COMMENTARIES
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IPCS US Election Special
The Iran Deal Under a Clinton Presidency
Vivek Mishra · 04 Nov, 2016 · #5167 · Commentary
Tweaking contextually and semantically what Ronald Reagan said about Russia during the Cold War - "Trust, but verify" - Hillary Clinton proclaimed her strategy apropos the nuclear deal with Iran in September 2015 at the Brookings Institu...
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IPCS US Election Special
Trump's Nuclear Policy: Global Implications
Chintamani Mahapatra · 04 Nov, 2016 · #5166 · Commentary
The US is experiencing one of the most turbulent, contentious and vitriolic political campaigns in the race to the White House in its entire history. Negativities have engulfed the US so much that the entire world has been affected.
While ...
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IPCS Discussion
"Our Bilateral Relations"
Report · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5165 · Commentary
On 24 October 2016, under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, IPCS hosted H.E. Mr Abdul Basit, High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to India, who spoke on “Our Bilateral Relations.”
The introductory remarks and...
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Kashmir Focus
After the Surgical Strikes
Syed Ata Hasnain · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5164 · Commentary
It has been a month since the surgical strikes were launched by the Indian Army’s Special Forces and denied by the Pakistani side. The entire strategic advantage which lay in our military claim appeared to have been negated by the politica...
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IPCS US Election Special
Hillary's Nuclear Policy: A Time of Change, Dithering, or Sameness?
Vijay Shankar · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5163 · Commentary
An Inexpedient Second
The last time a Democrat President was elected to office after two terms of a Democratic presidency was 180 years ago. A certain Martin Van Buren succeeded Andrew Jackson in 1836. Coincidentally he was a former Secretary...
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IPCS US Election Special
Presidential Elections and US Nuclear Policy: Clinton Vs Trump
Manpreet Sethi · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5162 · Commentary
When the second largest democracy and the most powerful country of the world begins the process of choosing a new leader for itself, it is automatically a matter of global concern. Obviously then, for the last year or so, the twists and turns in t...
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Russia-Japan: Determinants of the Territorial Settlement
Shamshad A Khan · 01 Nov, 2016 · #5161 · Commentary
Japan and Russia have prepared the grounds to resolve their territorial dispute, which has lingered since the end of World War II, without a peace treaty. President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan on 15 December 2016 for a Russia-Japan summit me...
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Fragile States Index 2016
FSI Afghanistan: Limited Scope for Use
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 26 Oct, 2016 · #5160 · Commentary
In the 2016 edition of the Fragile States Index (FSI) brought out by the Fund for Peace (FFP), Afghanistan is listed in ‘High Alert’, scoring 107.9 points. It is placed 28.3 points behind India ('Elevated Warning'); and 6.2 p...
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After the Collapsed US-Russia Agreement, Advantage Assad
Derek Verbakel · 21 Oct, 2016 · #5159 · Commentary
On 19 September, the Russia-backed regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared dead the flawed-but-hyped peace deal enacted a week earlier by the US and Russia. The agreement aimed to cease hostilities between warring groups; provide hum...
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The Strategist
The Misshapen Pivot
Vijay Shankar · 21 Oct, 2016 · #5158 · Commentary · Column
We note, with some anxiety, an unmistakable parallel to the current situation in the Western Pacific with what obtained in the run-up to the 20th century. An impending face-off between a rising and revisionist China against a loose entente of st...
