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US and Asia-Pacific
Pivot, Rebalance and What Next?
D Suba Chandran. · 13 Mar, 2014 · #4337 · Commentary
The American strategy towards the Asia Pacific is facing serious challenges. What started as a new “pivot” to Asia and later shifted to a “rebalance” now needs serious re-adjustment. Not because the American strategy is prob ...
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IPCS Special Commentary
Transition in Myanmar: Regional Implications & Future Directions
Ranjit Gupta. · 06 Mar, 2014 · #4325 · Commentary
Are the changes underway in Myanmar revolutionary or evolutionary? Since the governmental structure and the methodology of governance in Myanmar since April 2012, when the transition began, represents an utterly drastic change from what had existed ...
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Connecting Asia: South Asia as a Strategic Bridge
D Suba Chandran. · 13 Feb, 2014 · #4306 · Commentary
So much is happening around South Asia today; if the region is smart in understanding the nature of these changes and makes use of its potential and geographic location, it could become a strategic bridge between four huge land masses – West ...
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Middle Kingdom
China in the Indian Ocean: Competing Priorities
DS Rajan. · 10 Feb, 2014 · #4302 · Commentary
A very recent (January 2014) naval drill in China conducted by a three-ship Chinese navy squadron has received wide attention in the world media. The country’s largest amphibious Chinese landing ship – Changbaishan – along with two ...
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Eagle Eye
US in Asia: A 'Non-Alignment' Strategy?
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 10 Feb, 2014 · #4299 · Commentary
As territorial and maritime disputes in Asia have sparked regional cold wars, the United States appears to have adopted a non-aligned strategy to navigate in troubled political space of the continent.
George Washington and Non-Ali ...
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Myanmar: Why is the Clergy Angry?
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy. · 31 Jan, 2014 · #4279 · Commentary
A recent UN statement demanding an impartial probe into the killings of Muslims by Buddhists, in Myanmar, has once again brought the issue of the Rohingyas – widely accepted as the most persecuted minority group – to the fore. The alarm ...
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Year in Review
Japan 2013: Abenomics
Angana Guha Roy. · 13 Jan, 2014 · #4252 · Commentary
2013 turned out to be one of the most eventful years for Japan. Under Abe’s leadership, and with a revised security policy and an engaging foreign policy, Japan remained prominent in international diplomacy. It marked the completion of a year ...
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Year in Review
Southeast Asia: Elections, Instability and Reconciliation
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 12 Jan, 2014 · #4246 · Commentary
Elections, national and political reconciliation within, Myanmar becoming the next ASEAN Chair, growing Chinese influences and the American pivot were the major issues of debate in Southeast Asia during 2013. To understand the changes that are expe ...
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Thailand: Challenges to Democracy?
Aparupa Bhattacherjee. · 31 Dec, 2013 · #4230 · Commentary
The ongoing anti-government protests in Bangkok seem to threatening the democratic establishment of the country. The protests which started in November 2013 are being led by Suthep Thaugsuban, the former deputy Prime Minister of Thailand before the ...
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Special Commentary
China and Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ): An Airman’s Perspective
Gp Capt (Retd) PI Muralidharan. · 17 Dec, 2013 · #4218 · Commentary
The People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of National Defence announced on 23 November 2013 the creation of a new Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea. This, incidentally, includes air space over the Diaoyu/Sen ...
