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  • Asia Pacific Community and India
    Kriti Singh    ·   20 Nov, 2009    ·    #3009    ·    Commentary    
    Accentuating the need for an economic and political consortium in the region, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has advocated the formation of an Asia-Pacific Community (APC) by 2020. Following the footsteps of ASEAN's achievement, Kevin ...
  • Replicating the Andhra Model: Headed for Failure
    Venkat Sathya    ·   20 Nov, 2009    ·    #3008    ·    Commentary    
    Andhra Pradesh has been projecting itself as a successful model in the fight against Naxalites. The state is no longer a citadel of the Naxalites and their top leadership. An effective police action combined with simultaneous developmental activ...
  • India’s Climate Diplomacy
    Sanjeev Pillay    ·   20 Nov, 2009    ·    #3007    ·    Commentary    
    The forthcoming Copenhagen summit on climate change could be a defining moment in India’s foreign policy. The UN conference at the Danish capital is set to replace the Kyoto Protocol with a new climate regime. India, along with China and o...
  • The India-Vietnam Partnership
    Pankaj Jha    ·   19 Nov, 2009    ·    #3006    ·    Commentary    
    The Vietnamese Defence Minister, General Phung Quang Thanh’s visit to India from 4 - 8 November 2009 is seen as an effort to buttress and intensify bilateral ties between India and Vietnam, which have withstood post Cold War strategic perm...
  • Obama in China
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   18 Nov, 2009    ·    #3005    ·    Commentary    
    The joint statement issued by President Obama and President Hu during the course of Obama’s maiden trip to the People’s Republic of China has raised concerns regarding the future role of India in the region, as viewed, and calculated...
  • Post Election Blues
    Raghav Sharma    ·   16 Nov, 2009    ·    #3004    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of President Hamid Karzai’s principle political challenger Dr Abdullah Abdullah to withdraw his candidacy from the run-off election scheduled for 7 November 2009 effectively signaled the final curtain call on a seemingly unend...
  • Pressing the “Reset” Button
    Larissa Wagner    ·   12 Nov, 2009    ·    #3003    ·    Commentary    
    The third round of bilateral talks between the US and Russia started on 5 October 2009. It remains to be seen whether both countries will be able to develop a follow-up agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), which expires on...
  • China at 60 - The Military Dimension
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   11 Nov, 2009    ·    #3002    ·    Commentary    
    In the Indian tradition a 60th birthday is individually celebrated as the end of adulthood and the beginning of renunciation. In the case of China it marked instead a huge coming-out party. Actually, it was a series of three parties. The first w...
  • Engaging Myanmar
    Rajaram Panda    ·   11 Nov, 2009    ·    #3001    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar has emerged as a new test case for Obama administration’s engagement strategy in Asia, especially when the military junta has shown no sign of complying with the international opinion on restoring democracy and has been further tig...
  • An Issue in Civil-Military Relations
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   09 Nov, 2009    ·    #3000    ·    Commentary    
    Recently, the Army Chief is reported to have said that the "US has not allowed a second 9/11 to happen. Indonesia has not allowed a second Bali bombing to happen. India has allowed people to get away after the Parliament attack, the Delhi b...
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