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Picking Up the Threads
Modi, Sharif and the Cross-LoC Interactions
D Suba Chandran. · 29 May, 2014 · #4473 · Commentary
Now the entire region across the international border and the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan is discussing the invitation to the SAARC Heads of the State by Narendra Modi as a diplomatic coup, and the positive response by Nawaz Shar ...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Fresh Air of Rapprochement
Shujaat Bukhari. · 29 May, 2014 · #4472 · Commentary
Much before he took over as the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi hit the diplomatic ground with a master stroke. He invited all the heads of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to witness his swearing in ceremony, ...
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Indus-tan
Modi-fying India-Pakistan Relations
Sushant Sareen. · 19 May, 2014 · #4449 · Commentary
Given the decades of hostility between India and Pakistan, animosity and prejudice is entirely understandable; even natural; but the sheer ignorance about each other never ceases to surprise. The Pakistani reaction to the victory of Narendra Modi i ...
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South Asian Dialectic
India-Pakistan Relations: Modi’s Options
PR Chari. · 19 May, 2014 · #4444 · Commentary
How will Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi deal with Pakistan? He made a passing reference to China when he visited Arunachal Pradesh during the election campaign. An uncomplimentary mention of Bangladesh was also made as the major originating ...
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J&K
Pakistan’s Kashmir dilemma
Shujaat Bukhari. · 12 Feb, 2014 · #4305 · Commentary
When Pakistan officially observed February 5 as ‘Kashmir Solidarity Day’ Wednesday last, the atmosphere was more euphoric this time. The main reason could be the transition of power from Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) to Pakistan M ...
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J&K
Cross LoC Trade: Continuing Stalemate
Ayesha Khanyari. · 07 Feb, 2014 · #4296 · Commentary
Early in January 2014, Islamabad halted the movement of trucks across the India-Pakistan border in Kashmir, after Indian authorities impounded a narcotics-laden truck entering India from the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Additionally, Pakistan als ...
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J&K
LoC Trade Under Fire
Shujaat Bukhari. · 06 Feb, 2014 · #4295 · Commentary
Notwithstanding many inherent bottlenecks, the cross Line of Control (LoC) trade between two parts of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir had emerged as a significant achievement of the peace process that started with a ceasefire along the LoC in ...
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J&K
Cross-LoC Trade and Our Collective Failure
D Suba Chandran. · 06 Feb, 2014 · #4294 · Commentary
The cross-LoC trade between two parts of J&K has been stopped once again. This time the reason is the arrest of a driver from the other side, who was found by the Indian authorities bringing Brown Sugar. Smuggling across the international borde ...
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IPCS Debate
Responding to Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Strategy for India
Manpreet Sethi. · 18 Jan, 2014 · #4263 · Commentary
In Pakistan’s nuclear strategy, the primary task of its nuclear weapons is not to deter India’s nuclear weapons, but to avoid an engagement with a superior military capability. Rawalpindi is aware of the risk of having to confront India ...
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Year in Review
Jammu and Kashmir 2013: Missed Opportunities
Ayesha Khanyari. · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4247 · Commentary
Missed opportunities, lack of political initiatives in addressing internal problems, rise in separatist tendencies, an increase in infiltration attempts and the debate on empowering the Panchayats were the major trends in J&K during 2013.
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