COMMENTARIES
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What�s Brewing between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 08 Jun, 2015 · #4885 · Commentary
On 29 May, media reports stated that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a strongly-worded letter to the Pakistani government. The letter demands tougher Pakistani action against terrorism, increased counter-terrorism cooperation between Afghan...
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Af-Pak: Why China is Playing Mediator
Fanny Ragot · 03 Jun, 2015 · #4884 · Commentary
In February 2015, a new strategic dialogue was held between Pakistan and Afghanistan under Chinese coordination, illustrating Beijing’s recent commitment to support Kabul in pacifying its country.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, elected...
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East Asia Compass
Implications of Modi’s Three-Nation Tour in East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 02 Jun, 2015 · #4883 · Commentary · Column
To understand and evaluate the outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s East Asian tour of China, Mongolia and South Korea, it would be useful to separate them into at least three domains: popular, economic, and security-strategic.
O...
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Perspectives from China
India-China: Current Status and Expectations for the Future
Siwei Liu · 02 Jun, 2015 · #4882 · Commentary
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his first visit to China since assuming office, from 14-16 May 2015. The visit has a great significance for present-day Sino-India relations, and also has a high importance for the geostrategic dynamics o...
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Spotlight West Asia
US-GCC Summit: More Hype than Substance
Ranjit Gupta · 01 Jun, 2015 · #4881 · Commentary · Column
On 17 April, the White House announced US President Barack Obama’s invite to GCC monarchs for a summit on from 13-14 May to reassure the Saudi Arabia-led GCC bloc about the nuclear framework agreement with Iran and against the backdrop of ...
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Voice from America
The Battle against FIFA: Combating Corruption or Combating Power Transition?
Amit Gupta · 29 May, 2015 · #4880 · Commentary
The current allegations of bribery and corruption against some executive members of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) are important because both national and international sporting bodies have to be effectively policed...
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Looking East
China: Implications of Modi’s Visit on Northeast India
Wasbir Hussain · 26 May, 2015 · #4879 · Commentary · Column
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-on-optics China visit may have generated enough signals about the two Asian giants attempting to move beyond the status quo on key fronts, but in Northeast India, the mood after the trip, if anything, ha...
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Red Affairs
Countering Left Wing Extremism: Failures within Successes
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 21 May, 2015 · #4878 · Commentary · Column
It is a curious cocktail of bravery, success, and also operational paralysis. Like most incidents reported from the theatres affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), the 16 May 2015 incident in Chhattisgarh also has a twist in the tale. In the end...
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Left Wing Extremism
Maoists in the Western Ghats: Propaganda or Substance?
Uddipan Mukherjee · 21 May, 2015 · #4877 · Commentary
On 4 May 2015, at a bakery in a village near Coimbatore, Roopesh and his wife Shyna were arrested in a joint operation by the police departments of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The two have allegedly led Maoists in Kerala fo...
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India-South Korea
Forget About Wooing Korea on Indian Standard Time
· 20 May, 2015 · #4876 · Commentary
Narendra Modi, who has visited 17 countries in the one year that he’s been Prime Minister, made his latest stop in South Korea at the end of a three-nation Asian tour that took him to China and Mongolia.
In Korea, he talked about &lsquo...
