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IPCS US Election Special
The Iran Deal Under a Clinton Presidency
Vivek Mishra. · 04 Nov, 2016 · #5167 · Commentary
Tweaking contextually and semantically what Ronald Reagan said about Russia during the Cold War - "Trust, but verify" - Hillary Clinton proclaimed her strategy apropos the nuclear deal with Iran in September 2015 at the Brookings Institutio ...
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IPCS US Election Special
Trump's Nuclear Policy: Global Implications
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 04 Nov, 2016 · #5166 · Commentary
The US is experiencing one of the most turbulent, contentious and vitriolic political campaigns in the race to the White House in its entire history. Negativities have engulfed the US so much that the entire world has been affected.
While sev ...
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IPCS US Election Special
Hillary's Nuclear Policy: A Time of Change, Dithering, or Sameness?
Vijay Shankar. · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5163 · Commentary
An Inexpedient Second
The last time a Democrat President was elected to office after two terms of a Democratic presidency was 180 years ago. A certain Martin Van Buren succeeded Andrew Jackson in 1836. Coincidentally he was a former Secretary of ...
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IPCS US Election Special
Presidential Elections and US Nuclear Policy: Clinton Vs Trump
Manpreet Sethi. · 02 Nov, 2016 · #5162 · Commentary
When the second largest democracy and the most powerful country of the world begins the process of choosing a new leader for itself, it is automatically a matter of global concern. Obviously then, for the last year or so, the twists and turns in the ...
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Eagle Eye
Critical Challenges to the Indo-US Strategic Partnership
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 10 Oct, 2016 · #5150 · Commentary
The strategic partnership between India and the US has slowly and steadily been moving in an upwardly trajectory through periodic turbulences. However, as the world's balance of power has entered a serious phase of transition, New Delhi and Was ...
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Fragile States Index 2016
FSI and South Asia
Monish Gulati. · 10 Oct, 2016 · #5149 · Commentary
The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking
of 178 nations, conceived with the core notion that weak and failing states
pose a challenge to the international community and in a highly interconnected
world, ‘pressures’ on one ...
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Fragile States Index 2016
FSI's Broader Conclusions: Methodology, Empirical Trends and Current Realities
Amb TCA Raghavan. · 06 Oct, 2016 · #5147 · Commentary
The broad conclusions on India of the Fragile States Index are:
(a) 2016 as compared to 2015 has seen a significant worsening of India ...
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East Asia Compass
Future of the TPP and the US' Pivot to Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 04 Oct, 2016 · #5146 · Commentary
In the first round of the presidential debates in the US, it became certain that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is still far from being realised. While the Republican candidate, Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the TPP, even the ...
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The Strategist
The Blind Men of Hindostan
Vijay Shankar. · 21 Sep, 2016 · #5133 · Commentary
Edited Transcript of Valedictory Address to the International Conference on Non-Traditional Security Threats, Christ University, Bengaluru, 03 September 2016.
In coming to grips with threats and challenges that confront a nation, the lines th ...
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Eagle Eye
India and the US: Inching Towards an Informal Alliance
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 12 Sep, 2016 · #5125 · Commentary
US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit to India, along with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, to participate in the second Strategic and Commercial Dialogue with their Indian counterparts, and Indian Defence Minister Parrikar’ ...
