COMMENTARIES
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Talking to the Taliban: With Whom, On What and for How Long?
D Suba Chandran · 06 Jun, 2013 · #3977 · Commentary
For the last two weeks, especially after the elections are over, there have been increased discussions within Pakistan, on talking to the Taliban. While a section, especially the liberal one is unhappy with such an initiative, the leading politi...
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India and China: What did the Salman Khurshid and Li Keqiang Visits Achieve?
Teshu Singh · 06 Jun, 2013 · #3976 · Commentary
Amid the incursion of 19.5 km in the Daulat Beg Oldi sector of the Depsang Valley in Ladakh by the PLA; Indian Foreign Minister; Salman Khurshid visited Beijing. This was followed by Li Keqiang’s three day visit to India. Although the two ...
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China’s Defence Policy: Major Projections and Missing Links
Gurmeet Kanwal · 05 Jun, 2013 · #3975 · Commentary
As part of its efforts to appear transparent about its intentions, to dispel its image of a reclusive regime shrouded in secrecy and to foster confidence among its neighbours, the Chinese government has been issuing White Papers on national defe...
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J&K: Treading a Dangerous Path
Shujaat Bukhari · 05 Jun, 2013 · #3974 · Commentary
Past two weeks have seen a few encounters between militants and the forces in different areas of Kashmir. Though the encounters have been a routine affair in Kashmir valley for the last over 21 years now, but the resurgence in militant activitie...
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Sri Lanka and China: The India Factor
Prof. V. Suryanarayan · 05 Jun, 2013 · #3973 · Commentary
Addressing the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in New Delhi recently Amb. Prasad Kariawasam, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India, stated that Sri Lanka’s relations with India and China are “not a zero sum game”. He conside...
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Special Commentary: The Military and Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan
Rana Banerji · 05 Jun, 2013 · #3972 · Commentary
Much is being read between the lines about the inclinations of the new Nawaz Sharif regime to improve relations with India. However, several potential conflict areas remain, especially in civil military relations, which may hamper Nawaz Sharif&r...
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FMCT: Questioning Mass Destruction as the Basis for International Order
Vijay Shankar · 05 Jun, 2013 · #3971 · Commentary
Twenty eight years before Oppenheimer was stirred to note the significance of Krishna’s words from the Gita, “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds,” upon watching the first nuclear test explosion; Tagore, in 1917, had exp...
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Naxal Violence: Are Political Parties the Maoists’ New Target?
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 31 May, 2013 · #3970 · Commentary
The CPI (Maoist) has claimed responsibility of the 25 May 2013 attack on the convoy of Congress leaders at Darbha Ghati in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh that has left 29 people dead, including senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma, state C...
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Japan: India crosses the ‘Two Seas’
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 31 May, 2013 · #3969 · Commentary
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe's vision of a confluence of the ‘two seas’ vis-a-vis India might become a reality soon with New Delhi and Tokyo now entering into a new phase of bilateral strategic partnership this year. P...
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Singapore: Emerging in the Arctic?
Narayani Basu · 31 May, 2013 · #3968 · Commentary
Earlier this month, the Arctic Council agreed to expand to include six new nations, including Singapore, as observer states. The decision sees the entry of some of the world’s most important emerging powers, as well as countries like India...
