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  • Indonesia: Chinese and American Military Influence
    Shankar Brata Raimedhi    ·   07 Sep, 2010    ·    #3231    ·    Commentary    
    2010 has been designated by China as the ‘Year of China-Indonesia Friendship’ to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Diplomatic relations with China were suspended between the two countries in 1967 a...
  • Chinese Military Power and the Politics of Reports
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   07 Sep, 2010    ·    #3230    ·    Commentary    
    While many are aware that China overtook Japan as world’s second largest economy in 2010, very few are aware that, as per a report generated by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and corroborated by reputed think tanks like SIPRI,...
  • Kashmir: Search for a Consensus and the Elusive Starting Point
    D Suba Chandran    ·   06 Sep, 2010    ·    #3229    ·    Commentary    
    In his recent article in the Indian Express, (21 August 2010) K Subrahmanyam, has written that a realistic approach is to “encourage Kashmir leaders to collectively evolve a solution” and then bring it to New Delhi. Few days later, C...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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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