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  • 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 ...
  • Tehran’s Influence in Afghanistan: Implications of the Iran-US Stand-Off
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   21 Jun, 2012    ·    #3647    ·    Commentary    
    Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Iran has invested heavily in Afghanistan, particularly in western Afghanistan. Tehran has sought to develop the western provinces – particularly Herat, Nimruz and Farah - as its spheres of influence, whi ...
  • Global Zero: The Road Ahead
    Shubhra Chaturvedi.    ·   13 Jun, 2012    ·    #3637    ·    Commentary    
    While the Global Zero movement started off with high expectations and global enthusiasm for nuclear disarmament, two years later, there seems to be slow progress. Why has it slowed down? What has been achieved so far and what are the grey areas? ...
  • Reading Pakistan: Reopening the NATO Supply Line
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   21 May, 2012    ·    #3621    ·    Commentary    
    The NATO supply line into Afghanistan via Karachi and the rest of Pakistan seems to have already opened with four trucks of the American embassy crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. What did Pakistan achieve by first closing the supply line an ...
  • Reading Pakistan: Stand-Off on NATO Supply Line
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   14 May, 2012    ·    #3618    ·    Commentary    
    The military commanders of Afghanistan, Pakistan and NATO in Afghanistan met recently to discuss border security issues. An important question, at present, seems to be the invitation for Pakistan to the forthcoming NATO summit in Chicago. The NATO ...
  • The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: Discovering an Agenda
    PR Chari.    ·   22 Mar, 2012    ·    #3591    ·    Commentary    
    Over fifty nations are gathering in Seoul on 25-26 March to confer on nuclear security issues a second time. They had met in Washington two years back to discuss the catastrophic threat of nuclear terrorism and the consequent need to secure weapons ...
  • North Korea and Iran: A Study in Contrasts
    PR Chari.    ·   19 Mar, 2012    ·    #3587    ·    Commentary    
    Controversy has surfaced before the Nuclear Security Summit begins in Seoul on 26-27 March. The issue is whether the Summit should concentrate attention on nuclear security, as urged by the NPT-recognized nuclear weapons states - United States, Rus ...
  • Iranian Embargo: China’s Options
    Teshu Singh.    ·   29 Feb, 2012    ·    #3584    ·    Commentary    
    The West is tightening its efforts to impose an oil embargo on Iran. China is facing a dilemma over the present situation in Iran as its energy demands are enormous. China is Iran largest trading partner and it has invested heavily in Iranian oil f ...
  • US, Iran and Israel: India in a Diplomatic Bind
    Sitakanta Mishra.    ·   27 Feb, 2012    ·    #3579    ·    Commentary    
    The kind of response that Iran’s refusal to allow IAEA inspectors into the Parchin nuclear site may provoke from the US-Israel-Europe axis is a matter of speculation. Although many options to curtail Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons ambit ...
  • Iran’s American 'Problem' in Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar.    ·   14 Feb, 2012    ·    #3573    ·    Commentary    
    Iran views the presence of American forces in Afghanistan as detrimental and a threat to its interests. Iran’s strategy towards Afghanistan is greatly influenced by this threat perception. The question that arises then is why is the American ...
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