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  • India’s Iran Dilemma: Nuclear Fuel or Crude Oil?
    J Jeganaathan.    ·   18 Jan, 2012    ·    #3559    ·    Commentary    
    In a move to enervate Iran the US has recently imposed fresh economic sanctions that would stifle Iran’s financial institutions. Unlike in the past the US seems to be keen on persuading key oil importers such as India, China and Japan to impl ...
  • Af-Pak Diary: The Taliban Apologists, Opportunists and Opponents
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   15 Jan, 2012    ·    #3554    ·    Commentary    
    With multiple dialogues involving the Taliban taking place (See ‘A New Taliban Shura’, http://bit.ly/yH7Krv, and ‘Dialogues of a Dangerous Kind’, http://bit.ly/w1xKFG) it is important to understand the objectives and endgame ...
  • A 'Delhi Discourse' with Central Asia: Reviving Linkages
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   10 Jan, 2012    ·    #3553    ·    Commentary    
    2012 is a landmark year for India’s relations with both Southeast Asia and Central Asia; it marks the twentieth year of the formulation of the Look East Policy (LEP) vis-à-vis Southeast Asia and also the twentieth year of the establish ...
  • US and Pakistan: Likely American Strategy in 2012
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   10 Jan, 2012    ·    #3552    ·    Commentary    
    Relations between the US and Pakistan were frayed throughout 2011, however, it was the NATO strikes at the Salala check-posts in November that forced Pakistan to reassess its alliance with the US. Pakistan is expected to put forward new terms of en ...
  • Reading Pakistan: A New Taliban Shura
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   05 Jan, 2012    ·    #3550    ·    Commentary    
    According to media reports from Pakistan, various factions of the Taliban – from Pakistan and Afghanistan - have come together to form a five-member ‘Shura-e-Murakbah’. What is this new shura? What are it objectives? And why a new ...
  • Russia’s Afghan Strategy: What are its Interests?
    Monika Pawar.    ·   28 Dec, 2011    ·    #3534    ·    Commentary    
    From the Bonn I to Bonn II Conference, Russia’s involvement in Afghanistan has come a long way. Russia’s support for the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) by allowing supplies through its territory alludes to its strategic interest in ...
  • Russia’s Afghan Strategy: What are its Interests?
    Monika Pawar.    ·   28 Dec, 2011    ·    #3534    ·    Commentary    
    From the Bonn I to Bonn II Conference, Russia’s involvement in Afghanistan has come a long way. Russia’s support for the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) by allowing supplies through its territory alludes to its strategic interest in ...
  • Bonn II: From Transition to Transformation in Afghanistan
    Mariam Safi.    ·   22 Dec, 2011    ·    #3528    ·    Commentary    
    The International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn held on 5 December 2011 marked ten years of state-building and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Ten years ago, on the very same day, the UN held the first Bonn Conference where the internationa ...
  • Bonn II: From Transition to Transformation in Afghanistan
    Mariam Safi.    ·   22 Dec, 2011    ·    #3528    ·    Commentary    
    The International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn held on 5 December 2011 marked ten years of state-building and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. Ten years ago, on the very same day, the UN held the first Bonn Conference where the internationa ...
  • Af-Pak Diary: Exporting Sectarianism?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   14 Dec, 2011    ·    #3520    ·    Commentary    
    There were a series of sectarian attacks in Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, killing more than 50 people in early December. While sectarian violence in Afghanistan has not been uncommon, what is new in this wave of blood bath is the perpetr ...
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