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  • Review: Possibility of Replication of Arms Reduction
    Shubhra Chaturvedi    ·   08 Mar, 2013    ·    #3839    ·    Commentary    
    SMALL NUCLEAR FORCES, Five Perspectives WHITEHALL REPORT Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) The Kazakhstan talks with Iran, and the third nuclear test carried out by North Korea have sparked further debates on the future of proliferatio...
  • Indonesia: “Unity in Diversity”?
    Aparupa Bhattacherjee    ·   08 Mar, 2013    ·    #3838    ·    Commentary    
    The Indonesian Chinese, along with Chinese all over the world, welcomed the year of snake with great solemnity. The liberty to celebrate such festivals is seen as a big change by this minority community.  The only hurdle in the celebration ...
  • Japan: Is Political Manoeuvring Behind the Recent Anti-China Stance?
    Aakriti Bhutoria    ·   08 Mar, 2013    ·    #3837    ·    Commentary    
    Not unlike most countries, Japanese political leaders have from time to time, taken recourse to foreign policy imbroglios, especially those which stir fervour, to gain mileage over political rivals. In Japan, the anti-China rhetoric has stepped ...
  • Naxal Violence: Is the Maoist Base Slipping in Odisha?
    Deepak Kumar Nayak    ·   08 Mar, 2013    ·    #3836    ·    Commentary    
    On 20 February 2013, 113 tribal activists shunned ties with the Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS), said to be a frontal organization of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), and surrendered before Narayanpatna police in Koraput distri...
  • IPCS Discussion: China and its Internal Periphery
    Rana Divyank Chaudhary    ·   08 Mar, 2013    ·    #3835    ·    Commentary    
    Session I Perspectives on Xinjiang Dr Debashish Chaudhuri, Associate Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi Any serious discussion on the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China will centre on the issue of Uighur separatism, and the Ch...
  • Sri Lanka: Third UNHRC Resolution and India’s Dilemma
    N Manoharan    ·   06 Mar, 2013    ·    #3834    ·    Commentary    
    As Sri Lanka faces its third resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), India is once again caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, New Delhi does not wish to support an ‘intrusive’ resolution against Colombo. At the same time,...
  • Bangladesh: An Analysis of Pranab Mukherjee's Visit
    Harun ur Rashid    ·   05 Mar, 2013    ·    #3833    ·    Commentary    
    President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in Dhaka on  3 March for a three-day visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of the President and Prime Minister of Bangladesh. Highly respected in Bangladesh for his modesty and affability, Mukherjee has cl...
  • India's Northeast: The Threat of Islamist Militancy
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   03 Mar, 2013    ·    #3832    ·    Commentary    
    The demonstration by Muslim advocacy groups, which resulted in violent clashes in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on 11 August 2012, leaving 2 dead and over 65 injured, was held to protest against the killings of Muslims in Kokrajhar (the inter-commu...
  • Special Commentary: Myanmar’s Ethnic Conflicts (A Brief Update)
    Janani Govindankutty    ·   02 Mar, 2013    ·    #3831    ·    Commentary    
    Since independence, multiple ethnic groups have been fighting the State and other groups in Myanmar. With the new reforms process in progress, what is the current status of these ethnic conflicts within the country? The Kachin Conflict The K...
  • North Korea: A Print Media Analysis of the Nuclear Test
    Anu Krishnan    ·   01 Mar, 2013    ·    #3830    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea’s third nuclear test on February 12 this year met with vehement criticism from much of the world. The United States, Japan, European Union, Britain, Pakistan and France were quick enough to condemn this latest test and reinforc...
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