COMMENTARIES
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India’s LTTE Ban Renewal: Politics of Security
J Jeganaathan · 24 Jul, 2012 · #3682 · Commentary
The Government of India (GoI) has extended the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for two more years. LTTE was first banned in 1991 in the aftermath of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. According to the Home Ministry of India, &...
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Pakistan’s Babur and Ra’ad Cruise Missiles: Strategic Implications for India
Shane A. Mason · 18 Jul, 2012 · #3681 · Commentary
If recent missile tests are any indication, cruise missiles, rather than ballistic missiles, appear to be taking an increasingly more prominent role in Pakistan’s strategic force posture. The Babur (Hatf-7) land-attack cruise missile was i...
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India-Pakistan: Moving Beyond CBMs
Ali Ahmed · 17 Jul, 2012 · #3680 · Commentary
In wake of the Abu Jindal revelations, not much could be expected from the Joint Statement at the end of the recently held meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan. For that reason perhaps the ‘one small step’ th...
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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...
