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  • Istanbul 2011: On Afghanistan
    Farhod Mirzabaev    ·   15 Nov, 2011    ·    #3488    ·    Commentary    
    Since the US and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 the international community has held numerous conferences on Afghanistan in various corners of the world and there is apparently no shortage of countries that are eager to host the next &ls...
  • Nuclear Pakistan: At Diplomacy’s Mercy
    Alankrita Sinha and Tanvi Kulkarni    ·   15 Nov, 2011    ·    #3487    ·    Commentary    
    The recent statement by Pakistan’s acting Permanent Representative Raza Bashir Tarar on the ‘Report to the IAEA’ at the 66th session of the UNGA offers valuable insight into the conduct of international diplomacy. There are two...
  • Parsing the Addu Declaration
    PR Chari    ·   14 Nov, 2011    ·    #3486    ·    Commentary    
    With atypical attention-grabbing flourish the just-concluded 17th SAARC Summit in Maldives has been described by the media as indicating that SAARC has reached a tipping point. But this has repeatedly been stated over the past three decades sinc...
  • AFSPA: The Renewed Debate
    Ali Ahmed    ·   11 Nov, 2011    ·    #3485    ·    Commentary    
    The chief minister in Kashmir has presciently identified that Kashmir is at a critical decision juncture. This involves decompression of the state in sync with the violence indicators. This would facilitate a switch from a military dominant stra...
  • China’s Space Docking Success: Strategic Implications
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   05 Nov, 2011    ·    #3484    ·    Commentary    
    The successful accomplishment of its first ever docking exercise in outer space on 3 November was a major technological breakthrough for China, and now holds the potential to bring Beijing closer to Moscow and Washington in terms of establishing...
  • AFSPA in J&K: Why should it go?
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   03 Nov, 2011    ·    #3483    ·    Commentary    
    Head bureaucrats of the home and defence ministries and the cabinet secretary reportedly had a pre-Diwali meeting to attend to a divergence between the two ministries that needed attention at the political level. News reports carry unconfirmed r...
  • Pakistan and the Haqqani Network
    Anindya Batabyal    ·   02 Nov, 2011    ·    #3482    ·    Commentary    
    In spite of a considerable amount of international pressure being mounted on Pakistan to act against the various terror groups that operate from within its territory, the Pakistani government, particularly the army and the ISI, is reluctant to a...
  • Kayani's Latest Gestures
    Radha Vinod Raju    ·   01 Nov, 2011    ·    #3481    ·    Commentary    
    In a recent Track-II event held in Bangkok between Indian and Pakistani experts under the Chaophraya Dialogue promoted by the Jinnah Institute at Islamabad and the Australia-India Institute at Melbourne, the Pakistanis insisted that India should...
  • Stilwell Route: What are its Economic Implications?
    Jayasree Nath    ·   31 Oct, 2011    ·    #3480    ·    Commentary    
    There are two important viewpoints regarding the reopening of the Stilwell route as a trade road. The one in support considers the commercial development and overall trade benefit of the region. The other, in opposition, argues that there are ex...
  • Indo-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement: Potential Problems
    Aryaman Bhatnagar    ·   24 Oct, 2011    ·    #3479    ·    Commentary    
    The recently held talks between Hamid Karzai and Manmohan Singh culminated in a strategic pact between the two countries. It entrusts India with the responsibility of training the Afghan Army once the American troops withdraw from Afghanistan in...
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