COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan: Status of Civilian Control after Musharraf
Mirjan Schulz · 27 Jan, 2016 · #4973 · Commentary
In 2008, the then President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, allowed relatively free general elections in the country. Islamabad's first peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another took place in 2013. This commentary...
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Countering Extremist Propaganda: A Strategy for India
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 27 Jan, 2016 · #4972 · Commentary
The concept of using ‘counter-narratives’ to counter extremist propaganda is a strategy aimed to provide alternate narratives, to counter the narratives employed by extremist groups – the Islamic State (IS) especially – t...
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Forecast 2016: Security Situation in Northeast India
Wasbir Hussain · 25 Jan, 2016 · #4971 · Commentary
2016 brings both hope as well as challenges for the government in dealing with insurgency in Northeast India. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New Delhi is continuing with the traditional carrot-and-stick policy in dealing wi...
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Himalayan Frontier
Forecast 2016: Nepal
Pramod Jaiswal · 25 Jan, 2016 · #4970 · Commentary · Column
The year 2015 was historic in many ways. It was a year for both despair and enthusiasm. While Nepal suffered from a devastating earthquake, it also promulgated its most awaited constitution through the Constituent Assembly (CA) elected by the pe...
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East Asia Compass
Forecast 2016: East Asia on the Cusp
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 22 Jan, 2016 · #4969 · Commentary · Column
In his new year speech in 2016, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed willingness to have talks with South Korea but just a few days later, conducted North Korea's fourth round of nuclear tests. The inconsistency in North Korea’s p...
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East Asia
German Model: Unsuitable for Korean Unification
Rahul Raj · 22 Jan, 2016 · #4968 · Commentary
In September 2015, in her speech at the 70th UN General Assembly, South Korean President Park Guen-hye cited the 25th anniversary of the Germany reunification and again made a strong pitch for the unification of the Korean peninsula. Previously ...
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AIIB: Regional and Global Responses
Madhura Balasubramaniam · 21 Jan, 2016 · #4967 · Commentary
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally inaugurated on 16 January 2016. The AIIB is a multilateral development bank envisaged to "promote interconnectivity and economic integration" in Asia. Headquartered in Beijin...
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Indus-tan
Forecast 2016: Another Year at the Crossroads for Pakistan
Sushant Sareen · 21 Jan, 2016 · #4966 · Commentary · Column
Much like in all the previous 67 years of its existence, Pakistan finds itself on the crossroads even in the 68th year. The good things that happened in 2015 on the economic, security, diplomatic and political fronts are fragile and not irreve...
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India-Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister in India: Some Answers, Some Questions
KP Fabian · 20 Jan, 2016 · #4965 · Commentary
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Syria, Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem, visited India from 11 to 14 January 2016. Foreign Minister since 2006, he became Deputy Prime Minister in June 2012, approximately a year after troubles began....
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Looking East
Contours of Sino-Indian relations in 2016
Wasbir Hussain · 20 Jan, 2016 · #4964 · Commentary · Column
Riding on clear signs of an ascendant India and a massive electoral mandate behind him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to try and break the status quo in New Delhi’s ties with Beijing, setting the ball rolling by re-calibrating ...
