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  • Pakistan Elections 2013: Movers, Shakers and Losers
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Apr, 2013    ·    #3869    ·    Commentary    
    11 May 2013: another decisive date in the arduous democratic journey of Pakistan, especially after completing the government without any major interference, despite the judicial coup. More than the success of the previous regime in completing it...
  • India’s Role in the IOR: An Articulated Goal Towards ‘Freedom of Navigation’
    Shanta Maree Surendran    ·   03 Apr, 2013    ·    #3868    ·    Commentary    
    The emerging global importance of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) places India literally and figuratively at the apex of an evolving strategic space.  Geography and size have afforded India a given and sustained influence in the region. In th...
  • Laos: Liberalisation at the Crossroads
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   03 Apr, 2013    ·    #3867    ·    Commentary    
    The arcane disappearance of a Laotian citizen, award-winning activist, Sombath Somphone has baffled the world. The Laos government is facing criticism from their neighbouring countries, and especially from the US, due to their inability to probe...
  • J&K: Let the People Decide
    Shujaat Bukhari    ·   03 Apr, 2013    ·    #3866    ·    Commentary    
    Problem of Jammu and Kashmir is so intricate, that even 48 small or broad “roadmaps” given by different entities since 1947 have failed to resolve it. Three full fledged and one “undeclared” war further distanced India an...
  • China: Environmental Degradation and Government Response
    Namrata Hasija    ·   31 Mar, 2013    ·    #3865    ·    Commentary    
    The thick smog covering Beijing and the great swathes of territory in the north and east, has led to the declaration of "Code Yellow," meaning the highest level of air pollution. Almost 11000 carcasses of pigs have been removed from th...
  • India, China & the Brahmaputra: Riparian Rivalry
    Roomana Hukil    ·   31 Mar, 2013    ·    #3864    ·    Commentary    
    China’s proposed strategic interests behind the building of the run-of-the-river dams along the middle reaches of River Brahmaputra, provides insignificant data over the nature of the project in the future course of time. As the Indian gov...
  • Bangladesh: Is it the Shahbagh Spring?
    Suvolaxmi Dutta Choudhury    ·   31 Mar, 2013    ·    #3863    ·    Commentary    
    The present political upsurge in Bangladesh has brought the 150 million-strong nation to the throes of a revolution. Certain commentaries have compared Shahbagh, the seat of the uprising in Dhaka, to Tahrir Square. Is the Shahbagh upsurge herald...
  • Sri Lanka: Tamil Nadu and India’s Foreign Policy
    Prof. V. Suryanarayan    ·   31 Mar, 2013    ·    #3862    ·    Commentary    
    There is a huge divide between Chennai and New Delhi on how both see Sri Lanka. What remains the primary problem in India’s approach towards Sri Lanka, and why is there a divide within? Periphery and the Core: Problems of India’s ...
  • Naxal Violence: The Peoples' Liberation Front of India (PLFI) in Jharkhand
    Deepak Kumar Nayak    ·   29 Mar, 2013    ·    #3861    ·    Commentary    
    The activities of the Peoples' Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), have forced the state police to intensify operations against them in the Gumla district in Jharkhand. Thou...
  • China & North Korea: Will Beijing Arrest the ‘Rogue’?
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   29 Mar, 2013    ·    #3860    ·    Commentary    
    For the second time in 2013, China has voted in favour of a UN Security Council Resolution on North Korea (DPRK) that came hot on the heels of Pyongyang's latest nuclear test. Resolution 2094 is the fifth in a series of sanctions - 2006, 200...
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