COMMENTARIES
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South China Sea: Revival of the Cold War and Balance of Power?
Anu Krishnan · 08 Feb, 2013 · #3809 · Commentary
Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has digressed from his hardliner approach by extending the olive branch to China over the South China Sea (SCS) dispute. China, however, has chosen to maintain its vigorous stance over the di...
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Naxal Violence: The Latehar Carnage and the Forgotten Lessons
Deepak Kumar Nayak · 08 Feb, 2013 · #3808 · Commentary
Ten jawans (nine from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and one from the state’s commando force ‘Jharkhand Jaguars’) were killed in an ambush carried out by the Communist Party of India – Maoist (CPI-Maoist), presum...
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IPCS Discussion: Preventing Nuclear Use
Debak Das · 04 Feb, 2013 · #3807 · Commentary
Chair: Prof R Rajaraman
Dr. Rebecca Johnson
Nuclear Weapons have the capacity to cause catastrophic humanitarian harm. To work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons, the catastrophic health and environmenta...
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India and Pakistan: The Kargil Redux
PR Chari · 04 Feb, 2013 · #3806 · Commentary
Hardly has the dust settled on the Indo-Pak allegations and counter-allegations regarding the tragic death of two Indian and two Pakistani soldiers following cross border firings across the LOC, and the trade and transit between the two countrie...
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The ASEAN: Challenges Facing the New Secretary General
Amruta Karambelkar · 31 Jan, 2013 · #3805 · Commentary
Since 9 January 2013, Le Luong Minh is appointed as the new Secretary General of the ASEAN for the term of 2013-2017. Mr Le is the first Vietnamese to serve this post. He was Vietnam’s former deputy minister and is known as an experienced ...
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India and the Melting Arctic
Vijay Sakhuja · 31 Jan, 2013 · #3804 · Commentary
After an extensive overhaul and modernisation spanning over two years at the Zvezdochka shipyard, Sindhurakshak, an Indian diesel-electric submarine of Russian origin, was handed over to the Indian navy on 26 January 2013. Three days later, the ...
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Special Commentary: India and Bhutan
Dil Bahadur Rahut & Medha Bisht · 28 Jan, 2013 · #3803 · Commentary
His Majesty Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan is visiting India and was the chief guest at India's 64th Republic Day parade on 26 January 2013. This follows an earlier visit (in January 2013) by External Affairs Minister Salman Khu...
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North Korea: “An All-Out Confrontation” After Fresh UNSC Sanctions?
Rajaram Panda · 28 Jan, 2013 · #3802 · Commentary
On 22 January 2013, the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087 (voted unanimously), condemned North Korea for its rocket launch in December 2012. The new resolution saw the rocket launch as a violation of earlier sanctions imposed by th...
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Malaysia: MoU with Bangladesh on Manpower Export
Aparupa Bhattacherjee · 23 Jan, 2013 · #3801 · Commentary
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on manpower export was signed between the government of Bangladesh and Malaysia in November 2012. Malaysia has announced the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers from January 2013. What are the terms agreed upon...
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Japan: Is Abe on a Collision Course?
Rana Divyank Chaudhary · 23 Jan, 2013 · #3800 · Commentary
Since Shinzo Abe took over as Japan’s Prime Minister, tensions between Japan and China over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku (Diaoyu Islands according to China) Islands in East China Sea have peaked. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP...
