COMMENTARIES
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BKI and the Naxals in Punjab: Opportunist Allies?
Medha Chaturvedi · 18 Jan, 2012 · #3557 · Commentary
With the arrest of two Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) Operatives during the last few days, is the resurrection of insurgency in Punjab a possibility? What are the reasons fuelling this phenomenon? Is there any evidence to point out links betw...
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China's Modernization Rush: Kashgar At Crossroads
Bhavna Singh · 16 Jan, 2012 · #3556 · Commentary
Kashgar acts as a pivot for Central Asian traders by hosting the biggest outdoor market in the world today. Every Sunday over 1, 50,000 traders from the Central Asian countries visit the market to exchange commodities with their Chinese counterp...
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China-South Korea Presidential Summit: Fait Accompli?
Jayadeva Ranade · 16 Jan, 2012 · #3555 · Commentary
The three day (9-11 January 2012) visit by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to Beijing came at a time of heightened tension in the Korean Peninsula and political sensitivity for Beijing, following the untimely demise of North Korean leader K...
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Af-Pak Diary: The Taliban Apologists, Opportunists and Opponents
D Suba Chandran · 15 Jan, 2012 · #3554 · Commentary
With multiple dialogues involving the Taliban taking place (See ‘A New Taliban Shura’, http://bit.ly/yH7Krv, and ‘Dialogues of a Dangerous Kind’, http://bit.ly/w1xKFG) it is important to understand the objectives and endg...
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A 'Delhi Discourse' with Central Asia: Reviving Linkages
D Suba Chandran · 10 Jan, 2012 · #3553 · Commentary
2012 is a landmark year for India’s relations with both Southeast Asia and Central Asia; it marks the twentieth year of the formulation of the Look East Policy (LEP) vis-à-vis Southeast Asia and also the twentieth year of the establ...
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US and Pakistan: Likely American Strategy in 2012
Aryaman Bhatnagar · 10 Jan, 2012 · #3552 · Commentary
Relations between the US and Pakistan were frayed throughout 2011, however, it was the NATO strikes at the Salala check-posts in November that forced Pakistan to reassess its alliance with the US. Pakistan is expected to put forward new terms of...
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Pakistan: Will Democracy Prevail?
Radha Vinod Raju · 09 Jan, 2012 · #3551 · Commentary
President Asif Ali Zardari and his Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani are having a pretty tough time in Pakistan-just to survive the consequences of ‘Memogate’. The allegation of businessman MansoorIjaz that he had prepared the memo on...
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Reading Pakistan: A New Taliban Shura
D Suba Chandran · 05 Jan, 2012 · #3550 · Commentary
According to media reports from Pakistan, various factions of the Taliban – from Pakistan and Afghanistan - have come together to form a five-member ‘Shura-e-Murakbah’. What is this new shura? What are it objectives? And why a ...
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Pakistan: The Imran Khan Phenomenon
Aryaman Bhatnagar · 05 Jan, 2012 · #3549 · Commentary
The rise of Imran Khan this year has been one of the most positive developments in Pakistani politics. What can account for his newfound popularity? Is he capable of ‘sweeping’ the 2013 elections as he claims? What are his relations ...
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Analyzing 2011: Prognosticating 2012
PR Chari · 03 Jan, 2012 · #3548 · Commentary
There is no dearth of year-end assessments of the major international events in 2011 that were singular. Fair consensus exists that it was a tumultuous year for the international system. There is fair agreement also about the events that caused ...
