COMMENTARIES
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Bangladesh War Crime Executions: Reconciliation or Revenge?
Summaiya Khan · 20 Jun, 2016 · #5063 · Commentary
The recent death sentences awarded to Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, the top leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, have triggered mixed reactions within the coun...
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Assessing NSS Outcomes: CPPNM Amendment Ratification
Hina Pandey · 16 Jun, 2016 · #5062 · Commentary
The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) reached one of its goals in May with two-thirds of the state parties to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNM) ratifying its 2005 Amendment. On 8 May 2016, CPPNM/A came into force...
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Eagle Eye
Implications of Modi’s US Visit
Chintamani Mahapatra · 13 Jun, 2016 · #5061 · Commentary · Column
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fourth visit to the US and second meeting with US President Barack Obama at the White House had not raised heightened expectations, and thus, the outcome of his visit also failed to generate much excit...
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Spotlight West Asia
Iran, India and Chabahar: Recalling the Broader Context
Ranjit Gupta · 13 Jun, 2016 · #5060 · Commentary · Column
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Iran has generated huge euphoria around the country and reams of adulatory commentary. While it is worthy of applause, this author also sombrely recalls that few weeks ago, an Iranian had in a...
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Looking East
Migration Issue in Assam: Going Beyond The Rhetoric
Wasbir Hussain · 13 Jun, 2016 · #5059 · Commentary · Column
On 24 May 2016, the day he took oath as the new chief minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition in Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Our government will strive to make a illegal migrant-free and corruption-free State.&rdquo...
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Dateline Colombo
New Delhi-Tamil Nadu Relations and India’s Sri Lanka Policy
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 13 Jun, 2016 · #5058 · Commentary · Column
“Could a state hostage the central government’s decision especially affecting its foreign policy towards another nation? State can’t put pressure for the central government decisions. I am tired and like Muhammed Ali I will all...
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Regional Economy
Changing Regional Contours and Imperatives for India
Amita Batra · 13 Jun, 2016 · #5057 · Commentary · Column
That the centre of gravity of the global economy has shifted to Asia over the last decade and a half is known and accepted. China, India and some emerging market economies from Southeast/East Asia contributed significantly to this shift. Over th...
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NSS in Retrospect: Why not Iran and North Korea?
Kimberley Anne Nazareth · 09 Jun, 2016 · #5056 · Commentary
The big question at the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2016 was the absence of Iran and North Korea. What implications did their absence have? Or what implications would their presence have had, if any?
The participants at the NSS seem...
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East Asia Compass
Deadlock at Shangri-La: Is There a Way Forward?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 06 Jun, 2016 · #5055 · Commentary · Column
The discussions at the 15th Asian Security Summit (3-5 June 2016), popularly known as Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore were indicative of the existing deadlock among the countries about Asia’s future security architecture. Overall, the dis...
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Chabahar and India: Securing Regional Interests
Anu Abraham · 07 Jun, 2016 · #5054 · Commentary
The Chabahar deal and the India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral dialogue that took place during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sMay 2016 visit to Tehran have generated much debate. While there is a larger focus within the country on India...
