COMMENTARIES
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Myanmar: How Real is the Change?
Medha Chaturvedi · 08 Dec, 2011 · #3511 · Commentary
A section within the international community believes there has been a series of positive changes in every plausible field in Myanmar. Is the government in Myanmar finally having a change of heart? What are these changes and how far will they su...
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Afghan Local Police: A Threat to Civilian Security?
Janosch Jerman · 08 Dec, 2011 · #3510 · Commentary
In fall 2010, the Afghan government created the Afghan Local Police (ALP) as a ‘self-defence force’ to protect villages against insurgent attacks. In spite of its name, local policing was never under its purview. Envisaged right from...
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Self-immolations in Tibet-I: Wider Implications
Bhavna Singh · 08 Dec, 2011 · #3509 · Commentary
The series of self-immolations amongst Tibetans during last few months have been aimed at exposing the severe religious subjugation or ‘cultural genocide’ as claimed by Tibetans and protest the denial of opportunity to the Dalai Lama...
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PLA and China's Peaceful Development
Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri · 07 Dec, 2011 · #3508 · Commentary
Beijing, in the recent times, has taken great pains to convince the international community about its earnestness towards ‘Peaceful Development’. In the white paper on Chinese ‘Peaceful Development’ released on 6 Septembe...
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Widening Gender Imbalance in China
Namrata Hasija · 07 Dec, 2011 · #3507 · Commentary
Is China left with only ‘half the sky’? This question is being asked both inside and outside China which has 32 million more young men than women. The gender imbalance has augmented over the years; the gender ratio in 1982 was 108:10...
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Suu Kyi and the Ethnic Minorities: Crackdown to Compromise
Medha Chaturvedi · 05 Dec, 2011 · #3506 · Commentary
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s ‘super-woman’ of democracy will be contesting the upcoming by-elections in the country in December. This statement from her publicist came soon after her party, the National League for Democracy, ann...
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Rescuing Tribal India: The Nagaland Model
Firdaus Ahmed · 05 Dec, 2011 · #3505 · Commentary
An army brigade has been deployed for its jungle warfare training to Chhattisgarh for the second round. Reportedly it is located closer to the forested area than the brigade that had trained there earlier. With another such deployment, troops wo...
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Iran and the Taliban: A Problematic Alliance
Aryaman Bhatnagar · 02 Dec, 2011 · #3504 · Commentary
Iran has been accused of supplying weapons and providing training to the Taliban. The foreign troops in Afghanistan have often intercepted weapons, rockets and missiles that are said to have originated in Iran. Mohsen Milani in an interview to T...
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Will China have an Anna Hazare?
Bhavna Singh · 30 Nov, 2011 · #3503 · Commentary
The response from the Chinese blogosphere on the Indian social movement against corruption spearheaded by Anna Hazare was remarkable. Praising his dedication and commitment to social justice, the prominent magazine Caijing thro...
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Norway in Sri Lanka: A Tale of the Failed Peace Process
J Jeganaathan · 30 Nov, 2011 · #3502 · Commentary
In September 2011 the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) - a directorate under the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a report titled Pawns of Peace-‘Evaluation of Norwegian Peace Efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-20...
