COMMENTARIES
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Myanmar: Imperatives to Economic Reforms
Nayantara Shaunik · 18 Feb, 2013 · #3819 · Commentary
Since 2011, Myanmar has embarked upon a series of reforms, including political, economic, and administrative amendments. Progress has been made on the economic front with reforms initiated to address issues of corruption, currency exchange rates...
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Iran and Nuclear Weapons: A New Agenda
Manish · 16 Feb, 2013 · #3818 · Commentary
Barely hours after reports of North Korea conducting its third nuclear test, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ramin Mehmanparast, reportedly called upon the world powers to abolish nuclear weapons. He stated, “We need to come to ...
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Iran and Nuclear Weapons: New Negotiations, Old Issues?
Shubhra Chaturvedi · 16 Feb, 2013 · #3817 · Commentary
The announcement about the talks (at Kazakhstan in February 2013) between Iran and the six powers (US, UK, France, Germany, China and Russia), after an eight months break, is being seen as an optimistic breakthrough. What has changed since the l...
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IPCS Discussion: The Evolving Situation in the East and South China Seas
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 14 Feb, 2013 · #3816 · Commentary
Prof Kanti Bajpai
There are certain core issues which have always cast a shadow over the relations between India and China. The first core issue is the Sino-Indian border. The second is the India-Pakistan-China triangle which continues to ...
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Book Review: Addressing the Psychosocial Paradigms of Terrorism
Ashok Bhan · 14 Feb, 2013 · #3815 · Commentary
Countering Terrorism: Psychosocial Strategies
Updesh Kumar and Manas K. Mandal (Eds.)
New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2012
Pp: 472
Amidst the plethora of literature written across the globe on terrorism and counterterrorism, what difference ...
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India’s Northeast: Islamist Militancy in Assam?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 13 Feb, 2013 · #3814 · Commentary
On 6 April 2000, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, then Chief Minister of Assam presented a statement detailing the activities of the Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) in the state legislative assembly. Its document titled, ISI Activities in Ass...
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J&K after Afzal Guru: Immediate Excuse and Inherent Problems
D Suba Chandran · 13 Feb, 2013 · #3813 · Commentary
Over the last few days, following the hanging of Afzal Guru, the Kashmir valley has been witnessing curfews and protests. While the Kashmir valley, especially Srinagar, is not new to protest politics and curfew governance, what is striking is it...
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North Korea: Third Nuclear Test
Rajaram Panda · 13 Feb, 2013 · #3812 · Commentary
In the most audacious defiance of UN warnings, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on 12 February 2013. What does this imply for both regional and global security? With Pyongyang having taken a crucial step towards its goal of building ...
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Gwadar: Can India Checkmate China?
Vijay Sakhuja · 12 Feb, 2013 · #3811 · Commentary
Pakistan’s decision to hand over commercial operations at the Gwadar port to the Chinese Overseas Port Holdings, a state-owned company, does not come as a surprise. Interestingly, for some, it was a deliberate and a ‘smart ploy&rsquo...
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Nuclear Weapons: Can They Be Made Strategically Obsolete?
Debak Das · 12 Feb, 2013 · #3810 · Commentary
With U.S. President Barack Obama’s second term in office and the possible appointment of Chuck Hagel as his Secretary of Defence, there is a widespread belief in the possibility of the movement for nuclear disarmament receiving a fillip. T...
