COMMENTARIES
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Women and the Kashmir Conflict
Zoya Raj Singh · 24 Sep, 2021 · #5786 · Commentary
The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) conflict
witnessed an evolutionary turn with the onset of militancy in the region from
the late 1980s onwards. The women of J&K took on multitudinous roles as the
conflict progressed. These roles often varied...
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East Asia Compass
A Change of Leadership in Japan
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 24 Sep, 2021 · #5785 · Commentary · Column
On 3
September 2021, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that he
would not contest his party’s leadership position and that his term would end
on 29 September 2021. This announcement comes nearly a year into Suga’s
assumption ...
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Russia’s SolarWinds Hack: Explaining President’s Biden Retaliatory Measures
Pieter-jan Dockx · 09 Sep, 2021 · #5784 · Commentary
In
December 2020, the US government revealed that it had been the victim of a cyber
offensive that compromised agencies such as the Pentagon and the State
Department. The SolarWinds hack, as it came to be known, was allegedly carried
out by Ru...
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East Asia Compass
Chinese Diplomacy and the Taliban in Afghanistan
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 31 Aug, 2021 · #5783 · Commentary · Column
It
is becoming increasingly obvious what kind of superpower China might be. Even as the international community
watches the unfolding events in Afghanistan with concern, China has moved
quickly to further its interests in the region. For Beijin...
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Strategic Space
NPT RevCon Rescheduled to 2022: Use the Time to Build Bridges
Manpreet Sethi · 26 Aug, 2021 · #5782 · Commentary · Column
The Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT) undergoes a review conference (RevCon) every five years. In the current
cycle, this was planned for April-May 2020. Due to the pandemic, it had to be
re-scheduled to January 2021, then to August 2021, and has ...
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2010-2020: Decadal Trends
Ten Years of Seeking Autonomy in Space
Chaitanya Giri · 19 Aug, 2021 · #5781 · Commentary
Recently, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos successfully demonstrated
their respective marquee space technology platforms. These demonstrations made
big news and gave a crystal ball gaze of how the space industry will grow in the
2020s. These succ...
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US Engagement in the South China Sea: Beyond FONOPS and into the ‘Grey Zone’
Jahnavi Pande · 16 Aug, 2021 · #5780 · Commentary
The April
2021 standoff between the Philippines and China’s maritime militia in and
around the Whitsun Reef in the South China Sea (SCS) is just one example of China clashing with a
claimant state in the region. With the growth of Beijing’s...
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2010-2020: Decadal Trends
A Transformative Decade: Xi Jinping's Rise and China's Political Landscape
Srikanth Kondapalli · 12 Aug, 2021 · #5779 · Commentary
China
has gone through major political transformations over the past decade, with the
rise and consolidation of Xi Jinping’s power being a key driver. The change in
leadership has been accompanied by power centralisation, governance changes,
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The Strategist
China and a New Cold War
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar · 11 Aug, 2021 · #5778 · Commentary · Column
In 1947, George F Keenan, an American
Foreign Service officer, formulated the policy of ‘containment’. The continuity that this policy
represented may be appreciated by its longevity. It was the foundation of US strategy
during the Cold War...
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East Asia Compass
Restoration of Inter-Korea Communication Lines
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 30 Jul, 2021 · #5777 · Commentary · Column
On 27 July 2021, cross-border
communication lines between North and South Korea were restored.
They had been severed for almost 13 months. North Korea initiated the
disengagement on the pretext of propaganda leaflets entering from the other
si...
