COMMENTARIES
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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 ...
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Taiwanese Presidential Elections
A 'New Era' of Democracy in Taiwan: Implications for Regional Security & Economy
Teshu Singh · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4963 · Commentary
Elections are the bedrock of democracy. Taiwan is a multi-party democracy and the only ethnic Chinese society that can boast of being a Democracy. On 16 January 2016, 23 million citizens of the island voted to choose their fourteenth president. ...
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Strategic Space
Forecast 2016: Nuclear Issues That Will Dominate the Year
Manpreet Sethi · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4962 · Commentary · Column
Ever since the power and potential of nuclear energy first entered human consciousness and inter-state relations, nuclear issues have always remained at the centre stage. Expansion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy and risks of nuclear weapons ...
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The Strategist
Forecast 2016: Pakistan, Aberrated Strategies and Strategic Stability
Vijay Shankar · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4961 · Commentary · Column
In the immediate aftermath of the 26/11 terrorist assault on Mumbai, a grisly prayer was being intoned in many of the two lakh mosques of Pakistan. The Qunut-e-Nazla, a prayer in times of war, was accompanied by a fervent imprecation that al Qae...
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Japan in Northeast India: A Potential Boost for New Delhi’s ‘Act East Policy’
Ateetmani Brar · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4960 · Commentary
India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil, and gas. However, among the biggest challenges the region faces, is ...
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Maritime Matters
Forecast 2016: Indian Ocean Politics and Security
Vijay Sakhuja · 15 Jan, 2016 · #4959 · Commentary · Column
‘Continuity and change’, ‘continuity and no change’ and ‘new challenges and opportunities’ are important formulations for any geopolitical and geostrategic forecasting. These help analysts to understand events...
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Forecast 2016: On China-Pakistan Relations
Dr Ghulam Ali · 15 Jan, 2016 · #4958 · Commentary
It appears that the recently announced China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will remain at the centre of Sino-Pakistan ties during 2016, and even beyond. The CPEC, signed in 2013, got a boost in April 2015 during Chinese President Xi Jinping&...
