COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan's New Army Chief and the Indo-Pak Dialogue Process
Sarral Sharma · 29 Nov, 2016 · #5194 · Commentary
On 26 November 2016, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif confirmed the appointment of Lt Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa as the new Chief of the Army Ataff (COAS). Lt Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat takes the charge as the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff ...
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J&K Focus
An Opportunity to Bring Heart Back to Kashmir
Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain · 28 Nov, 2016 · #5193 · Commentary · Column
Something that escaped most observers even as queues at ATMs increased and worries about the next purchase of vegetables kept attention focused, is the sudden quieting of the situation in the Kashmir Valley. In ferment since 08 July 2016, when B...
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The Strategist
The Catechism of a Minister
Vijay Shankar · 28 Nov, 2016 · #5192 · Commentary · Column
The honourable Raksha Mantri was at a public book release function on 10 November 2016. Addressing the gathering, he suggested that India should not bind itself to a No First Use (NFU) nuclear policy; continuing in the same vein, he blathered,&l...
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In Context: Pakistan's New Army Chief Gen Bajwa
Rana Banerji · 27 Nov, 2016 · #5191 · Commentary
Speculation over the appointment of Pakistan’s 16th Army Chief ended on 26 November 2016 when a comparative `dark horse’, Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, was declared, with much media fanfare, as the country’s new ` Sipah Salar’ (...
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Restraint to Retribution: Modi’s New Normal and Nawaz Sharif’s Challenge
Lt Gen Arvinder Singh Lamba · 25 Nov, 2016 · #5190 · Commentary
India’s response by a surgical counter-strike by Special Forces on launch pads against terrorists near the Line of Control (LoC) to infiltrate inside Indian Territory was the beginning of a natural but formidable exhibition of the changing...
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Gen Raheel Sharif’s Superannuation: Evolving Scenarios
Portia B. Conrad · 23 Nov, 2016 · #5189 · Commentary
If the retirement of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif transpires in November 2016, it could have significant strategic implications for Pakistan. Until January 2016, it was expected that Gen Sharif, like his predecessors Ge...
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Countering China: India's Uncertain Response
Harry Roberts · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5188 · Commentary
China’s rise, and especially, its growing strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean region has provoked policymakers India to come up with appropriate policy approaches to counter its northern neighbour. However, India’s policy t...
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US Policy Orientation
A New Era for US Foreign Policy?
Lars Brozus · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5187 · Commentary
After 1945, Washington’s approach to international politics was by and large based on ideas linked to the notion of “liberal internationalism.” A bipartisan consensus existed postulating that a liberal international order &ndas...
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IPCS Special Commentary
India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Time for a Review?
Gurmeet Kanwal · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5186 · Commentary
The fragile security environment in Southern Asia is marked by territorial disputes and radical extremism, among other threats and challenges to peace and stability. The security environment has been further vitiated by the proxy war being waged...
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US Policy Orientation
Donald Trump and South Asia
Michael Krepon · 18 Nov, 2016 · #5185 · Commentary
What can the subcontinent expect from President Donald Trump? Bewilderment, for starters. If the new occupant in the Oval Office is unfamiliar with Russia, China, the workings of NATO, nuclear deterrence, and the impact of trade compacts, do not...
