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  • Ten Years After: Al Qaeda’s Game Plan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Sep, 2011    ·    #3451    ·    Commentary    
    Ten years after, the US would undoubtedly view the killing of Osama bin Laden as the greatest victory of the War on Terror. The rhetorically sound Obama made another mesmerizing speech on 9/11, informing the US and the rest of international commun...
  • Nepal’s New Prime Minister: What Should We Expect?
    Padmaja Murthy    ·   08 Sep, 2011    ·    #3450    ·    Commentary    
    By successfully conducting the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections in 2008, Nepal embarked on a historic journey to conclude the peace process and frame a new inclusive constitution. However, three years down the line, although these goals have ...
  • Reopening of the Stilwell Road: A Print Media Survey
    Jayasree Nath    ·   06 Sep, 2011    ·    #3449    ·    Commentary    
    The Stilwell Road was a historical supply route to transport requisites to Chinese soldiers during the Second World War. Passing through Myanmar, the road once connected China and North-eastern part of India. The reopening of the road is in the ...
  • Saxena Task Force: Farewell to the Chiefs
    Ali Ahmed    ·   06 Sep, 2011    ·    #3448    ·    Commentary    
    News reports have it that one of the last acts of the former Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee prior to retirement was a letter for the prime minister mentioning a longstanding grievance of the service chiefs that they feel left out of t...
  • Central Tibetan Administration's (CTA) New PM: An Implication for Sino-Tibet Relations
    Chok Tsering    ·   05 Sep, 2011    ·    #3447    ·    Commentary    
    It was a historic moment on 8 August 2011 when the newly elected Lobsang Sangay was sworn in at Tsuglagkhang as the third directly elected Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister) and the first elected political leader of the community. The Dalai Lama descr...
  • Af-Pak Diary: Will Mullah Omar Negotiate? What is Taliban's End Game?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   05 Sep, 2011    ·    #3446    ·    Commentary    
    With the 2014 deadline approaching fast, both US and Pakistan have their end games unraveling in Afghanistan. While, both have been fooling the rest of the world in projecting a moderate, if not a good image of Taliban, it is important to analyz...
  • Cutbacks in US Military Aid to Pakistan: A Print Media Survey
    Poonam Khatana    ·   01 Sep, 2011    ·    #3445    ·    Commentary    
    The Obama administration held back $80 million (one-third of the sanctioned $2 billion) in security aid in a show of displeasure over Pakistan’s cutback of US military trainers, limits on visa for US personnel and other bilateral irritants...
  • Nuclear Security Summit 2012: The Challenges Ahead
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   01 Sep, 2011    ·    #3444    ·    Commentary    
    The Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 brought international consensus on the issue of nuclear terrorism through an unanimous acknowledgement of the need to secure fissile materials and nuclear stockpiles from non-state actors. Significa...
  • Anna Hazare: Ex Fast Facto
    PR Chari    ·   01 Sep, 2011    ·    #3443    ·    Commentary    
    It would be churlish to deny Anna Hazare his hour of glory. His 13-day fast has galvanized public opinion across the country-not merely urban middle class India-against the monster of corruption that is touching everybody, irrespective of caste,...
  • India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Contextualizing Deterrence
    Alankrita Sinha    ·   23 Aug, 2011    ·    #3442    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian Nuclear Doctrine rests heavily on the conceptual framework of nuclear deterrence, which is suited to the security environment of the Cold War era and is very different from the South Asian context. This disconnect between India’s ...
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