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  • Pakistan’s Nuclear Posturing: Is Hatf-9 a Response to Cold Start?
    Ruhee Neog    ·   20 Jun, 2011    ·    #3408    ·    Commentary    
    Nuclear posturing is enabled by a country’s operational intent which includes the contours of a doctrine, deployment abilities, command and control structures and suchlike. It is this, rather than the mere acquisition of weapons capability...
  • Rule of Law or Law of the Ruler?: India’s Stand on Sri Lanka
    J Jeganaathan    ·   18 Jun, 2011    ·    #3407    ·    Commentary    
    In a move to sensitize the Indian Government about the Sri Lankan Tamil issue, and to satiate the expectations of an electorate which gave an absolute mandate to her party, AIADMK Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa unanimously adopted a special resol...
  • Af-Pak Diary: Should India Adapt to the Game, or Attempt to Change It?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   16 Jun, 2011    ·    #3406    ·    Commentary    
    In his recent article, C Raja Mohan has reviewed the situation in Af-Pak, and based on the premise that the game is changing for Pakistan, he has made four specific recommendations for India. Is the game really changing in Pakistan? Should ...
  • Li Na and China: Sports as Soft Power?
    Namrata Hasija    ·   15 Jun, 2011    ·    #3405    ·    Commentary    
    Is Li Na’s win at the French Open another example of the multifaceted rise of China in the global scenario? Is she an independent phenomenon? Or is she an outcome of a long term investment by China in sports, as a part of its soft power pr...
  • PNS Mehran Attack: A Survey of Pakistani Media
    Ankita Shree    ·   13 Jun, 2011    ·    #3404    ·    Commentary    
    The attack on the PNS Mehran in Karachi has raised many questions about Pakistan's internal establishments. This article seeks to analyze the media response within Pakistan on the following questions: first, why was PNS Mehran chosen for att...
  • Kung Fu Panda: American Invasion of Chinese Culture?
    Bhavna Singh    ·   13 Jun, 2011    ·    #3403    ·    Commentary    
    When the sequel to the much-awaited Kung Fu Panda hit the theatres early this month, nobody expected it to lead to a full-fledged controversy on Chinese culture. The recent protests from many sections of Chinese society about the ‘Western ...
  • Nuclear Disarmament Post-Prague: Understanding Indian Perspectives
    Pradeepa Viswanathan    ·   13 Jun, 2011    ·    #3402    ·    Commentary    
    US President Barack Obama’s Prague speech (April 2009) gave impetus to the renewed effort on global nuclear disarmament, led by the ‘nuclear quartet’ and the Global Zero movement. What has been the focus of the Indian nuclear d...
  • Tahawwur Rana Verdict: Implications for India
    Radha Vinod Raju    ·   13 Jun, 2011    ·    #3401    ·    Commentary    
    There is disappointment in India over Tahawwur Rana’s acquittal by a Chicago court in the case pertaining to the Mumbai attack. There is, however, no point in becoming emotional about these matters. We need to look objectively at facts and e...
  • Resurrecting the Sino-Indian Defence Dialogue
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   10 Jun, 2011    ·    #3400    ·    Commentary    
    Sino-Indian relations have not been in the best of forms in recent times. While the two countries have enjoyed ‘relative peace’ on their Line of Actual Control (LAC), persistent cases of Chinese trespassing on the LAC and other irrit...
  • Is Pakistan Jihad’s Lebensraum?
    Rana Banerji    ·   10 Jun, 2011    ·    #3399    ·    Commentary    
    Much as the conceptual connection may appear attractive, at least to alarmist soothsayers prognosticating the imminence of an Islamic implosion in Pakistan, in actual fact the problem has perhaps to be understood in its historical context. &nbs...
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