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Nuke Street
US-Russia and Global Nuclear Security: Under a Frosty Spell?
Sheel kant Sharma. · 20 Nov, 2014 · #4752 · Commentary
It is twenty years since acute concern about unauthorised and malevolent access to sensitive nuclear material and radioactive substances, particularly from successor states to the former Soviet Union, roused the international community in 1994. Nuc ...
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Strategic Space
Global Nuclear Disarmament: The Humanitarian Consequences Route
Manpreet Sethi. · 17 Nov, 2014 · #4738 · Commentary
The tenacity of nuclear weapons to continue to exist is evident. At the end of the Cold War, many wrote obituaries claiming that these weapons would soon be the “detritus of the Cold War.” Nothing however, could have been further from the ...
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Eagle Eye
Has President Obama Turned Lame Duck?
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 10 Nov, 2014 · #4733 · Commentary
The US’ mid-term Congressional election result was, in the perception of the Republican Party – that came to control the US Congress for the first time in last eight years – a referendum on incumbent President Barack Obama’s ...
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The Strategist
Of Lawrence, Sykes-Picot and al-Baghdadi
Vijay Shankar. · 10 Nov, 2014 · #4732 · Commentary
Islamic State's Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a July 2014 speech at the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul vowed that "this blessed advance will not stop until we hit the last nail in the coffin of the Sykes-Picot conspiracy."
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Voice from America
Mid-Term Elections: So What If the US Swings Hard Right?
Amit Gupta. · 04 Nov, 2014 · #4729 · Commentary
The Republican party has won the US senate and added to its majority in the House of Representatives. Optimists think this will usher in a new era of cooperation between the White House and Congress much as what happened when Presidents Ronal ...
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IPCS Discussion
India, Australia and Indo-Pacific: Regional Interpretations
Report. · 29 Oct, 2014 · #4716 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) in collaboration with the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, organised a panel discussion on “India, Australia and Indo-Pacific: Regional Interpretations” on ...
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Islamic State: What is Drawing the European Muslims?
Tuva Julie Engebrethsen Smith. · 21 Oct, 2014 · #4709 · Commentary
The Islamic State (IS) has demonstrated a remarkable capability in enticing young Muslims from a variety of European countries into the battlefields of Iraq and Syria. These foreign fighters (FFs) have made numerous headlines, with pictures of them ...
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South Asian Dialectic
Pakistani Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan: Implications for Asian Security
PR Chari. · 20 Oct, 2014 · #4699 · Commentary
Months of deadlock followed a hard fought election in Afghanistan after which both principal contenders - Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah - claimed victory, and a uniquely Afghan solution was found. Ghani will be President with Abdullah being th ...
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Eagle Eye
Modi-Obama Summit: Criticism for Criticism’s Sake?
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 13 Oct, 2014 · #4691 · Commentary
India’s hyperactive Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now widely known for his magic - the Modi Magic. His charisma made him popular ever since he began his tour of India to campaign for the parliamentary election and his charm became more widesp ...
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East Asia Compass
India in East Asia: Modi’s Three Summit Meets
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4683 · Commentary
In September 2014, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had summit meets with the leaders of Japan, China and the US. The summit meets initiated the unfolding of India’s policy towards the East Asian region. By choosing Japan as his first dest ...
