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  • Af-Pak Diary: A Region-Led, Region-Owned Solution for Afghanistan
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   29 Nov, 2012    ·    #3770    ·    Commentary    
    Much emphasis has been put on the Afghan-led and Afghan-owned solution; but with the 2014 deadline approaching; will there be a stable Afghan government that would be able to stand on its own by 2015? Perhaps, instead of looking for alternatives an ...
  • Obama-II and the Af-Pak: Worst is Yet to Come?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   08 Nov, 2012    ·    #3751    ·    Commentary    
    Immediately after his re-election, Obama was quoted saying the best is yet to come, during his second term as the President. Is it true, for the Af-Pak region? Or will it get worse, as the US is preparing for its exit from Afghanistan in 2014? E ...
  • A Regional Solution for Afghanistan: Demystifying ‘Plan B’ of the West
    J Jeganaathan.    ·   25 Oct, 2012    ·    #3739    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since President Obama announced the pull out of US troops (almost 33,000) from Afghanistan by summer of 2012, the international community has been puzzled to find a face-saving exit from Afghanistan. Multiple scenarios have been proposed and d ...
  • Afghanistan: Operation Enduring ‘Fiefdom’
    J Jeganaathan.    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3706    ·    Commentary    
    The US recently appointed James Cunningham and Richard Olson as ambassadors to Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. Speculations are now rife about how are they going to shape the US end-game in the Af-Pak region. The appointments occurred in the ...
  • Iran: Understanding the Policy towards Afghan Refugees
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   25 Jul, 2012    ·    #3683    ·    Commentary    
    Iran hosts close to 2.5 million Afghan refugees – both registered and unregistered. Iran recently announced its willingness to sign an agreement with Afghanistan and Pakistan which would put an end to the forceful deportation of Afghan refuge ...
  • Afghanistan and Foreign Investments: A Bridge Too Far?
    J Jeganaathan.    ·   06 Jul, 2012    ·    #3668    ·    Commentary    
    The recently concluded Delhi Investment Summit on Afghanistan, organised by the Government of India in cooperation with Afghan investment and business organisations, signals India’s new Afghan policy in the post-Osama era. The Delhi Investmen ...
  • Iran: Escalation Guaranteed
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra.    ·   05 Jul, 2012    ·    #3667    ·    Commentary    
    The Moscow talks on Iran’s nuclear programme ended in deadlock – in a sense they had to. What was being offered to Iran in return for its compliance targets the symptoms but not the disease. Ground realities dictate that any ‘solu ...
  • Iran and Nuclear Enrichment: Are the Moscow Talks Just for Engagement?
    Shubhra Chaturvedi.    ·   04 Jul, 2012    ·    #3666    ·    Commentary    
    The recent talks between the P5+1 countries and Iran held at Moscow were being looked at as the much needed breakthrough in engagement with Iran. Since the ‘international community’ perceives nuclear Iran as a regional and global threat ...
  • NATO Chicago Summit: Assessing US-Pakistan Relations
    Priyakala Manoharan.    ·   22 Jun, 2012    ·    #3651    ·    Commentary    
    The effective transition of control of security from western forces to the Afghan National Security Forces and the long-term stability of Afghanistan were the top priorities at the NATO summit held in Chicago on 20-21 May 2012. The strained US-Paki ...
  • NATO Chicago Summit: Assessing US-Pakistan Relations
    Priyakala Manoharan.    ·   22 Jun, 2012    ·    #3651    ·    Commentary    
    The effective transition of control of security from western forces to the Afghan National Security Forces and the long-term stability of Afghanistan were the top priorities at the NATO summit held in Chicago on 20-21 May 2012. The strained US-Paki ...
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