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  • North Korea: “An All-Out Confrontation” After Fresh UNSC Sanctions?
    Rajaram Panda    ·   28 Jan, 2013    ·    #3802    ·    Commentary    
    On 22 January 2013, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087 (voted unanimously), condemned North Korea for its rocket launch in December 2012. The new resolution saw the rocket launch as a violation of earlier sanctions imposed by th...
  • Malaysia: MoU with Bangladesh on Manpower Export
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   23 Jan, 2013    ·    #3801    ·    Commentary    
    A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on manpower export was signed between the government of Bangladesh and Malaysia in November 2012. Malaysia has announced the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers from January 2013. What are the terms agreed upon...
  • Japan: Is Abe on a Collision Course?
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   23 Jan, 2013    ·    #3800    ·    Commentary    
    Since Shinzo Abe took over as Japan’s Prime Minister, tensions between Japan and China over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku (Diaoyu Islands according to China) Islands in East China Sea have peaked. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP...
  • Pakistan: The Curious Case of Tahir-ul-Qadri
    Rana Banerji    ·   21 Jan, 2013    ·    #3799    ·    Commentary    
    The signing of a resolution with Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri on 17 January 2013 defused a dangerous political impasse brought about after the ‘Long March’ from Lahore to Islamabad and the follow up three-day sit-in with a huge following. Earl...
  • Sri Lanka: Implications of Silencing the Judiciary
    M Mayilvaganan    ·   19 Jan, 2013    ·    #3798    ·    Commentary    
    The impeachment of Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake in Sri Lanka has drawn significant international attention to President Rajapaksa’s government. Concerns about his model of functioning and its implications on the basic principles of ...
  • India and Pakistan: Political Fallouts and Larger Questions of the LoC Violations
    PR Chari    ·   19 Jan, 2013    ·    #3797    ·    Commentary    
    The ceasefire existing since 2004 along the Line of Control (LoC), which divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, was recently breached. The consequent firings leading to the death of soldiers from both countries’ Armies is tragic and n...
  • China and the Asia-Pacific: Trends, Challenges and Dilemmas
    Teshu Singh    ·   18 Jan, 2013    ·    #3796    ·    Commentary    
    The Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, the East China Sea (ECS) and the South China Sea (SCS) today have become major challenges for China in the Asia-Pacific. Besides posing a challenge to China, these regions have remained volatile in the re...
  • Naxal Violence: Expanding into India’s Northeast?
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   17 Jan, 2013    ·    #3795    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since contact between the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) and an insurgent group operating in India's northeast was first established in 2006, the Naxalites have pursued twin objectives in the region. Firstly, the Northeast...
  • IPCS Discussion: Understanding South Korea and Japan’s Election Results
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   16 Jan, 2013    ·    #3794    ·    Commentary    
    The report is a summary of the South Korea and Japan: Understanding Recent Election Results event held at the IPCS on 4 January 2013 Amb Skand Tayal The three countries of Northeast Asia are presently in political transition. The 18th Party ...
  • Balochistan: Looking Beyond the Hazara Massacre
    Rana Banerji    ·   15 Jan, 2013    ·    #3793    ·    Commentary    
    The recent spate of Hazara killings in Quetta seems to have finally exhausted the patience of the federal government in Islamabad; forcing it to sack the effete Raisani administration and promulgate President’s rule in Balochistan. Mapp...
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