COMMENTARIES
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Malaysia: A Pyrrhic Victory for Barisan Nasional?
Prof. V. Suryanarayan · 10 May, 2013 · #3926 · Commentary
The general elections held on May 5, 2013 in Malaysia returned the ruling Barisan Nasional to power. However, strange though it may seem, the Opposition coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, polled more votes than the Barisan Nasional, both in ...
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India, China and the Brahmaputra: Understanding the Hydro-politics
Roomana Hukil · 09 May, 2013 · #3925 · Commentary
The 'essentially run-of-the-river' assurances made by China to India over Asia's greatest transnational water resource - the Brahmaputra River; has created more hue than cry. China's geopolitical assertions leave India with limit...
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IPCS Discussion: Troubling Tehran & Reflections on Geopolitics
Portia B. Conrad · 09 May, 2013 · #3924 · Commentary
The discussion was based on the book, 'Troubling Tehran: Reflections on Geopolitics', edited by Dr. Arun Vishwanathan and Prof. Rajaram Nagappa.
Prof. Rajaram Nagappa and Dr. Arun Vishwanathan
The “heart of the book” was ...
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IPCS Discussion: Society, Politics, Governance & Security in Indonesia
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 09 May, 2013 · #3923 · Commentary
Navrekha Sharma, Former Ambassador to Indonesia
Democracy in Indonesia is a new ideal, following two eras of dictatorship. It is a robust democracy with a popular elected President. There are several factors that led to such success: the p...
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Intrusion in Ladakh: Who Will Blink First?
Chiranjib Haldar · 09 May, 2013 · #3922 · Commentary
Is India trying to redefine realpolitik and leave the task of sabre rattling to the media and strategic experts after three indecisive flag meetings with the Chinese? If New Delhi foresees airstrip designs in Chinese tents across the Reki Nala i...
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Dragon in Ladakh: Deciphering Chinese long term interests
D Suba Chandran · 09 May, 2013 · #3921 · Commentary
Fortunately, the standoff in Ladakh over the Chinese intrusion in the DBO sector ended without any military show down between the two countries. But is this the end of story? Does this mean, there such instances will not be repeated in the future,...
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Indo-Pak: Animosity Prison-ified
Shujaat Bukhari · 08 May, 2013 · #3920 · Commentary
The killing of Sarabjit Singh at the hands of his fellow inmates at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail and a murderous assault on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah in Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail are two horrifying incidents which unravel the level of...
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Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference 2013: China’s Strategic Nuclear Posture
Vijay Shankar · 07 May, 2013 · #3919 · Commentary
What would appear to have passed muster is China’s incremental transformation of the idea of a nuclear weapon; from one whose power lay in its non-use and which had enjoyed thus far, an admittedly, puerile yet tolerable and stable relation...
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India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: Strengthening the Risk Reduction Measures
Salma Malik · 06 May, 2013 · #3918 · Commentary
It is inherent in the nature of India and Pakistan that all problems and issues become intertwined and the simplest can affect the most complicated and vice versa. The latest, and now widely trending, issue in this spat is the death at the hands...
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India, Sri Lanka and the Kachchatheevu Crisis: A Fact Sheet and Possible Solutions
Prof. V. Suryanarayan · 06 May, 2013 · #3917 · Commentary
In a unanimous resolution on May 3, 2013, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly demanded that the Government of India should take immediate steps to take back control of Kachchatheevu, a small, barren island in the Palk Bay, which was ceded to Sri...
