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  • J&K: Back to square one
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   27 Aug, 2014    ·    #4627    ·    Commentary    
    After New Delhi unilaterally called off the Foreign Secretary-level talks with Islamabad, following the meeting of Hurriyat leaders with Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, the cross-border shelling has again started with a bang. Few more li...
  • India and the Charm Offensive in Nepal: Modi’s Magic
    Subin Nepal    ·   27 Aug, 2014    ·    #4626    ·    Commentary    
    To give a boost to improving India’s relations with its neighbours, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nepal for his second official state visit. Making it the first official visit from an Indian Prime Minister in 17 years, Modi was very...
  • Islamic State and South Asia: How Real is the Threat?
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy    ·   27 Aug, 2014    ·    #4625    ·    Commentary    
    The rise of the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria is a game-changer in international affairs today. Their unprecedented rise and ability to fight in two countries simultaneously without suffering serious losses - while attracting more recruit...
  • Sushma Swaraj's Visit
    India in Myanmar: Strengthening the Economic Commons
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   26 Aug, 2014    ·    #4624    ·    Commentary    
    Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s four-day visit to Myanmar highlights India’s intentions towards expanding the New Delhi-Naypyidaw bilateral. Swaraj, during her visit emphasised on the border cooperation and trade and...
  • Indian Army & Operational Preparedness: Agenda for the New Chief
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   26 Aug, 2014    ·    #4623    ·    Commentary    
    On taking over as the COAS from General Bikram Singh, General Dalbir Singh Suhag said his priorities would be to “enhance operational preparedness and the effectiveness of the Indian Army.” He also said that force modernisation, infr...
  • Travails of Post Conflict Societies
    Cost of Peace
    D Suba Chandran    ·   26 Aug, 2014    ·    #4622    ·    Commentary    
    While there have been enormous emphasis in studying the cost of war and the evil effects of conflict, in the recent period, there have been an emphasis on the cost of peace in terms of economic and political investments and its fallouts. ...
  • Nuke Street
    Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Musings on the Bomb
    Sheel kant Sharma    ·   21 Aug, 2014    ·    #4621    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    August is the month of remembrance of the ghastly tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Such remembrance is far from a mere annual routine of some ritual happenings – there is no dearth of moral, ethical, legal or humanitarian condemnation of...
  • The 2014 Indonesian Presidential Election and the New Delhi-Jakarta Bilateral
    Navrekha Sharma    ·   20 Aug, 2014    ·    #4620    ·    Commentary    
    Indonesia’s citizens, majority of who value human rights and religious pluralism, can breathe more easily after July 22 when the KPK (Indonesia’s Election Commission) announced victory for Joko Widodo and Yusuf Kalla as the country&r...
  • Assessing US-India Relations: A Perspective from China
    Bo Zhen    ·   20 Aug, 2014    ·    #4619    ·    Commentary    
    Three US political heavyweights - Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel - just visited India successively within a fortnight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit th...
  • Jammu & Kashmir: How votes devour rights
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   19 Aug, 2014    ·    #4618    ·    Commentary    
    After the parliamentary elections in which his party National Conference as well as Congress tasted a drubbing, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is yet to put a breaks on showing “magnanimity” in addressing people’s grievances. For...
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