COMMENTARIES
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Myanmar: Drug Politics and Democratic Transition
Yves-Marie Rault · 24 Jul, 2013 · #4049 · Commentary
Lo Hsing Han’s funeral ceremony, on 17 July, was probably not any different from that of Vito Corleone, the Mafia boss depicted in Coppola’s “The Godfather”. Family, friends, business partners and government officials cam...
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IPCS Book Review
Pakistan: Civil-Military Relations and the Instrumentalisation of Political Power
Rana Banerji · 23 Jul, 2013 · #4048 · Commentary
Military Agency, Politics and the State in Pakistan
Ejaz Hussain
Heidelberg Series in South Asian and Comparative Studies- Vol VI: 472 pages
Publishers: Samskriti, New Delhi, 2013
This book examines the causes and modes of repeated militar...
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Vietnam-India Strategic Partnership: Spaces and Gaps
Shresht Jain · 23 Jul, 2013 · #4047 · Commentary
Except few stints, one of which being Vietnam supporting its ideological partner China during the Indo-China war of 1962, the India-Vietnam relationship has remained exceptionally cordial since its foundation was laid by Prime Minister Nehru and...
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China: Space Program and Strategy
Narayani Basu · 22 Jul, 2013 · #4046 · Commentary
On 11 June 2013, China launched its fifth manned space mission from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert. Atop a Long March 2F rocket, the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft transported three astronauts to the Tiangong 1,...
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IPCS Special Commentary
China and Likonomics: Li Keqiang’s Emerging Economic Strategy
Narayani Basu · 22 Jul, 2013 · #4045 · Commentary
Eponyms for new policies instigated under the aegis of political leaders nearly always become a catchphrase. Recently, the global community saw the emergence of Abenomics in Japan, under the leadership of Shinzo Abe. Now, China appears to be joi...
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IPCS Debate
Sri Lanka and the 13th Amendment: The Arithmetic of ‘Plus’ and ‘Minus’
N Manoharan · 18 Jul, 2013 · #4044 · Commentary
Many decades ago, Bertrand Russell remarked, “Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.” The arithmetic revolving around the debate on the...
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South China Sea: Beijing Likely to Employ Soft Power?
Shresht Jain · 18 Jul, 2013 · #4043 · Commentary
Hitherto, the real challenge for China in the South China Sea has been to safeguard its sovereignty. However, for Beijing to cater to its energy demands and domestic economy, it is expected to lessen its dependency upon hard power and rely more ...
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Cherishing Malala Yusufzai and Shahid Afridi: Week of the Tribals
D Suba Chandran · 18 Jul, 2013 · #4042 · Commentary
During the last week, two individuals from different Pashtun tribes in the Khyber Pakhtunkwa (KP) province (formerly the North Western Frontier Province) in Pakistan made news at the international level. The first was a young teenage girl - Mala...
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IPCS Debate
Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: A Crime Against Humanity
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 17 Jul, 2013 · #4041 · Commentary
The US State Department’s Report, “Trafficking in Person 2013” elaborates the form of human trafficking in different countries around the world. According to the Report, trafficking involves both men and women, who are either f...
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J&K
Shun Seige Mentality
Shujaat Bukhari · 17 Jul, 2013 · #4040 · Commentary
Two important developments are taking place in the month of August vis-a-vis the otherwise “dead” peace process aimed at bringing the stakeholders from both the sides of Line of Control (LoC) at the table and to revive the linkages a...
