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  • Indo-Iran Cooperation in Afghanistan: Potential and Problems
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3707    ·    Commentary    
    India and Iran have contributed substantially to the development of Afghanistan post-2001 and have committed to further increase their involvement in the country in the future. Both countries have also collaborated with each other on a number of...
  • Afghanistan: Operation Enduring ‘Fiefdom’
    J Jeganaathan    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3706    ·    Commentary    
    The US recently appointed James Cunningham and Richard Olson as ambassadors to Afghanistan and Pakistan respectively. Speculations are now rife about how are they going to shape the US end-game in the Af-Pak region. The appointments occurred in ...
  • Kudankulum: Questioning India’s Capability to Guarantee Nuclear Safety
    Shubhra Chaturvedi    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3705    ·    Commentary    
    The sudden re-emergence of a hue and cry (http://bit.ly/O3FwOM) in the Sri Lankan media regarding radiation emitted by the India nuclear plant at Kudankulam could not capture much attention around the world. The news however did raise certain is...
  • Christianity in China: Changing Domestic Attitudes?
    Namrata Hasija    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3704    ·    Commentary    
    Although, Daoism and Buddhism are the two religions usually identified with China, Christianity also dates back to the Tang dynasty when the Nestorians came to spread it. This article looks at the reasons for the rise of Christianity in China du...
  • Sansha: Understanding China’s Increasing Foothold
    Teshu Singh    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3703    ·    Commentary    
    In the latest development in the South China Sea (SCS) region, China, in a move of unilateral aggression, established the new city of Sansha on Yongxing Island/Woody Island a few miles away from Hainan Province. Besides being a pivot point of th...
  • Kayani's Independence Day Address: Signs of Introspection?
    Rana Banerji    ·   22 Aug, 2012    ·    #3702    ·    Commentary    
    General Kayani’s annual Independence Day address to Pakistan Military Academy cadets at Kakul (14 August 2012) was remarkable in more ways than one. It reminded in painstaking monotone of Jinnah’s objective to create Pakistan ‘...
  • Maoist Organisational Upheaval in Odisha: Some Implications
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   17 Aug, 2012    ·    #3701    ·    Commentary    
    Recent developments within the Communist Party of India (Maoist), which led to the expulsion of senior Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, is being seen as something which could significantly affect the future course of the Maoist movement, not only...
  • Can the Empire Strike Back?: US, China and U-Tapao
    Narayani Basu    ·   17 Aug, 2012    ·    #3700    ·    Commentary    
    Details of a recently unveiled strategic review by the Pentagon have revealed the direction of the Obama administration’s rebalancing in the Asia-Pacific. While some have taken the news fairly positively, it is certainly raising concerns f...
  • The Naxal Approach to Multinational Corporations: A Critique
    Souvik Chatterji    ·   13 Aug, 2012    ·    #3699    ·    Commentary    
    The Naxal opposition to the multinational corporations (MNCs) entering the Indian economy is a wrong approach. The Naxals in different parts of the country feel that the entering of the MNCs in different sectors can lead to unemployment among th...
  • Indian Membership to the NSG: American Interests and Chinese Opposition
    Debak Das    ·   09 Aug, 2012    ·    #3698    ·    Commentary    
    The recently concluded third India-US Strategic Dialogue has been a remarkable exhibition of the strengthening bilateral relationship between the two states. The dialogue meanwhile has also delivered a much needed fillip to the issue of the prospe...
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