COMMENTARIES
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SCO Stands for Co-domination
Farhod Mirzabaev · 10 May, 2008 · #2563 · Commentary
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a regional grouping in Central Asia that deals with security issues and politico-military cooperation. It includes the five Central Asian states, Russia and China as its full members and India, Paki...
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A New Gorkhaland State: How Justified is the Demand?
Saumitra Mohan · 10 May, 2008 · #2562 · Commentary
The famed and famous honeymoon haunt of Darjeeling is again in the news, this time for a wrong reason. The Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) almost barred the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police from entering Darjeeling recently th...
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Bypassing the Malacca Straits
Julien Levesque · 06 May, 2008 · #2561 · Commentary
The Straits of Malacca, the shortest sea route from East and Southeast Asia to the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, has increasingly suffered from congestion as Asia's integration in international trade has deepened. ...
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Needed a Strategic Partnership with Saudi Arabia
Shamsur Rabb Khan · 06 May, 2008 · #2560 · Commentary
Pranab Mukherjee's two-day (19-20 April 2008) visit to Saudi Arabia was aimed at deepening the bilateral strategic partnership and taking Indo-Saudi ties to new heights. King Abdullah and Mukherjee pledged to boost strategic, commercial and ...
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Contours of India's Cultural Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Pranav Kumar · 06 May, 2008 · #2559 · Commentary
In an endeavour to strengthen its relationship with Southeast Asia, India has actively used culture as an important instrument of its Look East Policy (LEP). Unlike in the past when cultural diplomacy was largely viewed as India's veiled eff...
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Northeast in India's Look East Policy
Julien Levesque · 06 May, 2008 · #2558 · Commentary
Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 27 March 2008
Chair: Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Arvind Sharma
Speakers: Yogendra Singh, Research Officer, IPCS
Julien Levesque, Research Intern and Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, Research Assistant, IPCS
Vibhanshu Shekha...
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Post-Election Challenges in Nepal
P G Rajamohan · 03 May, 2008 · #2557 · Commentary
After a decade of ruthless conflict and political chaos, Nepal successfully conducted its Constituent Assembly (CA) elections on 10 April 2008. Surprisingly, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) took the lion's share of seats in the new Con...
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Will Assam go the Kashmir Way?
Rupakiyoti Borah · 29 Apr, 2008 · #2556 · Commentary
On 23 April, the External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee admitted during an interaction with the media in New Delhi that a large-scale influx from Bangladesh posed a threat to India, especially to Assam, Tripura and West Bengal. His statement...
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China, India and the Red Star over Nepal
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 29 Apr, 2008 · #2555 · Commentary
Nepal has always been a chessboard for power games between China and India. While in the past, the fortunes have largely favoured India, primarily because of cultural linkages and the domination of the Nepali Congress, the rise of the Maoists in...
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Why Myanmar should Reopen the Stilwell Road
Papori Phukan · 28 Apr, 2008 · #2554 · Commentary
The idea of reopening of the Stilwell road has brought forth divergent priorities of two important stakeholders - the military regime of Myanmar and provincial governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. While Myanmar has opposed the reopening o...
