COMMENTARIES
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IPCS Discussion
Decolonisation and its Discontents: Naga Claims-Making and Indian State-Making
Discussion Report · 24 Dec, 2019 · #5640 · Commentary
On 19 November, as
part of its Alumni Lecture Series, IPCS hosted Dr Lydia Walker, Fellow at the
Institute of Historical Research, of the University of London's School of
Advanced Studies, for a talk on Decolonisation and its Discontents: Naga ...
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Women’s Rights and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019
Akanksha Khullar · 24 Dec, 2019 · #5639 · Commentary
Since August 2019, several explanations have been provided to justify
the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. Among these is a claim that this
decision facilitates equal rights for women domiciled in the now erstwhile
state of Jammu and...
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East Asia Compass
Making Sense of China's Diplomatic Fig Leaf to South Korea
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 23 Dec, 2019 · #5638 · Commentary · Column
China, after a period of bad blood with South
Korea, appears to be offering a fig leaf to its neighbour. What is the
background to this latest development, and what is in it for the China, as well
as South Korea and the US, who are all stakehol...
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IPCS Discussion
Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum
Discussion Report · 20 Dec, 2019 · #5637 · Commentary
On 29 November 2019, IPCS hosted Tilak Devasher, Member, National
Security Advisory Board, and Consultant, Vivekananda International Foundation,
for a discussion on his latest book, ‘Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum’. The
discussion was ...
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Out of RCEP: Need for Synergising the Domestic and the International
Prerana Priyadarshi · 30 Nov, 2019 · #5636 · Commentary
Indian Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's ‘bold decision’ to not join the Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) has been projected positively by the Indian government
and others, with India’s Home Minister, Amit Shah, terming the...
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Left Wing Extremism
The CPI-Maoist Tech Onslaught: Early Warnings
Rajat Kumar Kujur · 27 Nov, 2019 · #5635 · Commentary
Given its expansion from guerilla warfare to ‘mobile warfare’ to ‘hi-tech warfare’, it is
pertinent to examine whether the Maoist conflict in India is headed towards a
more dangerous turn. Security personnel, policy makers and analysts a...
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IPCS Discussion
India and a Gendered Understanding of Climate Change
Discussion Report · 27 Nov, 2019 · #5634 · Commentary
On 9 October 2019, IPCS hosted Dr
Mini Govindan, Fellow, The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), and Aditi Kapoor,
Director of Alternative Futures, for a discussion on India and a Gendered
Understanding of Climate Change. The discussion was mode...
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Transboundary River Management
India-Bangladesh Basin-wide Management: An Ecological Approach for Economic Growth
Joost Fidder · 25 Nov, 2019 · #5633 · Commentary
On 5 October
2019, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, visited India to engage
with India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on a range of topics, including
boosting land, water and air connectivity. The Joint Statement issued post...
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Beyond the Presidential Elections
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan · 21 Nov, 2019 · #5632 · Commentary
The result of the 2019 Sri
Lankan presidential election was on expected lines because of the nature of the
captive vote-bank of the frontrunners, Sajith Premadasa, and the winner and now
President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The campaign and the poll,...
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East Asia Compass
South Korea’s Strategic Move on GSOMIA
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 19 Nov, 2019 · #5631 · Commentary · Column
The military
intelligence-sharing pact between South Korea and Japan, called the General
Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA), was given ‘provisional’ extension
by South Korea only hours before it was to expire on 23 November...
