COMMENTARIES
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Chinese Incursion in Ladakh: Local Perspectives
Zainab Akhter · 15 May, 2013 · #3932 · Commentary
Although India and China have decided to end the standoff in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), for the people of the region, the incursions in the border area are not a new occurrence. They have been witness to such activities for a...
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A New Dawn in Pakistan
Shujaat Bukhari · 15 May, 2013 · #3931 · Commentary
It is indeed the time for Pakistan and Pakistanis to celebrate. Braving the threats from extremists to not to recognize the polling booth as a step to empower themselves, the brave electorate of Pakistan have shown the courage and wisdom by repo...
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Naxal Violence: A Profile of Sabyasachi Panda
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 14 May, 2013 · #3930 · Commentary
The CPI (Maoist) organisation has asked Sabyasachi Panda, to return cash, goods, and arms of the parent organisation. Panda, the former Odisha State Organising Committee (OSOC) secretary of the CPI (Maoist) was expelled after being termed a rene...
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IPCS Discussion: Contemporary Issues in Naya Nepal
Sohan Prasad Sha · 14 May, 2013 · #3929 · Commentary
Session I
Governance, Democracy & Politics
The Politics of Constitution-Writing in Nepal
Arjun Bahadur Ayadi, M.Phil Scholar, JNU
Constitution writing in Nepal has been a buzzword in the country’s political discours...
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Obama-Park Summit : North Korea Deciphered?
Rajaram Panda · 13 May, 2013 · #3928 · Commentary
South Korean President Park Geun-hye made her first official visit to Washington on 5 May 2013. Park's visit came as the US and South Korea observed the 60th anniversary of their mutual defense treaty, which was signed just two months after ...
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Pakistan Elections 2013: Mapping the Violence
Portia B. Conrad · 13 May, 2013 · #3927 · Commentary
Pakistan had its historic polls, but the election campaigning in much of the country was muted by high levels of violence. Over the last four months leading up to the elections, death tolls situated in violence have risen up to 1300. The list of...
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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...
