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  • US and Pakistan: Likely American Strategy in 2012
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   10 Jan, 2012    ·    #3552    ·    Commentary    
    Relations between the US and Pakistan were frayed throughout 2011, however, it was the NATO strikes at the Salala check-posts in November that forced Pakistan to reassess its alliance with the US. Pakistan is expected to put forward new terms of...
  • Pakistan: Will Democracy Prevail?
    Radha Vinod Raju    ·   09 Jan, 2012    ·    #3551    ·    Commentary    
    President Asif Ali Zardari and his Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani are having a pretty tough time in Pakistan-just to survive the consequences of ‘Memogate’. The allegation of businessman MansoorIjaz that he had prepared the memo on...
  • Reading Pakistan: A New Taliban Shura
    D Suba Chandran    ·   05 Jan, 2012    ·    #3550    ·    Commentary    
    According to media reports from Pakistan, various factions of the Taliban – from Pakistan and Afghanistan - have come together to form a five-member ‘Shura-e-Murakbah’. What is this new shura? What are it objectives? And why a ...
  • Pakistan: The Imran Khan Phenomenon
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   05 Jan, 2012    ·    #3549    ·    Commentary    
    The rise of Imran Khan this year has been one of the most positive developments in Pakistani politics. What can account for his newfound popularity? Is he capable of ‘sweeping’ the 2013 elections as he claims? What are his relations ...
  • Analyzing 2011: Prognosticating 2012
    PR Chari    ·   03 Jan, 2012    ·    #3548    ·    Commentary    
    There is no dearth of year-end assessments of the major international events in 2011 that were singular. Fair consensus exists that it was a tumultuous year for the international system. There is fair agreement also about the events that caused ...
  • China in Outer Space: A Strategy for Global Supremacy?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   03 Jan, 2012    ·    #3547    ·    Commentary    
    A recently unveiled white paper spells out the future course of the Chinese space program with the objective of closing the gap with Russia and the US, the two space front runners. What propels China to give a quickening impetus to its space pro...
  • The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit: Opportunities for the New Decade
    Panchali Saikia    ·   31 Dec, 2011    ·    #3546    ·    Commentary    
    The Mekong region has been in the news for controversial hydropower projects and security dilemmas between the upper and lower riparian countries. Despite these problems, the Mekong basin countries are making progress in terms of connectivity an...
  • China’s Presence in the Mekong
    Chok Tsering    ·   31 Dec, 2011    ·    #3545    ·    Commentary    
    There has been a lot of discussion in recent times about the pros and cons of large-scale dams in the Mekong region. The construction of dams in the Mekong River has direct impact on ecological, security and economic development of the neighbour...
  • Chinawood: Not yet up to Hollywood?
    Namrata Hasija    ·   31 Dec, 2011    ·    #3544    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese language cinema comprises of three distinct strands: mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. This article intends to look at the movies made in mainland China. During Mao’s era the mainland film industry was used as a means of propag...
  • Chinese Troops in Seychelles: An Analysis
    Teshu Singh    ·   31 Dec, 2011    ·    #3543    ·    Commentary    
    The republic of Seychelles has come in news with the stationing of the Chinese troops in Mahe. The archipelago nation is located at a strategic location as it lies in the path of major shipping lines. This has raised a pertinent question as to w...
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