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  • India: Al Qaeda's Call to Muslim Youth
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4052    ·    Commentary    
    Its appellation bears close resemblance to a pre-existing evangelical video. On July 23, Al Qaeda's media arm, As-Sahab, released the English translation of a video statement it had posted in June 2013 calling upon the Indian Muslims to join...
  • China and the US: Fifth Strategic and Economic Dialogue
    Teshu Singh    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4051    ·    Commentary    
    The fifth annual China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was held in Washington D.C on 10-11 July 2013. Notably, the groundwork for the meeting was already done during the Xi-Obama meeting and further cemented by an article written b...
  • J&K: Land grab of a different kind
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4050    ·    Commentary    
    A high-level panel of state Legislative Council headed by its chairman Amrit Malhotra was in Delhi last week. On the face of it, it was not a pleasure trip as is attributed to all such committees of state legislature that take up visits outside th...
  • Myanmar: Drug Politics and Democratic Transition
    Yves-Marie Rault    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4049    ·    Commentary    
    Lo Hsing Han’s funeral ceremony, on 17 July, was probably not any different from that of Vito Corleone, the Mafia boss depicted in Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Family, friends, business partners and government officials cam...
  • IPCS Book Review
    Pakistan: Civil-Military Relations and the Instrumentalisation of Political Power
    Rana Banerji    ·   23 Jul, 2013    ·    #4048    ·    Commentary    
    Military Agency, Politics and the State in Pakistan Ejaz Hussain Heidelberg Series in South Asian and Comparative Studies- Vol VI: 472 pages Publishers: Samskriti, New Delhi, 2013 This book examines the causes and modes of repeated militar...
  • Vietnam-India Strategic Partnership: Spaces and Gaps
    Shresht Jain    ·   23 Jul, 2013    ·    #4047    ·    Commentary    
    Except few stints, one of which being Vietnam supporting its ideological partner China during the Indo-China war of 1962, the India-Vietnam relationship has remained exceptionally cordial since its foundation was laid by Prime Minister Nehru and...
  • China: Space Program and Strategy
    Narayani Basu    ·   22 Jul, 2013    ·    #4046    ·    Commentary    
    On 11 June 2013, China launched its fifth manned space mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Atop a Long March 2F rocket, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft transported three astronauts to the Tiangong 1,...
  • IPCS Special Commentary
    China and Likonomics: Li Keqiang’s Emerging Economic Strategy
    Narayani Basu    ·   22 Jul, 2013    ·    #4045    ·    Commentary    
    Eponyms for new policies instigated under the aegis of political leaders nearly always become a catchphrase. Recently, the global community saw the emergence of Abenomics in Japan, under the leadership of Shinzo Abe. Now, China appears to be joi...
  • IPCS Debate
    Sri Lanka and the 13th Amendment: The Arithmetic of ‘Plus’ and ‘Minus’
    N Manoharan    ·   18 Jul, 2013    ·    #4044    ·    Commentary    
    Many decades ago, Bertrand Russell remarked, “Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.” The arithmetic revolving around the debate on the...
  • South China Sea: Beijing Likely to Employ Soft Power?
    Shresht Jain    ·   18 Jul, 2013    ·    #4043    ·    Commentary    
    Hitherto, the real challenge for China in the South China Sea has been to safeguard its sovereignty. However, for Beijing to cater to its energy demands and domestic economy, it is expected to lessen its dependency upon hard power and rely more ...
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