COMMENTARIES
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Af-Pak Diary: Will Mullah Omar Negotiate? What is Taliban's End Game?
D Suba Chandran · 05 Sep, 2011 · #3446 · Commentary
With the 2014 deadline approaching fast, both US and Pakistan have their end games unraveling in Afghanistan. While, both have been fooling the rest of the world in projecting a moderate, if not a good image of Taliban, it is important to analyz...
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Cutbacks in US Military Aid to Pakistan: A Print Media Survey
Poonam Khatana · 01 Sep, 2011 · #3445 · Commentary
The Obama administration held back $80 million (one-third of the sanctioned $2 billion) in security aid in a show of displeasure over Pakistan’s cutback of US military trainers, limits on visa for US personnel and other bilateral irritants...
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Nuclear Security Summit 2012: The Challenges Ahead
Siddharth Ramana · 01 Sep, 2011 · #3444 · Commentary
The Washington Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 brought international consensus on the issue of nuclear terrorism through an unanimous acknowledgement of the need to secure fissile materials and nuclear stockpiles from non-state actors. Significa...
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Anna Hazare: Ex Fast Facto
PR Chari · 01 Sep, 2011 · #3443 · Commentary
It would be churlish to deny Anna Hazare his hour of glory. His 13-day fast has galvanized public opinion across the country-not merely urban middle class India-against the monster of corruption that is touching everybody, irrespective of caste,...
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India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Contextualizing Deterrence
Alankrita Sinha · 23 Aug, 2011 · #3442 · Commentary
The Indian Nuclear Doctrine rests heavily on the conceptual framework of nuclear deterrence, which is suited to the security environment of the Cold War era and is very different from the South Asian context. This disconnect between India’s ...
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Interrogating Security Expansionism in India
Firdaus Ahmed · 23 Aug, 2011 · #3441 · Commentary
The head of a think-tank writing in The Tribune (http://bit.ly/o0qXbO) lists military capabilities that India requires up to fifteen years. In strategic circles, ever since remarks of the former army chief were possibly deliberately leaked, the ...
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Ballot Cry of Tamils in Sri Lanka: “Tamil Political Parties, Unite!”
J Jeganaathan · 19 Aug, 2011 · #3440 · Commentary
In the recently held local body elections in the Tamil-dominated Northern provinces of Sri Lanka the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was ruthlessly routed by Tamil National Alliance (TNA)-an umbrella political alliance for T...
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India-ROK Nuclear Cooperation: Is it a Win-Win Situation?
Pranamita Baruah · 16 Aug, 2011 · #3439 · Commentary
The India-Republic of Korea (ROK) civil nuclear cooperation agreement was signed on 25 July during President Pratibha Patil’s visit to Seoul. Terming the agreement ‘historic’, ROK President Lee Myung Bak hoped that it would demon...
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Brahmaputra Water Diversion: A Print Media Survey
Jayasree Nath · 11 Aug, 2011 · #3438 · Commentary
The dam over the Brahmaputra being constructed by China has evoked an outcry in India, and especially in its Northeast, as reported by the local media. This article presents an overview of opinions and facts that emerge from the debate. Accordin...
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Media and Power Play in China
Gunjan Singh · 11 Aug, 2011 · #3437 · Commentary
In a very tragic incident in China, a high speed bullet train collided with a stationary train near the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Various Chinese and international media reports have provided different figures about the total number ...
