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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...
  • 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,...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Intrusion in Ladakh: Why China had better stand down?
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3916    ·    Commentary    
    Beijing's recent manoeuvres on its land borders with India reveal a deeper malaise in the heart of Chinese decision-making. The more China imposes the ‘hide your strength-bide your time' maxim on itself, the more anxious it grows t...
  • North Korea and East Asia: An Evolving Art of War
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3915    ·    Commentary    
    The prize question of the season in Northeast Asia– when will Kim Jong-un pull the trigger? South Korea seems to be keeping its cool for an unnaturally long time; China does not appear compelled to choose sides; the US has not backed down ...
  • Social Media: A Bridge or a Broken Plank in Southeast Asia?
    Narayani Basu    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3914    ·    Commentary    
    Using social media to build or express opinion is certainly the beginning of something new in most Southeast Asian countries.  Some leaders have been quick to recognise the capacity of social networking to spread information and shape publi...
  • The EU in Myanmar: ‘Sanction’ing Self-Interests, Yet a Positive Move?
    Nayantara Shaunik    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3913    ·    Commentary    
    The European Union (EU) unanimously lifted trade, economic, and individual sanctions imposed on Myanmar at a meeting in Luxembourg on 22 April 2013. The arms embargo, however, will remain in place to be reviewed next year. Following the anno...
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