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  • East Asia Compass
    US Tactical Nukes in the Korean Peninsula?
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra.    ·   06 Mar, 2017    ·    #5242    ·    Commentary    
    On 4 March 2017, The New York Times reported that the US national security deputies discussed the option of redeploying tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. The expressed purpose was to give North Korea a ‘dramatic warning’ ...
  • The ‘Two-State Solution’ in Israel-Palestine: An Accelerated Demise?
    Derek Verbakel.    ·   28 Feb, 2017    ·    #5240    ·    Commentary    
    At a White House press conference on 15 February, US President Donald Trump said he was neither committed to a ‘two-state solution’ nor opposed to a ‘one-state solution’ to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This upended a posit ...
  • The Strategist
    Forecast 2017: Carnage Ahead?
    Vijay Shankar.    ·   15 Feb, 2017    ·    #5235    ·    Commentary    
    Donald Trump in his inaugural speech, vowed “…this American carnage must stop here.” What preceded his vow suggested, with more intensity and less clarity, what the “carnage” was. Presumably he implied a host of curre ...
  • The Future of US-Taiwan Relations Under China's Shadow
    Namrata Hasija.    ·   13 Feb, 2017    ·    #5234    ·    Commentary    
    As soon as Donald Trump was elected as the president of the US, speculations from scholars came in quickly, especially on how global geopolitics would be reshaped. His phone conversation with Taiwan's President, Tsai Ing-wen, soon after his ele ...
  • India: Acting East after the End of the TPP
    Roshan Iyer.    ·   31 Jan, 2017    ·    #5228    ·    Commentary    
    As the new US President Donald Trump signed his first set of executive orders on 23 January 2017, the world heard the final nail in (at least this iteration of) the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) coffin. The proposed TPP would have ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan'
    Report.    ·   29 Jan, 2017    ·    #5226    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 January 2017, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted an interaction with historian and political scientist Dr Hein Kiessling, who spoke on the issues covered in his latest book, titled 'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Int ...
  • Strategic Space
    Forecast 2017: Unclear Nuclear Pathways
    Manpreet Sethi.    ·   27 Jan, 2017    ·    #5225    ·    Commentary    
    The inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the US has just taken place. A lot of what happens in the nuclear domain in the coming 12 months will be dependent on the direction that is adopted by the new president as he settles in. Eve ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    IPCS-Stimson Center Roundtable on South Asia
    Report.    ·   31 Dec, 2016    ·    #5214    ·    Commentary    
    In the 9th interaction under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, IPCS, in collaboration with Stimson Center, organised a roundtable on South Asia on Thursday, 8 December 2016.  In Session I, Amb (Retd) Salman Haidar (Patron, IPCS, ...
  • US Policy Orientation
    Trump and “America First”: The End of the Asia-Pacific Pivot?
    Akanksha Narain.    ·   31 Dec, 2016    ·    #5212    ·    Commentary    
    Donald Trump’s unexpected victory has not only shocked the world but is also likely to shake up US foreign policy. While Trump’s unpredictability, campaign rhetoric and unclear foreign policy stance have left analysts and policymakers con ...
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