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  • Sino-Bhutan Relations: Implications for Indian Security
    Teshu Singh    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3692    ·    Commentary    
    In a historic congregation Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Bhutanese counterpart Mr. Jigmi Y. Thinley held their first meeting on the sidelines of United Nation Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil. The meeting has raised fe...
  • Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty: What is Holding it Up?
    Shubhra Chaturvedi    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3691    ·    Commentary    
    The meeting of ASEAN members with the P5 held in Cambodia in July 2012 that aimed at the early accession of the SEANWFZ Protocol met its expected fate. As a result of the P5 reservations, the discussion has been postponed till November 2012 like a...
  • China’s London Dreams: ‘The Beats of China, Move the World’
    Bhavna Singh    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3690    ·    Commentary    
    When Zhang Boling initiated the Nankai system of schools to rid China of its image as the ‘sick man of Asia,’ he could have barely imagined China becoming the next sports superpower. Yet this seems almost a possibility today. Bagging...
  • India’s Nuclear Doctrine: How Elastic and Transparent should it be?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3689    ·    Commentary    
    One of the major criticisms on the recently released IPCS Alternative Blueprint to India’s nuclear doctrine was – it should remain elastic, to provide adequate space for future manoeuvering. In particular there was a debate on whethe...
  • Maldives: Judiciary’s Angst on Reforms
    Annapoorna Karthika    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3688    ·    Commentary    
    The judicial system has been at the centre of political controversies in Maldives since it embarked on a transition to adopt democracy. Three decades of authoritarian regime has vitiated the institution of judiciary to the extent that the United...
  • Sri Lanka: 25 Years After the IPKF
    N Manoharan    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3687    ·    Commentary    
    29 July 2012 marked 25 years of the signature of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord and the subsequent induction of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka. Much has happened in the past two-and-a-half decades, and one is tempted to make a re...
  • Polarised ASEAN: Highlighting the Factions
    Panchali Saikia    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3686    ·    Commentary    
    Ahead of achieving the 2015 ASEAN community vision, the regional grouping has been confronted by escalating differences between its members. It is for the first time in the 45 years of its successful existence that ASEAN has failed to conclude i...
  • Polarised ASEAN: ‘Reverse Enmeshment’
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   31 Jul, 2012    ·    #3685    ·    Commentary    
    The recently concluded ASEAN Ministerial Meeting at Phnom Penh, Cambodia (10-12 July 2012) has brought this regional grouping into the dock over three critical issues of (a) unity within ASEAN, (b) ASEAN’s leadership role in steering the A...
  • Hong Kong and China: Clashing Visions of the Future
    Narayani Basu    ·   27 Jul, 2012    ·    #3684    ·    Commentary    
    On 1 July 2012 and the fifteenth anniversary of the British handover, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong to protest the swearing in of Leung Chun-yin: a man widely seen to be allied with Beijing.  Are the pro-d...
  • Iran: Understanding the Policy towards Afghan Refugees
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   25 Jul, 2012    ·    #3683    ·    Commentary    
    Iran hosts close to 2.5 million Afghan refugees – both registered and unregistered. Iran recently announced its willingness to sign an agreement with Afghanistan and Pakistan which would put an end to the forceful deportation of Afghan ref...
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