COMMENTARIES
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Jamaat-e-Islami Hind: Changed Political Outlook?
Ayesha Khanyari · 20 May, 2014 · #4453 · Commentary
At the New Delhi chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Ameer-e-Jamaat Maulana Jalaluddin Omari, the central head of the JIH, recently said, ‘‘The Jamaat is committed to upholding the values of democracy, secularism and the princ...
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Will China ‘Rig’ the Indian Ocean?
Shreya Upadhyay · 20 May, 2014 · #4452 · Commentary
China’s deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou 981, a massive billion-dollar rig designed to drill oil, in the South China Sea (SCS), has sent a clear message to the region – Beijing will drill as and where it pleases.
Is Chi...
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China, the CUES, and Freedom of Navigation
Vivek Mishra · 20 May, 2014 · #4451 · Commentary
The issue of freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea (SCS) and the East China Sea (ECS), has been a disputative one, involving narratives and counter-narratives of what constitutes a ‘code of conduct&...
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Indus-tan
Modi-fying India-Pakistan Relations
Sushant Sareen · 19 May, 2014 · #4449 · Commentary · Column
Given the decades of hostility between India and Pakistan, animosity and prejudice is entirely understandable; even natural; but the sheer ignorance about each other never ceases to surprise. The Pakistani reaction to the victory of Narendra Mod...
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Dateline Kabul
Taliban’s Spring Offensive: Are the ANSF Prepared?
Mariam Safi · 19 May, 2014 · #4448 · Commentary
On 12 May, the Taliban commenced their annual spring offensive with a series of attacks that left over a dozen killed and many more injured in the Afghan provinces of Helmand, Ghazni, Nangarhar, Parwan and Kabul. Calling it ‘Khaibar’...
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Nuke Street
Looking Up in North East Asia
Sheel kant Sharma · 19 May, 2014 · #4447 · Commentary · Column
For weeks before President Obama’s visit to Seoul in April 2014 there were a series of reports, spurred by deliberate North Korean announcements, about an impending nuclear test. It has not happened so far, nor any missile test for that ma...
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Dhaka Discourse
Bangladesh-US: Towards New Engagements?
Delwar Hossain · 19 May, 2014 · #4446 · Commentary · Column
The third round of the 2014 Bangladesh-US security dialogue was held in Dhaka on 22 April. It focused on issues such as peacekeeping, counter-terrorism, disaster-management, maritime security and regional security. The security dialogue is part ...
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Red Affairs
Naxalism: The Insufficiency of a Force-Centric Approach
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 19 May, 2014 · #4445 · Commentary · Column
In the first week of May 2014, security forces launched a fresh anti-Naxal operation at the Saranda forests in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district. The operation was started following intelligence inputs that a squad of armed Maoists had ent...
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South Asian Dialectic
India-Pakistan Relations: Modi’s Options
PR Chari · 19 May, 2014 · #4444 · Commentary · Column
How will Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi deal with Pakistan? He made a passing reference to China when he visited Arunachal Pradesh during the election campaign. An uncomplimentary mention of Bangladesh was also made as the major originat...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Part of its Grand Strategy?
Simi Mehta · 16 May, 2014 · #4443 · Commentary
In order to bolster the role of the US in the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration has identified the region as part of its geostrategic priority by announcing its ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy. The ‘pivot to Asia’ was annou...
