Sep, 2013 · #4107 · Commentary
In the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, regional economies devised various mechanisms including the enhancement of mutual cooperation and understanding amongst themselves to avoid any similar problems in the future. In the years ...
