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  • Cherishing Malala Yusufzai and Shahid Afridi: Week of the Tribals
    D Suba Chandran    ·   18 Jul, 2013    ·    #4042    ·    Commentary    
    During the last week, two individuals from different Pashtun tribes in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) province (formerly the North Western Frontier Province) in Pakistan made news at the international level. The first was a young teenage girl - Mala...
  • IPCS Debate
    Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: A Crime Against Humanity
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   17 Jul, 2013    ·    #4041    ·    Commentary    
    The US State Department’s Report, “Trafficking in Person 2013” elaborates the form of human trafficking in different countries around the world. According to the Report, trafficking involves both men and women, who are either f...
  • J&K
    Shun Seige Mentality
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   17 Jul, 2013    ·    #4040    ·    Commentary    
    Two important developments are taking place in the month of August vis-a-vis the otherwise “dead” peace process aimed at bringing the stakeholders from both the sides of Line of Control (LoC) at the table and to revive the linkages a...
  • On Custodial Deaths and Fake Encounters
    Ashok Bhan    ·   17 Jul, 2013    ·    #4039    ·    Commentary    
    The Ishrat Jahan case has once again brought into focus inadequacies in handling of terror related cases in the country. Without going into the merits of this particular case, it can safely be stated that “Fake Encounters” lead to al...
  • Indian Military Aid for Afghanistan: Syrian Lessons
    Monish Gulati    ·   16 Jul, 2013    ·    #4038    ·    Commentary    
    There is a growing view amongst certain analysts that India’s reluctance to provide military (lethal) aid to Afghanistan particularly after the recent visit of the Afghan president to India, is indicative of a deficient Indian approach to ...
  • Myanmar: Achieving India’s Economic Interests
    Asma Masood    ·   16 Jul, 2013    ·    #4037    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar’s economy has witnessed several landmark transitions recently.  The World Economic Forum held here in June 2013 ushered the country’s re-emergence on the international stage.  A plethora of reforms and prospects wer...
  • Japan: Defense White Paper 2013
    Rajaram Panda    ·   16 Jul, 2013    ·    #4036    ·    Commentary    
    On July 9, 2013, the Ministry of Defence of Japan released its Annual White Paper 2013 (AWP-2013). This is the first Defence White Paper released under the administration of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. The major highlight of the AWP-2013 is the d...
  • Myanmar: Implications of Suu Kyi’s Realpolitik
    Yves-Marie Rault    ·   15 Jul, 2013    ·    #4035    ·    Commentary    
    "I want to be president and I'm quite frank about it", Aung San Suu Kyi said on 6 June, during the World Economic Forum on East Asia. The rumours about her presidential ambitions thus turned out to be true, which can explain the re...
  • IPCS Debate
    Sri Lanka and the 13th Amendment: What is '13 Plus'?
    Sugeeswara Senadhira    ·   11 Jul, 2013    ·    #4034    ·    Commentary    
    The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on constitutional reform focused on devolution of powers met for the first time on July 9 without the participation of opposition parties including the Tamil National Alliance TNA). On the same day, the I...
  • The New Silk Route: Linking J&K and Central Asia
    D Suba Chandran    ·   11 Jul, 2013    ·    #4033    ·    Commentary    
    Rising Kashmir recently reported the Chief Minister of J&K addressing a conference in Kashmir University speaking on linking J&K and Central Asia. He was also quoted referring to Silk Route 2.0 as a part of this strategy to link Kashmir ...
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