COMMENTARIES
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Taiwan and Japan: Fishing in Troubled Waters?
Narayani Basu · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3907 · Commentary
The inking of an agreement between Japan and Taiwan on 10 April 2013 could only have come as a shock to the People’s Republic of China. The agreement allows for Taiwanese vessels to fish within twelve miles from the disputed Diaoyu Islands...
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Book Review: Contextualising Iran
Manpreet Sethi · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3906 · Commentary
Troubling Tehran - Reflections on Geopolitics
Arun Vishwanathan and Rajaram Nagappa (Eds.)
New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2013
Pp: 139, Rs 895/-
For little more than a decade now, the international community has been struggling to resolve the ...
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Brahmaputra River Valley Authority: India and China Redefining their 'Global Commons’
Roomana Hukil · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3905 · Commentary
Juxtaposing India’s per capita water availability (1.170 cum/person/year) – i.e. lowering than the global water index vis-à-vis the Chinese geo-political assertiveness against India – to undertake gigantic water resource...
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Thailand: The story after the Peace Deal
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3904 · Commentary
The bombings in Narathiwat and Yala in Southern Thailand, immediately after the Peace deal was signed, have raised a pertinent question on how successful the peace deal will be in its further negotiation. The historic peace deal was signed betwe...
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China: The Outbreak of Bird Flu 2013
Namrata Hasija · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3903 · Commentary
After being the epicentre of SARS (2003) which killed hundreds of people worldwide, China has been hit yet again by a deadly bird flu virus; H7N9. So far the virus has mainly affected eastern China, with 20 dead and 98 infections. The virus has ...
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China: Contextualising the Anti-Access Area-Denial Strategy
Teshu Singh · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3902 · Commentary
The Eighteenth Party Congress Work Report has, for the first time, defined China as a “maritime power” that will “firmly uphold its maritime rights and interests.” The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is embarki...
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IPCS Discussion: Military Confidence Building Measures & India-China Relations
Narayani Basu · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3901 · Commentary
The book, Military Confidence-Building and India-China Relations: Fighting Distrust is the result of a collaboration between the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) and the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS).
Alka Acharya
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IPCS Discussion: Recent Crisis & Domestic Politics on the Korean Peninsula
Narayani Basu · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3900 · Commentary
Session I
Introductory Remarks
Prof. P.R. Chari, Visiting Professor, Institute of Peace & Conflict Studies, New Delhi
This discussion comes at a crucial time in East Asian affairs. With the number of global and regional ...
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Intrusion in Ladakh: Warning from China
Jayadeva Ranade · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3899 · Commentary
The 19-kilometres deep intrusion by an armed patrol of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into the strategically sensitive area around Daulet Beg Oldi in the Aksai Chin region, and detected on 16 April 2013, has been unprovoked. ...
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Pakistan Elections 2013: Women and the Youth
Zainab Akhter · 30 Apr, 2013 · #3898 · Commentary
In Pakistan, the participation of women in politics is increasing in general but the presence of women in the political parties as well as in the political structure at the local, provincial, and national levels remains insignificant due to cult...
