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Maritime Matters
Indian Ocean and the IORA: Search and Rescue Operations
Vijay Sakhuja. · 03 Nov, 2014 · #4724 · Commentary
The international efforts to locate the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 which went missing over the southern Indian Ocean nearly seven months ago have continued unabated. Till such time the debris and the black box is located, the caus ...
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Myanmar: Violence in Rakhine State and a Way Forward
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 31 Oct, 2014 · #4720 · Commentary
The International Crisis Group (ICG) published a comprehensive report on the ongoing ethno-political and communal violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar in October 2014, titled, “Myanmar: The Politics of Rakhine State.”
There are ...
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IPCS Discussion
India, Australia and Indo-Pacific: Regional Interpretations
Report. · 29 Oct, 2014 · #4716 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) in collaboration with the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, organised a panel discussion on “India, Australia and Indo-Pacific: Regional Interpretations” on ...
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Indo-Pacific
The ASEAN's Centrality in the Indo-Pacific Region
Shankari Sundararaman. · 20 Oct, 2014 · #4700 · Commentary
Over nearly a decade, the concept of the Indo-Pacific has been gaining ground as a term that gives credence to a strategic perspective rather than a well-defined geographic entity. When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke about the `confluence ...
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Petro Pirates and Maritime Security
Pirates Prefer Energy Cargo
Vijay Sakhuja. · 14 Oct, 2014 · #4694 · Commentary
Early this month, pirates released the hijacked MT Sunrise 689, a small product tanker bound for Vietnam which went missing soon after it left Singapore. During the captivity that lasted nearly six days, the pirates siphoned 2,000 of the total 5,20 ...
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Islamic State and Indonesia: Jakarta's Counter-strategies
Max Regus. · 07 Oct, 2014 · #4686 · Commentary
Earlier this year, Indonesia was shocked by the Islamic State's (IS) propaganda spread via YouTube to recruit new members. In fact, in certain parts of Java, some have even expressed their willingness to become new members of the IS. Given that ...
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Islamic State and Southeast Asia: Answering the Call for Jihad
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 30 Sep, 2014 · #4676 · Commentary
On 23 July 2014, a video was posted on YouTube showed Isnilon Hapilon, a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), and other members, pledging their support to the Islamic State (IS) through both financial and manpower support. Similarly, Mochamma ...
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Anti-Rohingya and Anti-Muslim Sentiments in Myanmar: Mutually Reinforcing?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 24 Sep, 2014 · #4671 · Commentary
Is there a cause and effect between the anti-Muslim sentiments and anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar? Is the latter an expression of the former?
The violence against the Rohingyas appears to be a part of larger Islamophobia within Myanma ...
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Drug Smuggling across the Indian Ocean: Impact of Increasing Interceptions
Vijay Sakhuja. · 11 Sep, 2014 · #4654 · Commentary
Is there an increasing cooperation in the Indian Ocean to curb drug smuggling today? After piracy and terrorism, are the drug smugglers and their network being targeted now in the Indian Ocean? What is the nature of counter actions so far, and what ...
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India-ASEAN FTA: Gap Between Expectation and Reality
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 05 Sep, 2014 · #4644 · Commentary
Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s maiden official visits to Southeast Asian countries have highlighted India’s increasing thrust towards its Look East Policy (LEP). During her visit to Vietnam, she emphasised that India s ...
