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  • The West and Myanmar: From Estrangement to Engagement
    Medha Chaturvedi    ·   30 Nov, 2011    ·    #3498    ·    Commentary    
    After decades of isolation, the West seems to be softening towards Myanmar, which is evident with Hillary Clinton’s scheduled visit to the country on 1-2 December 2011. Does this visit bring with itself a promise of rejuvenation of relatio...
  • Af-Pak Diary: Civil War and Instability as an Option in Afghanistan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   30 Nov, 2011    ·    #3497    ·    Commentary    
    With preparations for the international withdrawal from Afghanistan after 2014 in full swing, there has been a significant amount of discussion on what is acceptable and what is not. There is a unanimous understanding that instability and a civi...
  • NATO Strike in Pakistan: Need for a Joint Probe
    Radha Vinod Raju    ·   30 Nov, 2011    ·    #3496    ·    Commentary    
    A pre-dawn airborne NATO attack on two Pakistani posts on the AF-PAK border resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers in the Mohmand Agency. This 26 November attack, unprovoked according to the Pakistanis, on the Golden and Volcano Pakista...
  • Waiting for Godot?: US’s North Korean Dilemma
    Ruhee Neog    ·   30 Nov, 2011    ·    #3495    ·    Commentary    
    Former US special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth met with a North Korean team led by Kim Kye Gwan, First Vice Foreign Minister, in Geneva in October 2011. Bosworth tersely called them ‘very positive and generally constructive’...
  • Agni V: Will it Enhance India’s Deterrence against China?
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   28 Nov, 2011    ·    #3494    ·    Commentary    
    India’s Defence Research and Development Agency (DRDO) recently declared that it would be testing, for the first time, a 5000 km range Agni V missile by February 2012. It is construed to be a major leap in the country’s missile capab...
  • Maoist Encounter: Fall of the Legend
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   28 Nov, 2011    ·    #3493    ·    Commentary    
    The evening of 24 November 2011 suddenly started bustling as the media flashed news of the death of Malojula Koteshwara Rao, more prominently known as Kishenji. The number two man of the CPI (Maoist) organizational structure was killed in a join...
  • Changing Discourse on the Diversion of the Brahmaputra
    Chok Tsering    ·   18 Nov, 2011    ·    #3492    ·    Commentary    
    Water has emerged as a source of increasing competition and tension among different nations. In this context, China’s construction of dam and diversion projects over the Brahmaputra created tensions along the lower riparian countries like ...
  • In search of a Peace Process: The Problems of Engagement between Pakistan and Afghanistan
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   18 Nov, 2011    ·    #3491    ·    Commentary    
    Statements made during the recent Istanbul and SAARC conferences hint at the possibility of a peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The assassination of Burhanuddin Rabbani who was entrusted with the task of negotiating with the Taliba...
  • Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant: Contested Standpoints
    Pradeepa Viswanathan    ·   18 Nov, 2011    ·    #3490    ·    Commentary    
    Agitations over the ongoing Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) and the not so recent Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project have created roadblocks for the realization of India’s civilian nuclear ambitions. After all, nuclear energy is hoped t...
  • India-Pakistan and the ‘Most Favoured Nation’: Why, why not and will it?
    Anureet Rai and Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   18 Nov, 2011    ·    #3489    ·    Commentary    
    The status of Pakistan’s grant of ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) to India is in doubt. While the foreign ministry has given assurances that the decision would be implemented, an actual decision is yet to be taken. This raises sev...
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