COMMENTARIES
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Yet another Great Game in Afghanistan: The US and China
Sriparna Pathak · 01 Sep, 2010 · #3228 · Commentary
The United Nations (UN) Human Development Report of 2009 rated Afghanistan as the world’s second most impoverished country. One of the severest problems in Afghanistan is that of poverty, coupled with those of unemployment, lack of develop...
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Towards Regional Stability: Establish an Indo-Pak Nuclear Commission
D Suba Chandran · 30 Aug, 2010 · #3227 · Commentary
Between India and Pakistan, there is little understanding of each other’s nuclear capabilities and doctrines. There is likely to be an increased international pressure on both countries, as a part of the renewed efforts towards global nucl...
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Biological Weapons: the Neglected WMD
PR Chari · 30 Aug, 2010 · #3226 · Commentary
Biological weapons make faint scratches on the minds of the strategic elites in India. Why? Lack of media interest? Witness the acre inches devoted to the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Civil Liability Bill, but hardly any reference to biological ...
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J&K: In Search of a ‘Starting Point’ to Break the Impasse
Ashok Bhan · 27 Aug, 2010 · #3225 · Commentary
Kashmir is caught in a whirlpool of violence. While the Central and State Governments have shown their concern over the situation, it has been impossible to break the vicious cycle. Every death will naturally bring more violent protests. So shou...
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Indus Waters Governance-IV: Don’t Securitize the Water Debate
D Suba Chandran · 26 Aug, 2010 · #3224 · Commentary
In recent years, there has been a growing fear that future wars at the global level will be fought over resources. A substantial section in South Asia, especially in Pakistan, believes that the next Indo-Pak war will be fought over the Indus wat...
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Nuclear Forensics: A Tool for Deterring Terrorists?
Reshmi Kazi · 24 Aug, 2010 · #3223 · Commentary
There has been general consensus among academicians that terrorists cannot be deterred. Terrorists with apocalyptic-mindsets believe that the world order is in disarray. Hence, they must bring it to an end by violence. Post 9/11, there has...
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Who is Pakistan Trying to Reign In?
Pallavi Kumar · 20 Aug, 2010 · #3222 · Commentary
The Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa, formerly the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan is a complex region. The Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), an even more remote and radicalized state than K-P, borders it. Together they make up the p...
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Terrorism in Philippines: Combine Hard and Soft Options
Panchali Saikia · 19 Aug, 2010 · #3221 · Commentary
The defeat of terrorist threat in Southeast Asia is impassable without a conclusive step taken by Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, especially to fight against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), who posses...
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India’s COIN Policy: ‘Peace Preceding Talks’?
Firdaus Ahmed · 19 Aug, 2010 · #3220 · Commentary
It is no secret that India does not have a written national strategy document. While well known in respect of its external security situation, this is true for the internal security context as well. For instance, it is nearing ten years now sinc...
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Fighting the Naxalites: CRPF is the Best Option
D Suba Chandran · 17 Aug, 2010 · #3219 · Commentary
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the primary paramilitary organization engaged in the anti-Naxalite operation has been under severe criticism. It has been accused of lack of leadership and planning, inefficiency, inability to cope with the...
