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  • Cross-LoC interactions in J&K: So Far, Yet Much More
    D Suba Chandran    ·   01 Aug, 2013    ·    #4062    ·    Commentary    
    In the recent years, no initiative between India and Pakistan, especially between the two parts of J&K evoked so much of enthusiasm, expectation along with dismay and disappointment, as the cross-LoC interactions have. The bus service for th...
  • J&K Bank: Credibility at stake
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   31 Jul, 2013    ·    #4061    ·    Commentary    
    “Rs 1,00000 Crore business”, this self-speaking hoarding in the premises of Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s zonal office on Moulana Azad Road stands out in the business highlights of the state. Being a banker to the state government, ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Bhutan Elections 2013
    Roomana Hukil    ·   30 Jul, 2013    ·    #4060    ·    Commentary    
    Ms. Medha Bisht Bhutan Elections have been interesting, controversial and conflicting to a certain degree. The wild card that triggered responses in the media was due to an announcement by the ministry of external affairs on the withdrawal of s...
  • IPCS Review
    Nepal and the Failed States Index
    Yelisha Sharma    ·   30 Jul, 2013    ·    #4059    ·    Commentary    
    The Fund for Peace has been developing a Failed State Index since 2005. The most interesting feature of this index are the indicators it takes into account. The position of various states all over the world  is analysed on the basis of...
  • IPCS Debate
    India, Sri Lanka and Maldives: The Tripartite Maritime Security Agreement and the Growing Chinese Influence
    Iranga Kahangama    ·   30 Jul, 2013    ·    #4058    ·    Commentary    
    China and India continue to vie for maritime influence, as influence over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) remains both commercially and strategically advantageous. However, India’s recent strategy includes developing regional cooperative mar...
  • Af-Pak Diary
    Talks with the Taliban: A Post Mortem
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Jul, 2013    ·    #4057    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    What was touted as the Doha process – negotiations with the Afghan Taliban -- appears  to be dead now. There was a parallel initiative within Pakistan, between the government and the Teherik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which also appear...
  • India and Pakistan: Azm-e-Nau as a Response to the Cold Start
    Ali Ahmed    ·   28 Jul, 2013    ·    #4056    ·    Commentary    
    The Pakistani Army has just completed its summer war games, Azm Nau IV. The press release has it that with the Azm-e-Nau series of exercises held since 2009, Pakistan has arrived at an answer to India’s Cold Start. Its distraction so far w...
  • Afghanistan: Is The Absence of War a Substantial Condition for Peace?
    Priyashree Andley    ·   26 Jul, 2013    ·    #4055    ·    Commentary    
    The post-Cold War period has witnessed a significant shift in the nature of conflict. The number of internal conflicts increased and the intensity of behaviour of parties has undergone change. The number of actors involved increased as various p...
  • Bo Xilai: China's Trial of the Century
    Namrata Hasija    ·   25 Jul, 2013    ·    #4054    ·    Commentary    
    Bo Xilai has been formally charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power today according to Jinan City People’s Procuratorate in east China’s Shandong province. The indictment paper delivered to the Jinan City Intermediate Pe...
  • Doha Dialogue, Obama’s Zero Option and the Afghan Future: Advantage Taliban
    D Suba Chandran    ·   25 Jul, 2013    ·    #4053    ·    Commentary    
    Obama has floated another Zero Option (remember the earlier Prague speech on global nuclear disarmament that won him the Nobel?), this time on the number of American troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014. This statement, whether bluff or thre...
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