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Indian Ocean Region
What Adeeb’s Escape Means for India and Indian Ocean Security
Dr. Sripathi Narayanan. · 26 Aug, 2019 · #5614 · Commentary
Detecting
the former Vice President of the Maldives, Ahmed
Adeeb, as a ‘stowaway’ in a tugboat off the coast of Tamil
Nadu not only raises a number of questions but should also be viewed in the
context of Maldivian politics. This ‘detection ...
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Red Affairs
Researching the Unresearched: Left-Wing Extremism and the Future Rules of Governance
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 19 Aug, 2019 · #5612 · Commentary
In the last week of
July 2019, a brother and sister pair, in a representation of the two principal
adversaries in India’s left-wing extremism (LWE)-affected heartland, came
face-to-face. In Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, Vetti Rama, a member o ...
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Digital Security
5G: Assessing India's Options on Huawei
Anand Benegal. · 09 Aug, 2019 · #5611 · Commentary
5G connectivity is an important telecommunications upgrade which is expected to
propel digital revolution in India. At
present, however, the Indian government's committee on 5G technology remains
split on the issue of allowing Huawei’s participa ...
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Kulbhushan Jadhav: Understanding the ICJ Verdict from a Legal Standpoint
Govind Manoharan. · 31 Jul, 2019 · #5606 · Commentary
During the Independence Day
celebrations in 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his gratitude from
the ramparts of the Red Fort to the people of Balochistan, a
vast, highly disturbed region almost 1,000 km away from New Delhi. He then
me ...
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Special Commentary
Sri Lanka's Easter Bombings and the Need for a Regional Counter-Terror Strategy
AS Lamba. · 19 Jul, 2019 · #5603 · Commentary
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka witnessed
its largest terrorist attack since the end of its brutal 26-year civil war.
These Islamic State (IS) attacks targeted Easter celebrations and luxury hotels
in Colombo, killing Sri Lankan and foreign nationals. ...
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Pakistan and the ICJ Verdict on Kulbhushan Jadhav
Rana Banerji. · 18 Jul, 2019 · #5602 · Commentary
In
a major legal, diplomatic, and moral victory for India, the International Court
of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague upheld
Pakistan’s obligation to provide India consular access to detained
Indian national, Kulbhushan Jadhav, extending the stay on ...
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Why the India-China Border Issue Remains Intractable
Anand Benegal. · 18 Jul, 2019 · #5601 · Commentary
Why is
the Sino-Indian border dispute considered intractable in nature? Will it become
more/less resoluble in the near future?
This
commentary examines the conditions for its resolution, derived from past
research on border disputes, bargaini ...
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Left-Wing Extremism
The CPI-Maoist under Basavaraj's Leadership
Rajat Kumar Kujur. · 15 Jul, 2019 · #5600 · Commentary
A couple of years ago, a significant change
took place within the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), effects of
which are now creating shockwaves in the Maoist infested territories in the
country. For the first time since its formation ...
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Kashmir: Incorporating CEDAW into AFSPA
Anam Mumtaz. · 14 Jul, 2019 · #5599 · Commentary
The imposition
of the Armed
Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) in
Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 appears to have resulted in a drop in crimes against
women. However, in any conflict-affected society, women tend to be much more
vulnerable, and Kashmir i ...
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Red Affairs
Reviving Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh's Security and Governance Vacuum
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 11 Jul, 2019 · #5597 · Commentary
In June 2019, 13
years after it was demolished by Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist)
cadres using IEDs, a school in Jagargunda in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district has reopened.
Apart from being a centre of learning for tribal children in ...
