COMMENTARIES
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India, China and the American Pivot: Should New Delhi Reassess its Strategy?
Anu Krishnan · 21 May, 2013 · #3939 · Commentary
India has been playing a passive role in the US pivot. Does the recent incursion in Ladakh by China alter this role? Should India perceive the American pivot as an opportunity and use it to its advantage? Will such a strategy antagonize China fu...
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Sri Lanka: Why are the Tamil Refugees Not Returning?
Prof. V. Suryanarayan · 21 May, 2013 · #3938 · Commentary
A few years ago, Kasi Ananthan, the Poet Laureate of Tamil Eelam, wrote, “How long may we stay in another man’s land?” He added, “The parrot and the woodpecker may return to their nests without hindrance, but we, the Tami...
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India and China in the Arctic: The New Great Game?
Ramesh Ramachandran · 18 May, 2013 · #3937 · Commentary
Energy rivalry took India and China first to Central Asia and then to Africa. Now, they are scrambling for resources and attendant benefits on the icy slopes of the Arctic. On 15 May 2013, the two Asian giants were made observers in the Arctic C...
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India and China in the Arctic: Breaching the Monopoly
Vijay Sakhuja · 18 May, 2013 · #3936 · Commentary
China’s long wait for a ‘permanent observer’ status in the Arctic Council, a top-level intergovernmental regional body, is finally over. At the Eighth Ministerial Meeting in Kiruna in Sweden, the Arctic Council (five Nordic cou...
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Li Keqiang’s Visit to India: What Promise does it Portend?
Rajaram Panda · 18 May, 2013 · #3935 · Commentary
The Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang who assumed office in March is arriving in India from May 19 to 21 as part of his first round of overseas visits after becoming Prime Minister. He also travels to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany. He clubb...
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IPCS Discussion: Deciphering China's Endgame
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 16 May, 2013 · #3934 · Commentary
Jayadeva Ranade
The Defence White Paper issued by the People’s Republic of China in 2013 is the latest in a series of these official documents first published in 1998. It is a declaratory unveiling of the capacities and intentions of the ...
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Pakistan Elections 2013: A Preliminary Analysis
D Suba Chandran · 16 May, 2013 · #3933 · Commentary
Finally, the much anticipated elections for the National Assembly along with four Provincial Assemblies got over last week. While the results are clear in terms of who won and how many seats, it would take few weeks to identify the major trends in...
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Chinese Incursion in Ladakh: Local Perspectives
Zainab Akhter · 15 May, 2013 · #3932 · Commentary
Although India and China have decided to end the standoff in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), for the people of the region, the incursions in the border area are not a new occurrence. They have been witness to such activities for a...
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A New Dawn in Pakistan
Shujaat Bukhari · 15 May, 2013 · #3931 · Commentary
It is indeed the time for Pakistan and Pakistanis to celebrate. Braving the threats from extremists to not to recognize the polling booth as a step to empower themselves, the brave electorate of Pakistan have shown the courage and wisdom by repo...
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Naxal Violence: A Profile of Sabyasachi Panda
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 14 May, 2013 · #3930 · Commentary
The CPI (Maoist) organisation has asked Sabyasachi Panda, to return cash, goods, and arms of the parent organisation. Panda, the former Odisha State Organising Committee (OSOC) secretary of the CPI (Maoist) was expelled after being termed a rene...
