COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan: Census Complexities
Rana Banerji · 07 Sep, 2017 · #5358 · Commentary
After a hiatus of 19 years, Pakistan has been able to undertake its sixth census enumeration only with the help of the army, which guaranteed security not only in difficult terrorism-hit areas of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) but ...
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East Asia Compass
North Korea: Testing the Limits of US-South Korea Relations
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 06 Sep, 2017 · #5357 · Commentary · Column
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un must be the happiest to see the state of South Korea-US relations. One of his fundamental desires is to create a rift between the US and South Korea, and he has been trying to achieve it consistently for ye...
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China's Indian Ocean Strategy
Tapan Bharadwaj · 06 Sep, 2017 · #5356 · Commentary
China is a regional maritime power in East Asian waters, and is increasing its presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This rising presence depicts a pattern that is aimed to achieve its immediate maritime goal of multi-regional power project...
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Maritime Matters
Marine Mammal Stranding: Myth, Mystery and Facts
Vijay Sakhuja · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5355 · Commentary · Column
The stranding of marine mammals along India’s east coast astride the Bay of Bengal and west coast overlooking the Arabian Sea has been a recurring phenomenon. In 2016, 80 short-finned pilot whales were found stranded on the sand along the ...
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Doklam Dispute: Part-II
Understanding the Tri-Junction Question
VP Haran · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5354 · Commentary
Bhutan’s 470 km-long border with China has been mostly agreed upon with the exception of 2 sectors which together measure 764 sq km. In the north, there is disagreement over 495 sq km in the Jakarlung and Pasamlung areas. The remaining 269 s...
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Doklam Dispute: Part I
A Brief History
VP Haran · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5353 · Commentary
It is with a sigh of relief and satisfaction that Bhutan and India received the news on 28 August that following diplomatic efforts, India and China have agreed to disengage at Doklam, where their troops had been at a standoff since 16 June. Unlik...
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New Indian Defence Minister: A List of Priorities
Murli Menon · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5352 · Commentary
Thus India has its first ever woman defence minister. Having an otherwise uninitiated but statedly beyond reproach integrity-wise, Nirmala Sitharaman as the defence minister could well turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the armed forces, ...
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The Strategist
"The World is Not Peaceful"
Vijay Shankar · 31 Aug, 2017 · #5351 · Commentary · Column
Addressing senior Communist Party and government officials in Beijing at an event to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Premier Xi Jinping declared, “We do not allow any individual, ...
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Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty: Addressing Normative Concerns
Shivani Singh · 31 Aug, 2017 · #5350 · Commentary
Norms are
considered a product of behaviour and expectations, thereby playing a vital
role in international law and foreign policy. An example of such norm setting
was witnessed in the recently adopted Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,
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North Korea: Time to Focus on Minimisation, Not Denuclearisation
Rahul Raj · 29 Aug, 2017 · #5349 · Commentary
The North Korean nuclear programme has been the focus of international attention over the last two decades because Pyongyang’s development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles cannot be separated from its bellicose be...
