COMMENTARIES
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Mr RG - This is not the Real Change
Shujaat Bukhari · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4002 · Commentary
Nehru-Gandhi family heir apparent and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has credited the United Progressive Alliance government’s two terms with the “change in mood” in Kashmir. He has also dismissed Pakistan as a stakeholde...
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IPCS Discussion:
15 Years After India and Pakistan's Nuclear Tests
Somya Chhabra · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4001 · Commentary
Session 1: Developments within the region
Manpreet Sethi
The Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Cruise Missile and Tactical Nuclear Weapons are interlinked and this has profound implications for strategic stability in India. India began to foc...
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The Guwahati Initiative:
Northeast as the Centre of Regional Universe
D Suba Chandran · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4000 · Commentary
In the last few years, there have been efforts to reorient India’s Lookeast Policy, at the foreign policy level, primarily by the PMO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi. Simultaneously, there have also been multiple efforts b...
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North Korea:
The Renewed Dialogue Offer
Rajaram Panda · 18 Jun, 2013 · #3999 · Commentary
After the abrupt cancellation of planned talks between North and South Korea on 12 June over the issue of protocol, in a surprise move the North offered on 16 June to hold high-level talks with the US, saying it was ready to discuss easing tensi...
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RIP:
B. Raman (1936-2013)
Rana Banerji · 17 Jun, 2013 · #3998 · Commentary
An era may be inexorably drawing to a close with the passing of Bahukutumbi Raman, one of India’s most brilliant Intelligence operatives and a doyen of the country’s strategic security community.
An officer of the 1961 batch of t...
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Pakistan Elections 2013:
Will the Provincial Governments and Sharif be at Loggerheads?
Anu Krishnan · 17 Jun, 2013 · #3997 · Commentary
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz won Pakistan’s landmark elections of 2013, securing an iron grip on Punjab province. Nawaz Sharif’s decisive victory in his native Punjab was marked by his popularity with the rural population as a co...
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Pakistan Elections 2013:
Karachi, MQM’s Decline, PTI’s Ascendency?
Portia B. Conrad · 17 Jun, 2013 · #3996 · Commentary
Despite Karachi being a city battered by violence and militancy there was a comparatively high voter turnout. The people of Karachi stood for hours to participate in the democratic process. Of those who left, many came back later in the day to r...
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China and Latin America:
Quest for Energy Security
Teshu Singh · 17 Jun, 2013 · #3995 · Commentary
Xi Jinping toured through Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries on 31May-6 June 2013. He visited Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico. This marks a new chapter in Chinese foreign policy. Why did President Xi choose these three sp...
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India-Bhutan:
A Model of Friendship?
Kunkhen Dorji · 17 Jun, 2013 · #3994 · Commentary
After the renewal of the Indo-Bhutan Treaty in 2007, Bhutan took charge of its foreign and defence policies which were till then guided by India. But economically, the country is still majorly dependent on India and the level of Indian investmen...
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India and Thailand: Bilateral Trajectory after the Indian Prime Minister’s Visit
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 16 Jun, 2013 · #3993 · Commentary
Manmohan Singh’s official visit from 30-31 May 2013 to Thailand is the second one by an Indian Prime Minister since Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2004.
What did India and Thailand achieve out of this visit? What will be the potential trajecto...
