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  • IPCS Special Commentary
    India & Vietnam: Defence Cooperation, Economic Ties and a Strategic Partnership
    Rajaram Panda.    ·   09 Aug, 2013    ·    #4080    ·    Commentary    
    The Foreign Minister of Vietnam, Pham Binh Minh, visited India in mid-July to participate in the 15th Vietnam-India Commission meeting and to review bilateral ties. Surprisingly, as compared with the Chinese media, the Indian media did not give the ...
  • IPCS Special Commentary
    India’s Growing Soft Power in Southeast Asia: Will it Clash with China?
    Abanti Bhattacharya.    ·   06 Aug, 2013    ·    #4070    ·    Commentary    
    India has some two thousand years of association with Southeast Asia. Its Hindu influence touched all parts of Southeast Asia except few pockets of North Vietnam, Philippines, inland of Borneo and Indonesian Islands east of Bali. Hinduism was state ...
  • Myanmar: Drug Politics and Democratic Transition
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   24 Jul, 2013    ·    #4049    ·    Commentary    
    Lo Hsing Han’s funeral ceremony, on 17 July, was probably not any different from that of Vito Corleone, the Mafia boss depicted in Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Family, friends, business partners and government officials came t ...
  • Vietnam-India Strategic Partnership: Spaces and Gaps
    Shresht Jain.    ·   23 Jul, 2013    ·    #4047    ·    Commentary    
    Except few stints, one of which being Vietnam supporting its ideological partner China during the Indo-China war of 1962, the India-Vietnam relationship has remained exceptionally cordial since its foundation was laid by Prime Minister Nehru and Ho ...
  • IPCS Debate
    Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: A Crime Against Humanity
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee.    ·   17 Jul, 2013    ·    #4041    ·    Commentary    
    The US State Department’s Report, “Trafficking in Person 2013” elaborates the form of human trafficking in different countries around the world. According to the Report, trafficking involves both men and women, who are either forc ...
  • Myanmar: Achieving India’s Economic Interests
    Asma Masood.    ·   16 Jul, 2013    ·    #4037    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar’s economy has witnessed several landmark transitions recently.  The World Economic Forum held here in June 2013 ushered the country’s re-emergence on the international stage.  A plethora of reforms and prospects were h ...
  • Myanmar: Implications of Suu Kyi’s Realpolitik
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   15 Jul, 2013    ·    #4035    ·    Commentary    
    "I want to be president and I'm quite frank about it", Aung San Suu Kyi said on 6 June, during the World Economic Forum on East Asia. The rumours about her presidential ambitions thus turned out to be true, which can explain the recen ...
  • Myanmar: FDI, Local Economy and the Rohingya Conflict
    Asma Masood.    ·   10 Jul, 2013    ·    #4030    ·    Commentary    
    On June 27, Myanmar announced that the government awarded a telecommunications contract to Qatari company Ooredo. It sparked a social media backlash in Myanmar. Citizens threatened boycott of its services. The Buddhist community was surprised by th ...
  • Myanmar: Profiling the 969 Movement
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   10 Jul, 2013    ·    #4029    ·    Commentary    
    Is it an economic nationalist movement, an awakening of sorts, a rabid anti-Muslim movement, or a hate revolution that would eventually consume its own children? Local Myanmarese accounts on the radical 969 Buddhist movement have diverged so muc ...
  • Myanmar: New Challenges of Economic Transition
    Yves-Marie Rault.    ·   09 Jul, 2013    ·    #4028    ·    Commentary    
    Until a few years ago, as roaming services were inexistent, a foreign visitor who wanted to use a cell phone in Myanmar had to buy a local SIM card for the sum of USD1500. However, there are now around 500,000 tourists each year - symbol of the stu ...
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