COMMENTARIES
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Mahinda Rajapaksa’s India Visit: Taking the Ties Forward
N Manoharan · 25 Sep, 2012 · #3722 · Commentary
Despite protests from fringe groups in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited India from 19 to 22 September 2012. Anti-Sri Lankan sentiments were on the rise in the southern Indian state ever since the holding of Tamil Eelam ...
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier: Capacity Building and National Pride
Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri · 25 Sep, 2012 · #3721 · Commentary
The first Chinese aircraft carrier, refurbished out of the Varyag unfinished Ukrainian carrier, sailed for its 10th sea trial on 28 August 2012. The Chinese official news agency Xinhua, while putting this fact out in the public domain cited its ...
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China and Japan: Old Rivals, New Tensions
Narayani Basu · 17 Sep, 2012 · #3720 · Commentary
In the wake of an unauthorised landing by Chinese activists from Hong Kong on one of the disputed Senkaku (known as Diaoyu in Chinese) Islands, ambitions for the future have risen to the surface in extremist nationalist retaliatory movements in ...
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China’s Defence Chief Visit: A Call Overdue
Dipankar Banerjee · 10 Sep, 2012 · #3719 · Commentary
Friendly visits by defence ministers of neighboring countries are always welcome. Especially welcome is the visit of General Liang Guanglie, the defence chief of India’s northern neighbour, which comes after an eight years interregnum.&nbs...
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Yang Yechi in Southeast Asia: A fruitful Visit?
Teshu Singh · 10 Sep, 2012 · #3718 · Commentary
The Chinese foreign Minister Yang Yechi visited three Southeast Asia countries – Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei during 9 -13 August 2012. The visit came right after two specific developments - the failure of the ASEAN to come up with a com...
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Maldives: Plight of a Free Media
Annapoorna Karthika · 07 Sep, 2012 · #3717 · Commentary
In 2004, Maldives embarked on the path toward adopting a democratic status when then President Gayoom, under mounting pressure for reforms, announced plans for significant political reforms which included the drafting of a new constitution. Betw...
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Tibet and the Pursuit of Happiness
Bhavna Singh · 07 Sep, 2012 · #3716 · Commentary
In a most unabashed mockery of the abysmal state of people in Tibet, China Central Television (CCTV) recently announced in its ‘Economic Survey list of China’s happiest cities’ that Lhasa bags this honour with highest claims. M...
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North Korea: Reforms Imminent?
Ruhee Neog · 29 Aug, 2012 · #3715 · Commentary
Talk about North Korea’s satellite launch in April 2012 is now being followed by a slew of speculations about political change and possible economic reforms on the horizon. What has prompted these speculations? More importantly, could ther...
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Special Commentary: Two Decades of India’s Look East Policy
Navrekha Sharma · 29 Aug, 2012 · #3714 · Commentary
Twenty years after the words ‘Look East’ were introduced into India’s foreign policy lexicon, a book titled Two decades of India’s Look East Policy: Partnership for Peace, Progress and Prosperity published by Ma...
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Resilience amidst Conflict: Women of Kashmir
Zainab Akhter · 28 Aug, 2012 · #3713 · Commentary
In armed conflict, the experiences of women are varied. From victims to survivors, and from peace-builders to perpetrators of conflict, the categories of classification are indeed numerous. In the context of the conflict in Kashmir, however, wha...
