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  • APT versus EAS: Indonesia’s Perspective
    Chongtham Gunnamani    ·   29 Feb, 2012    ·    #3582    ·    Commentary    
    Indonesia, as the biggest nation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is crucial in forging regional cooperation in East Asia. In the Chairman’s statement of the Sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) held on 19 Novembe...
  • Creating New Provinces in Pakistan: A Print Media Analysis
    Priyanka Dutta Chowdhury    ·   27 Feb, 2012    ·    #3581    ·    Commentary    
    With the Pakistani general election around the corner, the debate on creation of new provinces in Pakistan is gaining momentum among the political parties and the media. Demands include the creation of Hazara and Seriaki provinces, partitioning ...
  • Myanmar and the West: Economics of Politics
    Medha Chaturvedi    ·   27 Feb, 2012    ·    #3580    ·    Commentary    
    After decades of isolation, Myanmar is again on the international radar. A series of high-level interactions with Western dignitaries including the US Secretary of State and the British Foreign Minister are indicative of this. While democracy in...
  • US, Iran and Israel: India in a Diplomatic Bind
    Sitakanta Mishra    ·   27 Feb, 2012    ·    #3579    ·    Commentary    
    The kind of response that Iran’s refusal to allow IAEA inspectors into the Parchin nuclear site may provoke from the US-Israel-Europe axis is a matter of speculation. Although many options to curtail Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons am...
  • Devolution in Sri Lanka: The Latest Take
    N Manoharan    ·   27 Feb, 2012    ·    #3578    ·    Commentary    
    In a recent interview, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa outlined his thoughts on ethnic reconciliation and devolution succinctly: “We are keen on a sustainable political settlement. But it must have wide acceptance, especially in the...
  • Debate: India’s Nuclear Doctrine and Radiological Weapons
    Alankrita Sinha    ·   16 Feb, 2012    ·    #3577    ·    Commentary    
    The term weapons of mass destruction (WMD) was first used in a Times (London) article in 1937 and was later defined by the UN in 1947. The UN definition included several weapons under the category of WMDs like atomic explosives, radioactive mate...
  • Debate: India’s Nuclear Doctrine and Radiological Weapons
       ·   16 Feb, 2012    ·    #3576    ·    Commentary    
    The 2003 CCS Review which operationalized India’s nuclear doctrine, incorporated nuclear retaliation against attacks using weapons of mass destruction (WMD), namely chemical and biological weapons. This has become a major bone of contentio...
  • NCBMs: Scaremongering, But with a Purpose
    Ali Ahmed    ·   15 Feb, 2012    ·    #3575    ·    Commentary    
    In his probe as to why the two states, India and Pakistan, do not pursue Nuclear Confidence Building Measures (NCBMs) with a degree of urgency, D Suba Chandran (Indo-Pak Nuclear CBMs: The Road to Nowhere, http://www.ipcs.org/article/india/indo-p...
  • China’s Leadership Dilemma: Development or Environment?
    Gunjan Singh    ·   15 Feb, 2012    ·    #3574    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese economy has been developing at a tremendous pace for the last three decades. The level of growth has been touching almost double digit figures. In 2010 China surpassed Japan and became the number two economy in the world. It also man...
  • Iran’s American 'Problem' in Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   14 Feb, 2012    ·    #3573    ·    Commentary    
    Iran views the presence of American forces in Afghanistan as detrimental and a threat to its interests. Iran’s strategy towards Afghanistan is greatly influenced by this threat perception. The question that arises then is why is the Americ...
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