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  • Myanmar: Rohingya Refugees and Thailand’s ‘Push-Back’
    Panchali Saikia.    ·   30 Dec, 2011    ·    #3539    ·    Commentary    
    The Rohingya refugee crisis is not a new phenomenon, and it has now grabbed the attention of the international media for all the wrong reasons. The Rohingyas, in large numbers, are now trying to escape to Malaysia via the sea route through Thailand ...
  • Vietnam: Why is the Economy not taking off?
    Seema Joshi.    ·   30 Dec, 2011    ·    #3538    ·    Commentary    
    Studies reveal that Vietnam is the only country among the Next Eleven (N-11) countries that has managed to maintain a growth comparable to that of China and India in the past five years. Though it is believed that the growth performance of Vietnam ...
  • The Banning of the Ahmadiyah in Indonesia
    Tri Susdinarjanti.    ·   30 Dec, 2011    ·    #3537    ·    Commentary    
    Mirza Ghulam Ahmad founded the Ahmadiyah movement in India in 1889, and his teachings gradually spread to different parts of the world. The teachings of Ahmad gradually spread to different parts of the world. In Indonesia, there are two groups of t ...
  • Xi Jinping in Vietnam: Attempts at Reconciliation?
    Amruta Karambelkar.    ·   29 Dec, 2011    ·    #3536    ·    Commentary    
    Xi Jinping, Vice President of People’s Republic of China paid an official visit to Vietnam from 20-22 December 2011. He met President Truong Tan San, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and other senior officials of the country. What does China an ...
  • Talks with the Kachin and Mon Rebels in Myanmar: Strategy, Motives and Hurdles
    Bibhu Prasad Routray.    ·   23 Dec, 2011    ·    #3531    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar’s recent policy to politically reform itself might have excited many analysts outside the country, but its objective of achieving peace with the ethnic rebels is progressing slower than expected. Suspicion regarding the government&rsq ...
  • Vietnam and the South China Sea: Hypothetical Scenarios
    Amruta Karambelkar.    ·   22 Dec, 2011    ·    #3530    ·    Commentary    
    ONGC Videsh limited (OVL) India in October this year entered a three-year agreement with PetroVietnam to carry new investments and strengthen energy exploration. This area falls within the Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in the South China ...
  • Papua: The Tensions Within
    Tri Susdinarjanti.    ·   15 Dec, 2011    ·    #3522    ·    Commentary    
    For the last 6 months, concern over security has been rising in Papua – eastern part of Indonesia due to several accidents in the area. Instances of shootings and violence have occurred in Abepura, Jayapura, in Mulia District, Puncak Jaya, an ...
  • Thailand: Tribulations of Migrant workers
    Panchali Saikia.    ·   08 Dec, 2011    ·    #3513    ·    Commentary    
    The recent report of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on the trade policies of Thailand to the WTO General Council Review reveals a serious violation of the fundamental rights of workers. The report highlights that there are no pr ...
  • The Curious Case of Tata Steel in Vietnam
    Amruta Karambelkar.    ·   08 Dec, 2011    ·    #3512    ·    Commentary    
    Vietnam has set up a team of officials from the central and provincial governments to address the issues that have obstructed Tata Steel from acquiring a green signal for its project to construct a US$5 billion facility in Vietnam, under the aegis ...
  • Myanmar: How Real is the Change?
    Medha Chaturvedi.    ·   08 Dec, 2011    ·    #3511    ·    Commentary    
    A section within the international community believes there has been a series of positive changes in every plausible field in Myanmar. Is the government in Myanmar finally having a change of heart? What are these changes and how far will they succe ...
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