COMMENTARIES
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Damming the Brahmaputra: Setback to South Asian Stability?
Rajiv Ranjan · 12 Aug, 2010 · #3211 · Commentary
A series of confrontations have intensified the rift between India and China; the issue of visa to certain Indian citizens, assisting Pakistan in construction developments in Pakistan occupied Kashmir etc. The news of damming the Brahmaputra River...
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Kashmir: the Youth is Coming, the Youth is Coming
Zafar Choudhary · 11 Aug, 2010 · #3210 · Commentary
In early June when angry protests breached a promising wave of peace in Kashmir, the top separatist leaders were widely blamed for instigating violence. For weeks, separatists were kept under detention and their contacts with the ground severed,...
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China in Pakistan: the Xinjiang and Kashgar Factors
Gunjan Singh · 10 Aug, 2010 · #3209 · Commentary
During the recent visit by the Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to Beijing, both sides declared a proposal to take forward the ‘all weather friendship’. China and Pakistan have declared that they intend to build a railway line whic...
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Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Dhaka: Towards Greater Integration?
Harun ur Rashid · 10 Aug, 2010 · #3208 · Commentary
The publicly-stated purpose of India’s Minister for Finance, Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Dhaka on 7 August 2010 for about six hours is to witness the signing of the US$1 billion loan agreement to Bangladesh for 14 projects related to i...
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Sri Lanka: UN Panel and Sovereignty Issues
N Manoharan · 10 Aug, 2010 · #3207 · Commentary
The appointment of a panel of experts by the UN Secretary General to look at accountability issues relating to human rights violations during the last stages of Eelam War IV in Sri Lanka in 2009 triggered protests in Sri Lanka against the United...
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Af-Pak Diary: India’s Options after the Kabul Conference
D Suba Chandran · 09 Aug, 2010 · #3206 · Commentary
Nearly two weeks after the Kabul conference, which witnessed 70 plus countries taking part along with Hillary Clinton and Ban-ki Moon, the UN Secretary General, the end game is getting clearer. There seems to be a consensus at the international ...
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Kashmir on the Brink?
Mohammad Ashraf · 09 Aug, 2010 · #3205 · Commentary
In the 63 years of Kashmir’s association with India, there have been many agitations and upheavals. However, the scale, the sentiment, the emotions, and the total involvement of the population seen at present are unprecedented. A strange f...
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The McChrystal Episode: Fallouts of Embedded Reporting
SK Chatterji · 06 Aug, 2010 · #3203 · Commentary
General Stanley Allen McChrystal is back home. Al Qaeda barons are raising their arms, palms open and turned upwards to thank the Lord. The web site of Rolling Stones might have felt a load of traffic that it has rarely experienced. But along wi...
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Turkistan Islamic Party: Chasing a Relinquished Dream?
Bhavna Singh · 04 Aug, 2010 · #3202 · Commentary
With the demise of Abdul Haq al Turkistani, the leader of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) based at Waziristan tendered to claim its legacy. It managed to gain attention of the Chinese authorities and...
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The Kabul Conference: A Fruitless Exercise?
Pallavi Kumar · 30 Jul, 2010 · #3201 · Commentary
The plane carrying UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon to the Kabul Conference last Tuesday had to be diverted to Bagram Air Base from Kabul Airport, due to rocket fire. The 70 countries, organizations, and groups attending this conference cannot ...
