COMMENTARIES
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Left-Wing Extremism
The CPI-Maoist under Basavaraj's Leadership
Rajat Kumar Kujur · 15 Jul, 2019 · #5600 · Commentary
A couple of years ago, a significant change
took place within the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), effects of
which are now creating shockwaves in the Maoist infested territories in the
country. For the first time since its formati...
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Kashmir: Incorporating CEDAW into AFSPA
Anam Mumtaz · 14 Jul, 2019 · #5599 · Commentary
The imposition
of the Armed
Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) in
Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 appears to have resulted in a drop in crimes against
women. However, in any conflict-affected society, women tend to be much more
vulnerable, and Kashmi...
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East Asia Compass
The Spectacle and Substance of the Trump-Kim Meeting
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 11 Jul, 2019 · #5598 · Commentary · Column
US President Donald Trump walked into North Korean
territory alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on 30 June 2019. The summit
meet between the two leaders in the southern side of the DMZ followed. In this
episode of spectacle, several hist...
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Red Affairs
Reviving Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh's Security and Governance Vacuum
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 11 Jul, 2019 · #5597 · Commentary · Column
In June 2019, 13
years after it was demolished by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
cadres using IEDs, a school in Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district has reopened.
Apart from being a centre of learning for tribal children ...
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India
Understanding Climate Change as a National Security Concern
Avino Niphi · 30 Jun, 2019 · #5596 · Commentary
The scientific community has unequivocally confirmed the alarming
severity of climate change impacts arising from excessive anthropogenic
influence. Over the years, the frequency of extreme weather conditions has been
observed to have a direct ...
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China in Africa
China's Engagement with Africa: Where Does it Stand?
Anand Benegal · 28 Jun, 2019 · #5595 · Commentary
China’s engagement with the Africa continent has been analysed to examine a variety
of aspects and a substantial portion of those analyses focus on the dept trap and
resource curse concerns. However, an analysis of Beijing’s multidimensional...
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NPT
2019 NPT PrepCom and Article VI: Faultlines, and the Future
Shivani Singh · 27 Jun, 2019 · #5594 · Commentary
The third and last NPT Preparatory
Committee (PrepCom) Meeting for the 2020 NPT Review Conference (RevCon) was
concluded in New York on 10 May. Though there was a general agreement on
certain outstanding issues, the 11-day meeting ended in a la...
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Southeast Asia
ASEAN & UNSCR 1325: Taking the WPS Agenda Forward (Part-III)
Akanksha Khullar · 21 Jun, 2019 · #5593 · Commentary
Part 2 of this series on ASEAN and UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 argued
why the organisation’s engagement with UNSCR 1325 remains rudimentary. In fact,
any effort towards advancing the engagement is hampered by the absence of a
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Dateline Colombo
Toward Post-Terror Stability in Sri Lanka
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 17 Jun, 2019 · #5592 · Commentary · Column
A few
weeks ago, a security expert who has studied the so-called Islamic State (IS) rightly
said to this author, that
“Your country was ‘staged’.” While the IS
attempted to take credit for the attacks, they do not appear to have been
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East Asia Compass
Whither Indo-Pacific?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 06 Jun, 2019 · #5591 · Commentary · Column
At the Shangri-La Dialogue in
Singapore this June, the US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan released
the US Indo-Pacific Strategy Report. The subtitle of the report talks about the
US goals of "preparedness, partnerships and promotin...
