COMMENTARIES
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Looking East
Jihadis from Bangladesh: Eyeing Trans-Border Playing Fields?
Wasbir Hussain · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5077 · Commentary · Column
Bangladesh has clearly been sucked into the whirlpool of jihadi terrorism with a plethora of outfits managing to draw cadres from both the over-populous nation’s poor strata of society as well as the elites who go to universities and upsca...
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Dateline Colombo
The Island and the Mainland: Impact of Fisheries on Indo-Lanka Relations
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5076 · Commentary · Column
At the southern tip of India, in a narrow stretch of water where the seascape begins, is one of the region’s geopolitical hot spots.
The waters between India and Sri Lanka are rich in history and mythology. According to Valmiki&rsquo...
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Does India Need an Internal Security Strategy?
N Manoharan & Asmita Michael · 08 Jul, 2016 · #5075 · Commentary
The recent deadly terror attack in Dhaka attests to the deteriorating security environment in India’s neighbourhood. The instability in Pakistan has a telling effect on Indian security, especially in Jammu and Kashmir. The arrest of the Is...
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Prisons in India: Defending the Rights of Death Row Prisoners
Saumitra Mohan · 08 Jul, 2016 · #5074 · Commentary
The constitutionality of the death sentence was last upheld in May 1980 by the Supreme Court. In the said judgement, the apex court ruled that the death penalty did not infringe upon the right to life as guaranteed by Article 21 of the Ind...
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Rising Radicalism in Bangladesh
What is the Domestic Significance of the Holey Bakery Terror Attack?
Ibtisam Ahmed · 08 Jul, 2016 · #5073 · Commentary
Bangladesh is facing a pivotal point of no return. The recent hostage crisis and siege at an uptown bakery/café in the Gulshan diplomatic zone of the capital Dhaka on 1 July has seen a fundamental shift in the way Islamic extremist violen...
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East Asia Compass
Six-Party Talks 2.0: Not for Denuclearisation but for Peace
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 04 Jul, 2016 · #5072 · Commentary · Column
North Korea seems to be adamant to seek further sophistication in its nuclear weaponisation programme, despite international pressure and sanctions to the contrary. Through its fourth nuclear test in January 2016, it wanted to demonstrate to the...
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Prisons in India: Better Custodial Care Needed for the Marginalised
Saumitra Mohan · 28 Jun, 2016 · #5071 · Commentary
Prison administration is an inalienable part of our justice delivery system which, many feel, calls for urgent relook and attention. The prison administration in India has existed almost unchanged since its inception though a nomenclatural chang...
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Dateline Islamabad
Gendering Strategic Discourses: Women as Opinion-Makers
Salma Malik · 28 Jun, 2016 · #5070 · Commentary · Column
Speaking recently at a UN plenary on the subject of ‘women in disarmament’, it was indeed a matter of great pride and honour as the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva was presided by a woman ambassador who happened to be Pakistan&rs...
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Rightsizing the Armed Forces: Problems and Prospects
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 28 Jun, 2016 · #5069 · Commentary
Until last year, manpower reductions did not figure in Indian military modernisation discourse, though its centrality is well established in revolution in military affairs (RMA) worldwide. Instead, the Indian preference was for the recruitment o...
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Dhaka Discourse
India-Bangladesh Post Assembly Elections in West Bengal and Assam
Delwar Hossain · 24 Jun, 2016 · #5068 · Commentary · Column
People from every corner of Bangladesh closely observed the 2016 assembly elections in the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam. These two state elections in India had generated huge interest and enthusiasm in Bangladesh about the future direc...
