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  • Southeast Asia-US Relations: Strategic Shifts
    Tuli Sinha    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2829    ·    Commentary    
    Security issues have become prominent in Southeast Asia because of the presence of global players, and rising great powers, which intersect in complicated ways. Security is the only dimension of a pattern of international relations that makes the ...
  • A Strategy for ‘Af-Pak’
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2828    ·    Commentary    
    The first colonial incursion into Afghan politics dates back to 1838 when the British embarked on what was to eventually end in a rout at the end of the First Afghan War. Just as the destiny of the region was then scripted by foreigners in Simla, ...
  • Recent Developments in Sri Lanka: Implications for India
    Sandeep Bhardwaj    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2827    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Roundtable Discussion held at the IPCS on 6 February 2009 Chair: Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Speaker: Dr N Manoharan, Senior Fellow, Center for Land and Warfare Studies The discu...
  • For a Pro-active Indian Policy on Sri Lanka
    Leslie Keerthi Kumar SM    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2826    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since the Tamil nationalist struggle for a separate homeland in Sri Lanka started, there have been apprehensions in New Delhi about the spreading of such a movement into its own province of Tamil Nadu. These apprehensions are well founded as ...
  • Clinton’s Message to Southeast Asia
    Sandeep Anand    ·   02 Mar, 2009    ·    #2825    ·    Commentary    
    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first official overseas visit to Indonesia on 18 and 19 February was a manifestation of, if pointers are to be believed, a part of bigger shift which is taking place in The US’s foreign policy or...
  • Questioning ‘Compellence’ as Answer to India’s Pakistan Dilemma
    Ali Ahmed    ·   02 Mar, 2009    ·    #2824    ·    Commentary    
    Strategic commentary in India is generally in favour of compelling Pakistan to end its recourse to terror in its dealings with India. The underlying logic is that deterrence not having proven effective enough to prevent Pakistan from adopting a pr...
  • China’s Naval Strategy: Implications for India
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   02 Mar, 2009    ·    #2823    ·    Commentary    
    China’s sixth white paper on Defence, released on 20 January 2009, throws significant light on Beijing’s current thinking on key strategic issues, besides providing a passing glimpse of the PLA in transition. The white paper is signifi...
  • "We Will Rebuild, We Will Recover"
    Sowmiya Narayanan    ·   02 Mar, 2009    ·    #2822    ·    Commentary    
    For many Americans, today Obama is a symbol of big hope and optimism. In his much expected first address to the joint session of Congress, he said, much to the applause of everyone gathered, “While our economy may be weakened and our confide...
  • How Anti-Naxal Forces Weakened in Bihar
    Satish Kumar    ·   27 Feb, 2009    ·    #2821    ·    Commentary    
    Despite the backdrop of Naxal terror, a notable trend emerging in Bihar is the rejection of the Ranveer Sena, the largest upper caste militia, by the younger generation among the upper castes. Underlying social fissures coupled with economic chang...
  • Is China becoming Blue Water Navy?
    Hayoun Ryou    ·   27 Feb, 2009    ·    #2820    ·    Commentary    
    China’s long-standing land-based survival strategy is likely to become history soon. The Chinese Navy’s decision to send warships to the Somalia coast last month, soon after UN Resolution 1851 on 16 December 2008, coincided with its fi...
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