COMMENTARIES
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Jammu and Kashmir: Analysing the BJP-PDP Break Up
Sarral Sharma · 21 Jun, 2018 · #5483 · Commentary
On 19 June, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ended its three-year old alliance with the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), resulting in the collapse of the coalition government. Indian President Ram Na...
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India-Indonesia and Sabang Port: A Game Changer?
Angshuman Choudhury · 21 Jun, 2018 · #5482 · Commentary
During Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2018 visit to
Indonesia, New Delhi and Jakarta announced that they would set up a Joint Task
Force to “undertake projects for port related infrastructure in and around” the
Sabang island, l...
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The Trump-Kim Summit: Geopolitical and Economic Implications for China
Ayan Tewari · 18 Jun, 2018 · #5481 · Commentary
The 12 June 2018 summit meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore has seemingly begun the process easing of relations between North Korea and the US, and by extension, the West. If the effo...
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Myanmar's Ethnic Armed Conflict: Emerging Trends in Violence
Angshuman Choudhury · 12 Jun, 2018 · #5480 · Commentary
2018 has been a violent year in Myanmar. Besides the crisis in the northern Rakhine State concerning the Rohingyas, the country has been engulfed by incessant fighting between the Tatmadaw (the military) and various Ethnic Armed Organisations ...
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East Asia Compass
China and the Trump-Kim Summit: Beijing's Looming Influence
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 11 Jun, 2018 · #5479 · Commentary · Column
A flurry of developments in the past few months in and around the Korean peninsula has led to expectations that North Korea might give up its nuclear programme in lieu of some kind of security guarantee and economic benefits. North Korean leader K...
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Maritime Matters
Disruptive Technologies and Future Naval Warfare
Vijay Sakhuja · 11 Jun, 2018 · #5478 · Commentary · Column
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Myanmar's Military and the Rohingya Crisis
Roshni Kapur · 11 Jun, 2018 · #5477 · Commentary
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Rohingya have fled from their homeland in Rakhine, Myanmar, whenever there has
been an eruption in violence. Approximately 700,000 Rohingyas are currently living
in Bangladesh’s Cox Bazar district ever since fleeing the latest outbreak of...
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Bangladesh and Nuclear Power: Significance for India
Tarika Rastogi · 01 Jun, 2018 · #5476 · Commentary
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Bangladesh has the potential to re-energise India-Russia cooperation and significantly enhance India's geopolitical clout and standing in the nuclear community. The RNPP (whose construction began in 2013) ...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka and the World: Whither Political Prudence?
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 01 Jun, 2018 · #5475 · Commentary · Column
There is piercing hopelessness for the future when listening to certain political rhetoric in Sri Lanka. The International Workers Day, a day to remember workers...
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Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal: Geopolitics and Financial Unipolarity
Ambassador KP Fabian · 22 May, 2018 · #5474 · Commentary
On 8 May 2018, US President Donald Trump, true to his style and ...
