COMMENTARIES
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China: How bad does the Japan-US alliance look?
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 20 Mar, 2013 · #3849 · Commentary
The situation in the Asia-Pacific is precarious. Japan and China are neither willing to back down from a peaking military build-up nor a worsening diplomatic standoff. Though going to war might seem unlikely, China is apprehensive about a reinfo...
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Myanmar: US, China and An Eastern Great Game?
D Suba Chandran · 20 Mar, 2013 · #3848 · Commentary
It appears well established now, that a new Great Game is slowly evolving in Myanmar. Perhaps an Eastern Great Game, if one has to take the construct from the original Great Game between British India and Russia in the western parts of the India...
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Bypassing the Malacca Strait: China circumnavigating ‘Risk-Prone’ Conduit to secure Energy Contingencies
Shanta Maree Surendran · 19 Mar, 2013 · #3847 · Commentary
In May 2013, China will be linked directly to the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean by virtue of a gas pipeline running from Kyaukpyu port in Myanmar to China’s Yunnan Province. This will mark the completion of the first in a number of pro...
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Kargil: Echoes of Attacks against Minorities in Pakistan
Zainab Akhter · 16 Mar, 2013 · #3846 · Commentary
In Kargil, thousands of people took to the streets in February and participated in a protest rally against the killings of minorities across Pakistan (this time more specifically against the recent Hazara killings in Quetta). What are the reason...
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China: Sweeping Hukou Reforms?
Namrata Hasija · 16 Mar, 2013 · #3845 · Commentary
The author’s last report (April, 2012) analysed the growing migrant unrest in China. One of the main catalysts in this increasing unrest was the hukou system. The hukou system refers to China’s household registration system, which bi...
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Thailand: A Peace Deal with Insurgents
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 16 Mar, 2013 · #3844 · Commentary
A historic peace deal was recently signed between the Thailand government and Thai insurgent group, Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) in Kuala Lampur. The deal was signed in Malaysia, a country which also played the role of mediator in the forthco...
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The Indo-Pacific: India’s Look East 3.0
D Suba Chandran · 14 Mar, 2013 · #3843 · Commentary
India, today, is well into the third decade of its Look East Policy, which was formulated in the 1990s. During the first decade, it was sound in theory; and in the second decade, India did take measures to implement its ideas. Still in the take-...
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India and the ASEAN: A Media Analysis
Amruta Karambelkar · 14 Mar, 2013 · #3842 · Commentary
Two significant events took place between India and the ASEAN’s member states since December 2012. One was the India-ASEAN commemorative summit and sideline events in December 2012, and two, the Delhi Dialogue (DD-V) in February 2013. Thes...
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China & North Korea: Between the Devil and the Deep Sea
Aakriti Bhutoria · 14 Mar, 2013 · #3841 · Commentary
North Korea’s recent nuclear test has once again placed China in the spotlight, with the international community, especially the US, calling upon the PRC to exert pressure on its neighbour to halt its nuclear programme.
What is the natur...
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India, China, and Bangladesh: The Contentious Politics of the Brahmaputra River
Roomana Hukil · 09 Mar, 2013 · #3840 · Commentary
The Brahmaputra River is one of the most significant confidence-building measures between India, China, and Bangladesh. Despite a well-functioned relationship between India and China in recent decades, the Brahmaputra River may pose new challeng...
