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  • How Peaceful is South Asia: A Review of the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2013
    Barana Waidyatilake.    ·   02 Jul, 2013    ·    #4018    ·    Commentary    
    The Global Peace Index (GPI) 2013 identifies South Asia as the least peaceful region in the world. Though the region had, as a whole, displayed a slight increase in peacefulness since 2010 when peacefulness was at its lowest, the current level of p ...
  • China & the Shangri La:
    Dialogue as Foreign Policy
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary.    ·   24 Jun, 2013    ·    #4007    ·    Commentary    
    The 12th Shangri-La Dialogue was the first occasion in 2013 when the leaders and top defence officials of Western and Asian countries met on a common platform to discuss the security issues in the Asia-Pacific. Needless to say, the series of intern ...
  • Obama and Nuclear Disarmament:
    Why Berlin is not Prague-II
    PR Chari.    ·   24 Jun, 2013    ·    #4006    ·    Commentary    
    Why President Obama chose Europe to make his major policy statements on nuclear disarmament is easily explicable. Europe was the most heavily nuclear armed region during the Cold War, with the United States and the Soviet Union confronting each oth ...
  • Social Media and Our Responsibility:
    Individual and Collective
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   20 Jun, 2013    ·    #4003    ·    Commentary    
    Social media, especially the Facebook, Twitter and their multiple avatars, undoubtedly is a great revolution today. Perhaps, one of the greatest that humankind has witnessed. While we are yet to comprehend the impact of this media, the strides it h ...
  • Special Commentary:
    The Xi Jinping-Obama Summit
    Jayadeva Ranade.    ·   11 Jun, 2013    ·    #3990    ·    Commentary    
    Though not a ‘state’ visit, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first visit (June 7-8, 2013) to the US as President has been described by the US as “unique” and “enormously important”. The Summit received close ...
  • North Korea and Japan: Travails of a Regional Nuclear Diplomacy
    Rajaram Panda.    ·   29 May, 2013    ·    #3958    ·    Commentary    
    There are some unexpected developments in northeast Asia after North Korea’s saber rattling and belligerent rhetoric following its missile launch in December 2012 and nuclear test in February 2013, followed by fresh UN sanctions in March. All ...
  • Obama-Park Summit : North Korea Deciphered?
    Rajaram Panda.    ·   13 May, 2013    ·    #3928    ·    Commentary    
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye made her first official visit to Washington on 5 May 2013. Park's visit came as the US and South Korea observed the 60th anniversary of their mutual defense treaty, which was signed just two months after the ...
  • India, Pakistan and the Nuclear Race: Strengthening the Risk Reduction Measures
    Salma Malik.    ·   06 May, 2013    ·    #3918    ·    Commentary    
    It is inherent in the nature of India and Pakistan that all problems and issues become intertwined and the simplest can affect the most complicated and vice versa. The latest, and now widely trending, issue in this spat is the death at the hands of ...
  • North Korea and East Asia: An Evolving Art of War
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary.    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3915    ·    Commentary    
    The prize question of the season in Northeast Asia– when will Kim Jong-un pull the trigger? South Korea seems to be keeping its cool for an unnaturally long time; China does not appear compelled to choose sides; the US has not backed down fro ...
  • India and the US ‘Pivot’: Brothers in Arms?
    Nayantara Shaunik.    ·   30 Apr, 2013    ·    #3909    ·    Commentary    
    The US ‘pivot’  and its ‘rebalancing’ towards Asia has been perceived as a strategic attempt to re-engage with the region. As the nuances of the policy continue to roll out, the containment of China dynamic, and the con ...
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