COMMENTARIES
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India and the ASEAN: A Media Analysis
Amruta Karambelkar · 14 Mar, 2013 · #3842 · Commentary
Two significant events took place between India and the ASEAN’s member states since December 2012. One was the India-ASEAN commemorative summit and sideline events in December 2012, and two, the Delhi Dialogue (DD-V) in February 2013. Thes...
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China & North Korea: Between the Devil and the Deep Sea
Aakriti Bhutoria · 14 Mar, 2013 · #3841 · Commentary
North Korea’s recent nuclear test has once again placed China in the spotlight, with the international community, especially the US, calling upon the PRC to exert pressure on its neighbour to halt its nuclear programme.
What is the natur...
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India, China, and Bangladesh: The Contentious Politics of the Brahmaputra River
Roomana Hukil · 09 Mar, 2013 · #3840 · Commentary
The Brahmaputra River is one of the most significant confidence-building measures between India, China, and Bangladesh. Despite a well-functioned relationship between India and China in recent decades, the Brahmaputra River may pose new challeng...
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Review: Possibility of Replication of Arms Reduction
Shubhra Chaturvedi · 08 Mar, 2013 · #3839 · Commentary
SMALL NUCLEAR FORCES, Five Perspectives
WHITEHALL REPORT
Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
The Kazakhstan talks with Iran, and the third nuclear test carried out by North Korea have sparked further debates on the future of proliferatio...
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Indonesia: “Unity in Diversity”?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 08 Mar, 2013 · #3838 · Commentary
The Indonesian Chinese, along with Chinese all over the world, welcomed the year of snake with great solemnity. The liberty to celebrate such festivals is seen as a big change by this minority community. The only hurdle in the celebration ...
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Japan: Is Political Manoeuvring Behind the Recent Anti-China Stance?
Aakriti Bhutoria · 08 Mar, 2013 · #3837 · Commentary
Not unlike most countries, Japanese political leaders have from time to time, taken recourse to foreign policy imbroglios, especially those which stir fervour, to gain mileage over political rivals. In Japan, the anti-China rhetoric has stepped ...
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Naxal Violence: Is the Maoist Base Slipping in Odisha?
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 08 Mar, 2013 · #3836 · Commentary
On 20 February 2013, 113 tribal activists shunned ties with the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), said to be a frontal organization of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), and surrendered before Narayanpatna police in Koraput distri...
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IPCS Discussion: China and its Internal Periphery
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 08 Mar, 2013 · #3835 · Commentary
Session I
Perspectives on Xinjiang
Dr Debashish Chaudhuri, Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi
Any serious discussion on the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China will centre on the issue of Uighur separatism, and the Ch...
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Sri Lanka: Third UNHRC Resolution and India’s Dilemma
N Manoharan · 06 Mar, 2013 · #3834 · Commentary
As Sri Lanka faces its third resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), India is once again caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, New Delhi does not wish to support an ‘intrusive’ resolution against Colombo. At the same time,...
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Bangladesh: An Analysis of Pranab Mukherjee's Visit
Harun ur Rashid · 05 Mar, 2013 · #3833 · Commentary
President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Dhaka on 3 March for a three-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of the President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Highly respected in Bangladesh for his modesty and affability, Mukherjee has cl...
