COMMENTARIES
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J&K
Competing poll narratives
Shujaat Bukhari · 14 May, 2014 · #4442 · Commentary
The decades old distances that exist between New Delhi and Srinagar have again been reflected in the just concluded elections for the Lok Sabha. While the battle in rest of India was about managing more seats to come to power apart from the insi...
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Modi: Perspectives from Europe
Kai Fürstenberg · 16 May, 2014 · #4441 · Commentary
The recently-concluded general election in India was the largest democratic election in history. However, it isn’t the size of the electorate that makes this election interesting. Instead, it is Narendra Modi, the controversial lead candid...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: A Complex Triangle
Kimberley Anne Nazareth · 14 May, 2014 · #4440 · Commentary
The recent crises that have engulfed the international community such as in Syria and now Crimea have raised questions regarding the US commitment to its rebalance in the Asia-Pacific. The visits of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and President...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Australia's Middle Way Approach
Obja Borah Hazarika · 14 May, 2014 · #4439 · Commentary
The US...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: China’s Concerns and Responses
Gaurav Kumar Jha · 14 May, 2014 · #4438 · Commentary
The US, which is currently winding up its operations from Afghanistan, calls the restructuring and reallocation of its resources towards the Asia Pacific as the ...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Nature of New Alliances
Amrita Banerjee · 14 May, 2014 · #4437 · Commentary
The post-War order in Asia has rested on the presence and predictability of the US power anchored in a network of military alliances and partnerships. While the countries in the region welcomed this originally, today, these equations have drasti...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: An Instrument of Economic Diplomacy
Urbi Das · 14 May, 2014 · #4436 · Commentary
After prolonged engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq, the US has finally made a move to renew its commitment towards Asia, which has always been an arena of US strategic and economic interest. The Asian rebalancing strategy highlights the current...
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US in Asia Pacific
Rebalancing: Where Does India Figure?
Monish Tourangbam · 14 May, 2014 · #4435 · Commentary
Although the US government has tried to soften the China element in its rebalancing strategy, it remains ubiquitous, with Beijing undoubtedly seeing it as a ‘China containment’ policy. The centrality of India’s role in this str...
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Media in Pakistan: Divided They Fall
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 13 May, 2014 · #4434 · Commentary
The recent unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir in Karachi opened a can of worms vis-à-vis the complexities in the relationship the Pakistani media shares with State and non-State actors.
That Pakistani me...
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Dateline Islamabad
India-Pakistan: Nuclear Weapons and Crisis Diplomacy
Salma Malik · 12 May, 2014 · #4432 · Commentary · Column
18 May, 2014, will mark the 40th anniversary of India going nuclear. ‘Buddha smiled’ mightily for the first time, in the scorching desert of Pokhran, India, in May 1974 and then again, in 1998. In reciprocation, Pakistan too entered ...
