COMMENTARIES
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Naxal Violence: The LWE Redux in Jharkhand
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 18 Apr, 2013 · #3886 · Commentary
The Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) killed five jawans of the Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP) on 4 April 2013, in Gumla District in Jharkhand. In addition, a group of 25 to 30 Maoists blew up the Sreeram Panchayat Secretariat building ...
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The North Korean Crisis: Musudan Missile Test a Potential Face-Saver for Kim Jong-un?
Aakriti Bhutoria · 18 Apr, 2013 · #3885 · Commentary
As the world continues to grapple to find ways of responding to North Korea’s threat-mongering, the DPRK is fast losing out on credible provocations short of an apocalypse. Already seen as ‘a boy who cried wolf’, North Korea is...
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Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees: Travails of Asylum Seeking
Prof. V. Suryanarayan · 18 Apr, 2013 · #3884 · Commentary
Lured by the fairy tales of an El Dorado in Australia, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are falling prey to unscrupulous human traffickers. Last week, for instance, a tragic event took place in the Bay of Bengal. After paying huge amounts to touts, 120...
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Pir Panjal International Festival: Marketing Rajouri, Poonch, Bhaderwah and Basholi
D Suba Chandran · 18 Apr, 2013 · #3883 · Commentary
Few weeks earlier, a commentary in this column focussed on the need to have “Friends of Pir Panjal” on the models of Friends of Tibet. This commentary is a follow up, though the subject was addressed few years ago.
The author was ...
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India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: No Clear Winners
D Suba Chandran · 17 Apr, 2013 · #3882 · Commentary
The IPCS debate by PR Chari and Adm Vijay Shankar, in response to Michael Krepon’s commentary, analyses the various facets of the nuclear race in South Asia. Krepon’s primary focus revolves around two issues - highlighting the nuclea...
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India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: The Elephant and the Dilemma of Nuclear Force Planning
Vijay Shankar · 16 Apr, 2013 · #3881 · Commentary
One of the open secrets of the Indian security establishment is the evolution of its nuclear weapons capability. The process did not follow any established norms that guide the discernment of theory into a security strategy or the rendition of t...
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Special Commentary: India’s Missile Defence
Amit Gupta · 12 Apr, 2013 · #3880 · Commentary
India has tested a two-tier missile defence shield and is getting ready to place it around its two major cities, Delhi and Mumbai. There are three issues that emerge from the deployment of this capability: will it work effectively; how will it a...
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India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: The Strategic Entanglement
PR Chari · 11 Apr, 2013 · #3879 · Commentary
Comparing countries to animals is an absorbing pastime for foreign policy analysts to discover their essential character. It is, therefore, no accident that the US has chosen the eagle to be its national symbol to emphasize its aggressive, risk-...
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Mullahs to Monks: Why is our Clergy Angry and Violent?
D Suba Chandran · 11 Apr, 2013 · #3878 · Commentary
Few weeks earlier, in this column, there was a discussion on why the youth is angry; titled Angry Young Men (Rising Kashmir, 14 March 2013), the commentary attempted to explore the reasons behind the anger amongst the youth.
As a part of this...
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J&K: The Man is Gone but Questions Remain
Shujaat Bukhari · 09 Apr, 2013 · #3877 · Commentary
Tension over the hanging of Afzal Guru might have subsided but the scar it has left on the minds of people would continue to haunt the state. Also the embarrassment Government of India had to face at the International level at least over the way...
