COMMENTARIES
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What Motivates India and Vietnam to Cooperate?
Arushi Vig · 21 May, 2018 · #5473 · Commentary
India and Vietnam recently signed a three-part deal that includes nuclear cooperation, agriculture and trade, and economic association. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in 2018 to strengthen cooperation in the atomic energy field...
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Modi’s Nepal Visit: More Drama than Substance
Pramod Jaiswal · 17 May, 2018 · #5472 · Commentary
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to Nepal on 11-12 May. No Indian prime minister had visited Nepal in an official capacity in almost two decades, until Prime Minister Modi, who has been to the country thrice in four years. ...
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Nuke Affairs
Two Decades After Shakti: India's Nuclear Policy
Sheel kant Sharma · 16 May, 2018 · #5471 · Commentary
India...
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Sino-Indian Atmospherics and the Wuhan Summit
Siwei Liu · 16 May, 2018 · #5470 · Commentary
The Xi-Modi summit in Wuhan in the end of April has drawn much attention in the international community with some claiming it may prove a turning point in Sino-Indian relations. Its significance however lies in transforming the overly emotional at...
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Book Discussion
Half Lion: How PV Narsimha Rao Transformed India
Discussion Report · 16 May, 2018 · #5469 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Dr Vinay Sitapati, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University, for a discussion on his book, Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India. It was chaired by Ambassador (Retd) Salman Haidar...
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Red Affairs
Counter-LWE Security Operations: Season of Success?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 15 May, 2018 · #5468 · Commentary · Column
On the surface, the months
of April and May 2018 appear to have brought about a season of ‘success’ for
the security forces. Pursuing a hardline approach, the security forces, across
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Jharkhand have bee...
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Book Discussion
National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Politics of Immigration in Assam
Discussion Report · 14 May, 2018 · #5467 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), and former Saifuddin Kitchlew Chair and professor, Centre for North East Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia, for a discussi...
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Book Discussion
Demonetization and the Black Economy
Discussion Report · 12 May, 2018 · #5466 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Prof Arun Kumar, Malcolm Adiseshiah Chair Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), for a discussion on his recently released book, Demonetization and the Black Economy. It was c...
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East Asia Compass
Summit Season: From Inter-Korea to Trump-Kim
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 12 May, 2018 · #5465 · Commentary · Column
The news of an inter-Korea summit between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un earlier this year understandably invited a lot of international attention. Pictures of Kim Jong-un holding hands with Moon Jae-in, smiling and crossing the border together, port...
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Islamic State Partnerships in West Asia: First Ba’athists, Then Kurds
Pieter-jan Dockx · 11 May, 2018 · #5464 · Commentary
With its attack on Shia militias, the Islamic State (IS) has recently regained prominence in northern Iraq. However, the brief period between the declared victory over IS and its current re-emergence -roughly December 2017-February 2018 - saw the ...
