COMMENTARIES
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IPCS Special Commentary:
China, Tibet & Beijing's New Thinking
Jayadeva Ranade · 24 Jun, 2013 · #4009 · Commentary
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As China’s new leaders began settling into their jobs soon after the 18th Party Congress held in Beijing in November 2012, indications became available that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s sen...
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Media Survey:
Iran Elections 2013
Somya Chhabra · 24 Jun, 2013 · #4008 · Commentary
A day before the long-awaited presidential elections in Iran took place, the New York Times profiled Hassan Rouhani as one of the few prominent politicians proposing better relations with the outside world, and consequently, being mocked by the ...
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China & the Shangri La:
Dialogue as Foreign Policy
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 24 Jun, 2013 · #4007 · Commentary
The 12th Shangri-La Dialogue was the first occasion in 2013 when the leaders and top defence officials of Western and Asian countries met on a common platform to discuss the security issues in the Asia-Pacific. Needless to say, the series of int...
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Obama and Nuclear Disarmament:
Why Berlin is not Prague-II
PR Chari · 24 Jun, 2013 · #4006 · Commentary
Why President Obama chose Europe to make his major policy statements on nuclear disarmament is easily explicable. Europe was the most heavily nuclear armed region during the Cold War, with the United States and the Soviet Union confronting each ...
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Vietnam and China:
Patching Up?
Rajaram Panda · 24 Jun, 2013 · #4005 · Commentary
From 19 to 21 June 2013, Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang paid his first-ever three-day state visit to China, amid rising tensions between the two countries over the South China Sea. A communiqué issued by the Vietnamese governme...
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China and the US:
Xi-Obama Summit
Teshu Singh · 21 Jun, 2013 · #4004 · Commentary
On the last leg of his four nation tour, Xi Jinping visited the US on 7-8 June 2013. The visit is important as it comes just three months after his ascent to presidency. China has reiterated that it attaches great significance to its relations w...
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Social Media and Our Responsibility:
Individual and Collective
D Suba Chandran · 20 Jun, 2013 · #4003 · Commentary
Social media, especially the Facebook, Twitter and their multiple avatars, undoubtedly is a great revolution today. Perhaps, one of the greatest that humankind has witnessed. While we are yet to comprehend the impact of this media, the strides i...
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Mr RG - This is not the Real Change
Shujaat Bukhari · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4002 · Commentary
Nehru-Gandhi family heir apparent and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has credited the United Progressive Alliance government’s two terms with the “change in mood” in Kashmir. He has also dismissed Pakistan as a stakeholde...
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IPCS Discussion:
15 Years After India and Pakistan's Nuclear Tests
Somya Chhabra · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4001 · Commentary
Session 1: Developments within the region
Manpreet Sethi
The Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), Cruise Missile and Tactical Nuclear Weapons are interlinked and this has profound implications for strategic stability in India. India began to foc...
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The Guwahati Initiative:
Northeast as the Centre of Regional Universe
D Suba Chandran · 19 Jun, 2013 · #4000 · Commentary
In the last few years, there have been efforts to reorient India’s Lookeast Policy, at the foreign policy level, primarily by the PMO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in New Delhi. Simultaneously, there have also been multiple efforts b...
