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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 ...
  • Mining in Afghanistan: Scale Down to Reap More
    Roshan Iyer.    ·   04 Oct, 2016    ·    #5145    ·    Commentary    
    The mining industry in Afghanistan holds the potential to completely revolutionise the country’s domestic economy. Afghanistan has around 1400 deposit sites of minerals worth between USD 1 and 3 trillion – according to the 2010 US Geolo ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Afghanistan-Pakistan-India: A Paradigm Shift
    Report.    ·   05 Sep, 2016    ·    #5117    ·    Commentary    
    On 11 August 2016, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted the third interaction held under the aegis of the IPCS' Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series. The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to India, H.E. Dr. S ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Regional Power Play and Rise of Radicalism in Afghanistan
    Report.    ·   05 Sep, 2016    ·    #5118    ·    Commentary    
    On 20 August 2016, in the fourth interaction under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, the IPCS hosted Mr Hamid Karzai, former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, for a talk on Regional Power Play and Rise of Radicalism in Afghan ...
  • Brass Tacks of the Emerging Afghan Taliban
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   26 May, 2016    ·    #5038    ·    Commentary    
    On 21 May 2016, Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Mansour was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan. On 25 May 2016, the insurgent group’s Rahbari Shura – the central leadership council – declared Mansour’s first de ...
  • Forecast 2016: Afghanistan
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   25 Feb, 2016    ·    #4993    ·    Commentary    
    In 2015, Afghanistan swung back and forth between several transitions. Insurgency reached levels insofar unseen since 2001. As late as December 2015, the Afghan Taliban, notwithstanding its internal problems, showed no signs of retreating for winte ...
  • Afghan Peace Process: Headed Down a Blind Alley?
    Monish Gulati.    ·   06 Feb, 2016    ·    #4983    ·    Commentary    
    The second meeting of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) of Afghanistan, Pakistan, the US and China on the Afghan peace and reconciliation process was held in Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 18, 2016, a week after the first round of discussi ...
  • Indus-tan
    Forecast 2016: Another Year at the Crossroads for Pakistan
    Sushant Sareen.    ·   21 Jan, 2016    ·    #4966    ·    Commentary    
    Much like in all the previous 67 years of its existence, Pakistan finds itself on the crossroads even in the 68th year. The good things that happened in 2015 on the economic, security, diplomatic and political fronts are fragile and not irreversi ...
  • The Pathankot Terrorist Attack and India’s Afghanistan Policy
    Monish Gulati.    ·   13 Jan, 2016    ·    #4956    ·    Commentary    
    The first weekend of the 2016 witnessed two almost simultaneous terrorist strikes on Indian assets. The first was on the Pathankot air base, and the second, on the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Both attacks were well-planned and ...
  • The US’ Tilt towards India: Overview and Projections
    Md Farijuddin Khan.    ·   16 Dec, 2015    ·    #4944    ·    Commentary    
    The US policy towards India has hardly been predictable. At the moment, the US’ India policy is guided purely by its commercial and strategic regional interests. However, the New Delhi-Washington bilateral has transformed from a fissured part ...
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