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  • Cyclone Nilam and the Cauvery Basin: Lessons Learnt
    Roomana Hukil    ·   23 Nov, 2012    ·    #3759    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 October 2012, the Supreme Court directed the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC) to examine and look into the plausible issues that are likely to stem out from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on sharing of the already contested Cauvery basin. In t...
  • Pakistan: President versus Judiciary versus Military
    Rana Banerji    ·   21 Nov, 2012    ·    #3758    ·    Commentary    
    General Kayani’s thinly veiled warning to the higher Judiciary issued in his 05 November 2012 speech to senior Army officers continues to elicit adverse civil society comments and determined ripostes from the Chief Justice himself. It has ...
  • Pakistan: Why is the Military not opening a front in North-Waziristan?
    Sander Ruben Aarten    ·   15 Nov, 2012    ·    #3757    ·    Commentary    
    Over the years, North-Waziristan (NWA) has become the center of Taliban-affiliated terrorism. Concurrently, Pakistan has met heavy international pressure to launch an attack on terrorist safe havens inside NWA.  Pakistan has announced and s...
  • China: Strategic Implications of Second Stealth Fighter
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   14 Nov, 2012    ·    #3756    ·    Commentary    
    The recent maiden flight of China’s second stealth fighter twin engine J-31 Falcon Eagle, which claimed to feature fifth generation combat aircraft technologies, was not a wholly unexpected event. The test flight, which coincided with the ...
  • Fragile Cities: Karachi and Detroit
    Lidia Leoni    ·   12 Nov, 2012    ·    #3755    ·    Commentary    
    The definition of the concept of “Fragile City” encounters certain challenges. Just as the term “Fragile State”, “Fragile City” lacks an authoritative and commonly accepted definition and terminology; contrary...
  • Obama-II and the Indo-US Relationship: Old Issues, New Opportunities
    PR Chari    ·   09 Nov, 2012    ·    #3754    ·    Commentary    
    Informed opinion ascribes President Obama’s victory to his dedicated supporters among women, Hispanics, African Americans, young persons and working class Whites revealing the changed demographics in the most powerful country in the world....
  • Obama-II and the Korean Peninsula: The Road Ahead
    Rajaram Panda    ·   09 Nov, 2012    ·    #3753    ·    Commentary    
    Will newly re-elected US President Barack Obama’s Korean strategy in his second administration undergo any major change, given North Korea’s continued belligerence and attitude of non-cooperation on the matter of resolving the nuclea...
  • Obama-II and the Asia Pacific: Macro Strategic Trends in Rebalancing
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra    ·   08 Nov, 2012    ·    #3752    ·    Commentary    
    As Obama’s conversation with Medvedev in Seoul – accidentally overheard - conveyed, he now has “more flexibility” and “room for manoeuvre”. At a micro level, this referred to the Ballistic Missile Defences tha...
  • Obama-II and the Af-Pak: Worst is Yet to Come?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   08 Nov, 2012    ·    #3751    ·    Commentary    
    Immediately after his re-election, Obama was quoted saying the best is yet to come, during his second term as the President. Is it true, for the Af-Pak region? Or will it get worse, as the US is preparing for its exit from Afghanistan in 2014? ...
  • Iran and the US Presidential Debate
    Shubhra Chaturvedi    ·   02 Nov, 2012    ·    #3750    ·    Commentary    
    With the American Presidential election scheduled for 6 November 2012, it is important to critically analyse the stand taken on Iran during the final presidential debate. Is Iran the permanent engagement tool for the US in domestic and internati...
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