COMMENTARIES
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ADMM+: Another Case of ‘Pretentious Diplomacy’?
Vibhanshu Shekhar · 29 Oct, 2010 · #3268 · Commentary
The representatives of ten ASEAN countries and eight major players in the Asia-Pacific – Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea and the US – got together in Hanoi on 12 October 2010 in a bid to develop a regio...
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Manmohan Singh in Southeast Asia
Panchali Saikia · 27 Oct, 2010 · #3267 · Commentary
Enhancing integration towards its east in terms of economic and strategic connectivity, and continuing affiliation with ASEAN, is at the heart of India’s ‘Look East Policy.’ The policy enunciated in 1992 mostly focusing on econom...
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China-India: Return to Robust Relations?
Swaran Singh · 25 Oct, 2010 · #3266 · Commentary
The week lasting 18-23 October 2010 witnessed three major events that promise to inject a positive enthusiasm in China-India relations.First, the release of Regional Economic Outlook 2010 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Jakarta underli...
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Iran’s Role in the Taliban Negotiations: Q&A
Siddharth Ramana · 22 Oct, 2010 · #3265 · Commentary
The Afghan government has initiated negotiations with the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan’s political landscape. Iran, an important regional player has also been invited to the dialogue process. According to Richard Holbrooke- the U...
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Tantrums that Terrorists Throw: Ajmal Kasab vs. Murugan
Radhavinod Raju · 21 Oct, 2010 · #3264 · Commentary
Ajmal Kasab has appealed before the Mumbai High Court against the death sentenced awarded to him by the trial court. The Government spent crores on the Arthur Road high security prison in Mumbai to guard this terrorist against any attempt to eli...
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Af-Pak Diary: Will the Taliban Negotiate?
D Suba Chandran · 20 Oct, 2010 · #3263 · Commentary
Now a “Peace Council” is in place to negotiate with the Taliban. (See Af-Pak Diary V: Now a Peace Council to Negotiate with the Taliban) Reports mention, that the negotiations have already started, though they are not clear, who is b...
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Politics of Arms Embargoes: US-China-EU
Sonika Gupta · 20 Oct, 2010 · #3262 · Commentary
The Obama Administration is discussing a major policy change in US-China military relations. The Chinese media has reported the possibility that the US may lift its twenty year old arms embargo on China. The US may sell China the C-1...
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The US Aid Conundrum: Educational Reform in Pakistan
Ruhee Neog · 18 Oct, 2010 · #3261 · Commentary
In light of the passage of the US Kerry-Lugar bill in late September 2010, which triples civilian aid to Pakistan to US$1.5 billion per annum for the next five years, an appraisal of the US aid programme and concomitant efforts to overhaul Pakis...
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India-Nepal Relations: A Perspective from Nepal
Chiran Jung Thapa · 18 Oct, 2010 · #3260 · Commentary
An Indian national with longstanding ties with Nepal recently remarked – “Indian policy in Nepal appears as if oceans separate the two countries. For a country that aspires to be a world power and a Security Council member, its publi...
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India’s Nuclear Energy Policy: Derailing FMCT?
Yogesh Joshi · 13 Oct, 2010 · #3259 · Commentary
Why is Pakistan relentlessly obstructing any progress on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty? For the last sixteen years, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) has been unable to move beyond the Shannon mandate of 1995. One of the principal sources...
