COMMENTARIES
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Indonesia: Will the Jakarta-Papua Dialogue be Fruitful?
Navrekha Sharma · 17 Jul, 2012 · #3679 · Commentary
International pressure is growing on Indonesian Government over its human rights record in Papua. A remote island one-fifth Indonesia’s size, Papua is unbelievably rich in natural resources but its one million ...
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IPCS Debate: Targeted Killings as a Counter-Naxal Strategy
D Suba Chandran · 17 Jul, 2012 · #3678 · Commentary
Are targeted killings of top militant leaders as a part of counter-Naxal strategy essentially flawed and undemocratic?
Every state has a right to pursue what it considers as an appropriate counter-insurgency strategy, keeping in mind larger ...
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IPCS Debate: Targeted Killings as a Counter-Naxal Strategy
Medha Chaturvedi · 16 Jul, 2012 · #3677 · Commentary
Every state has different response mechanisms to violent conflict and what works for one, may not necessarily work for the other. In this commentary, the author wishes to explore if targeted killing or leadership decapitation as a counter–...
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Philippines: At the Receiving End of Beijing’s Banana-Stick Policy
Amruta Karambelkar · 16 Jul, 2012 · #3676 · Commentary
Since March, China has been rejecting banana imports from the Philippines for not meeting quarantine standards. This may appear as a normal issue in bilateral trade, but one needs to connect the dots to discover the larger political game in the ...
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Kashmir: Why is the Peace Fragile?
Zainab Akhter · 12 Jul, 2012 · #3675 · Commentary
Though there have been numerous peace initiatives, what has remained constant in the Kashmir valley is the uncertain nature of peace. Peace in Kashmir remains fragile and even the smallest altercation takes a political or communal shade resultin...
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Myanmar: Combating Child Trafficking
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 12 Jul, 2012 · #3674 · Commentary
The gay, pomp and colour that celebrities bring to the locations they visit serve a useful purpose. The issues that fail to hit the media headlines, in spite of the attempts of well meaning NGOs, grassroots activists and politicians, instantly b...
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Self-Immolations in Tibet-II: The ‘Neutral Stance’ on a Political Instrument
Bhavna Singh · 12 Jul, 2012 · #3673 · Commentary
A series of events necessitates revisiting the Tibetan self-immolations issue - from the resignations of Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, (the primary envoys for the Dalai Lama in negotiations with the Chinese authorities), the 77th birth annive...
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Indonesia: Wary of America’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ Policy?
Vibhanshu Shekhar · 12 Jul, 2012 · #3672 · Commentary
Two statements (Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ and the stationing of the American marines at the Australian port of Darwin and Panetta’s ‘rebalancing’ of US strategy - designating the Asia Pacific as main focus) from...
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China’s New Rail Routes: Strategic Importance
Shreya Singh · 10 Jul, 2012 · #3671 · Commentary
China announced the plan on a proposed high speed railway network in 2010 that would pass through Central Asia, most of the mainland ASEAN countries, India and Pakistan from South Asia and then move into Europe. The first leg, which is the Kunmi...
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Nepal: Implications of a Split within the Maoists
Pradeepa Viswanathan · 10 Jul, 2012 · #3670 · Commentary
Despite the efforts of Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, to avert a split in the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) [UCPN (M)], the inevitable happened in June 2012. The hardline faction led by Mohan Baidya ‘Kira...
