COMMENTARIES
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Nepal Elections 2013
The Terai Politics and Madheshi Votes
Sohan Prasad Sha · 12 Aug, 2013 · #4086 · Commentary
Elections in Nepal are a time for politicians to embark on tours and visits. No sooner are they announced than leaders of all stripes make a beeline to New Delhi, to curry favour, cut deals, and carry back home evidence of their skills in negoti...
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IPCS Review
Nepal: Failure of the Failed States Index
Pramod Jaiswal · 12 Aug, 2013 · #4085 · Commentary
The Fund for Peace’s ninth annual Failed States Index (FSI) has been released. The index looks at four Social Indicators (Demographic Pressures, Refugees and IDPS, Group Grievance, Human Flight), two Economic Indicators (Uneven Development...
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IPCS Discussion
China, Japan & South Korea: Emerging Security Architecture in East Asia
Shresht Jain · 12 Aug, 2013 · #4084 · Commentary
Session-I: Park's Visit to Beijing and China-South Korea Relations
Dr. Sandip Mishra
In her recent visit to China, South Korean President Park Geun-hyu emphasised the pivotal role of China in determining the security a...
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Half Yearly Review
India and the Peace Process in Sri Lanka: So Close, Yet So Far
N Manoharan · 11 Aug, 2013 · #4083 · Commentary
During the first half of 2013, there was no forward movement on the peace process front in Sri Lanka. Instead, some of the measures taken by the Sri Lankan government under Mahinda Rajapaksa have put things in the opposite direction. India was c...
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IPCS Special Commentary
US and Vietnam: Emerging Security Architecture in Southeast & East Asia
Rajaram Panda · 09 Aug, 2013 · #4082 · Commentary
On an invitation from President Barack Obama, the Vietnamese President Truong Tan Song visited the US from July 23-26, 2013. Though President Tan Song was accompanied by a large delegation ranging from economics, trade and defence and even a sen...
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US and Pakistan: The Unlikelihood of a Civil Nuclear Deal
Iranga Kahangama · 09 Aug, 2013 · #4081 · Commentary
Despite US Secretary of State John Kerry’s reinvigorated foreign policy approach to Pakistan, the likelihood of a recently mentioned potential civilian nuclear deal remains doubtful.
Talks of a nuclear deal with Pakistan are often me...
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IPCS Special Commentary
India & Vietnam: Defence Cooperation, Economic Ties and a Strategic Partnership
Rajaram Panda · 09 Aug, 2013 · #4080 · Commentary
The Foreign Minister of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, visited India in mid-July to participate in the 15th Vietnam-India Commission meeting and to review bilateral ties. Surprisingly, as compared with the Chinese media, the Indian media did not give ...
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Pakistan and the Killings across the LoC: Tactical Offensive or a Strategic Defensive?
Lt. Gen. Arvinder S Lamba · 08 Aug, 2013 · #4079 · Commentary
The recent killing of five soldiers in Poonch has reverberated the calculated and tested strategy of the Pakistan Army once again. Pakistan’s dubious track record of such events since the killing of ...
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Half Yearly Review
J&K: Declining Violence, But Challenges Galore
Ashok Bhan · 08 Aug, 2013 · #4078 · Commentary
The first half of the year 2013 in Jammu and Kashmir was marked by continued ceasefire violations and infiltration attempts from across, targeting by terrorists of security forces and police personnel, targeted attacks on civilians including Pan...
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Half Yearly Review
Sri Lanka: Tough Questions, Slow Answers
Thiranjala Weerasinghe · 08 Aug, 2013 · #4077 · Commentary
Introduction
All throughout the three decades of armed hostilities in Sri Lanka, many believed that the end of war will necessarily bring a lasting solution to the ethnic tension erupted specifically during the post-independence era. Basically ...
