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  • North Korea and the Six Party Talks: To or Not to Resume?
    Ankita Shree    ·   21 Sep, 2011    ·    #3458    ·    Commentary    
    The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) pulled out of Six Party Talks in April 2009 following United Nation Security Council (UNSC) condemnation of its attempted “satellite launch”. It declared an open intent to enrich...
  • Ten Years After: Prompt Global Strike and US Deterrence Post 9/11
    Alankrita Sinha    ·   18 Sep, 2011    ·    #3457    ·    Commentary    
    11 September 2011 proved that the logic of deterrence which had prevented a nuclear war during the Cold War era was incapable of dealing with challenges which had arisen thereafter. This realization held manifold implications for the US. Adaptin...
  • Ten Years After: 9/11 and ‘Justified Realpolitik’
    Alankrita Sinha and Tanvi Kulkarni    ·   18 Sep, 2011    ·    #3456    ·    Commentary    
    Apart from the many changes that the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the US resulted in, it also changed the way historical references are now made. Major events in the world are now referred to in terms of either pre-9/11 or post 9/11. Ad...
  • Ten Years After: 9/11 and the Collapse of Western Realpolitik
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra    ·   18 Sep, 2011    ·    #3455    ·    Commentary    
    The biggest victim of 9/11 was the realpolitik that was the bedrock of America’s immensely successful foreign policy. While anecdotal evidence suggests that the Bush administration had always been intent on creating a world in America&rsqu...
  • China’s One-Child Policy: Origins, Status and Implications
    Avinash Godbole    ·   14 Sep, 2011    ·    #3454    ·    Commentary    
    The population policy of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was in news recently after Vice-President Joe Biden mentioned it, quite nonchalantly, in his speech at the Sichuan University in China. Biden’s soft approach has irked his...
  • China’s Military Modernization: The Pentagon Report and Indian Fears
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   14 Sep, 2011    ·    #3453    ·    Commentary    
    The recent edition of Pentagon’s Annual Report on ‘military and security developments involving China (2011)’ received unexpected coverage in Indian media. In particular, the focus was on how the Chinese PLA has deployed advanc...
  • Xinjiang’s July Syndrome: Terrorism or Misgovernance?
    Bhavna Singh    ·   13 Sep, 2011    ·    #3452    ·    Commentary    
    When Zhang Chunxian (Xinjiang’s current Communist Party Chief) took over  as the secretary after hardliner Wang Lequan’s dismissal following the Urumqi riots in 2009, he was expected to usher in an era of peace and tranquility i...
  • Ten Years After: Al Qaeda’s Game Plan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Sep, 2011    ·    #3451    ·    Commentary    
    Ten years after, the US would undoubtedly view the killing of Osama bin Laden as the greatest victory of the War on Terror. The rhetorically sound Obama made another mesmerizing speech on 9/11, informing the US and the rest of international commun...
  • Nepal’s New Prime Minister: What Should We Expect?
    Padmaja Murthy    ·   08 Sep, 2011    ·    #3450    ·    Commentary    
    By successfully conducting the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections in 2008, Nepal embarked on a historic journey to conclude the peace process and frame a new inclusive constitution. However, three years down the line, although these goals have ...
  • Reopening of the Stilwell Road: A Print Media Survey
    Jayasree Nath    ·   06 Sep, 2011    ·    #3449    ·    Commentary    
    The Stilwell Road was a historical supply route to transport requisites to Chinese soldiers during the Second World War. Passing through Myanmar, the road once connected China and North-eastern part of India. The reopening of the road is in the ...
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