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  • The R4+S Approach for Afghanistan
    Rajat Ahlawat.    ·   27 Nov, 2017    ·    #5398    ·    Commentary    
    The new US strategy for Afghanistan has switched from a 'time-bound', 'troop numbers-based' approach to a 'conditions-based' approach. A conditions-based approach would give the US administration more flexibility in terms of determining troop numbe ...
  • Why are Nuclear Disarmament Initiatives Bound to Fail?
    Shivani Singh.    ·   21 Nov, 2017    ·    #5395    ·    Commentary    
    The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for being a strong and active force in campaigning for disarmament and pushing for the adoption of the nuclear weapons ban treaty, 2017. De ...
  • Special Commentary
    Unpacking the Unprecedented Churning in Saudi Arabia
    Ranjit Gupta.    ·   15 Nov, 2017    ·    #5393    ·    Commentary    
    Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (King Salman) has presided over unprecedented churning on both the domestic political and foreign policy fronts during his short reign of less than three years. Norms that have been the foundat ...
  • Russia-Turkey: Implications of the New Arms Deal
    Monish Gulati.    ·   21 Sep, 2017    ·    #5365    ·    Commentary    
    Recently, Turkey signed an agreement with Russia to purchase the S-400 Triumf air defence system. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told the Turkish media that Ankara has put down a deposit of US$2.5 billion on the sale after it found op ...
  • Global Warming-Induced Migration: An International Convention Needed
    John Schabedoth.    ·   14 Jul, 2017    ·    #5326    ·    Commentary    
    In recent years, reports on the first global warming-induced migration into New Zealand have accumulated. Two of the most prominent cases involved concerned nationals of the island states of Kiribati and Tuvalu applying for refugee status in New Ze ...
  • The ISI and Kulbhushan Jadhav's Second “Confession”
    Rana Banerji.    ·   03 Jul, 2017    ·    #5316    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) seems to have gone into overdrive releasing Kulbhushan Jadhav’s second “confession” on 22 June. The main aim was perhaps to strengthen its case before the International Court of J ...
  • Unpacking Recent Violence against Egypt's Copts
    Derek Verbakel.    ·   27 Jun, 2017    ·    #5309    ·    Commentary    
    On 26 May, the Islamic State (IS) murdered 29 Coptic Christians on a bus in Minya, the latest targeting of Egypt's largest minority community. Three church bombings since December, also claimed by IS, have killed over 70 Copts. The government o ...
  • Responsibility to Protect: Quo Vadis?
    John Schabedoth.    ·   16 Jun, 2017    ·    #5297    ·    Commentary    
    The concept of responsibility to protect (R2P) intends limit state sovereignty in favour of a more effective protection of human rights. It does not have a legal effect that goes beyond the existing norms of public international law (PIL). Rather, ...
  • Three Years of the Modi Government
    India-West Asia: With Relations Boosted, Consolidation Must Follow
    Ranjit Gupta.    ·   12 Jun, 2017    ·    #5295    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has invested more personal energy and enthusiasm in the conduct and stewardship of India’s external relations than any prime minister since the first decade of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s premie ...
  • West Asia
    Obama, Trump, and Abiding Authoritarianism in Egypt
    Derek Verbakel.    ·   19 Apr, 2017    ·    #5271    ·    Commentary    
    On 3 April, US President Donald Trump hosted the first ever visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House. Many observers have characterised Trump’s praise of el-Sisi's authoritarian governance as engendering a signi ...
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