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  • ASEAN and SAARC: Resolving Intra Regional Disputes
    Chloe Choquier    ·   24 May, 2010    ·    #3135    ·    Commentary    
    Prior to the SAARC 16th Summit held in Bhutan’s capital Thimphu in April 2010, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed had affirmed his hopes about the bilateral meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raz...
  • Revisiting ‘1971’
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   21 May, 2010    ·    #3134    ·    Commentary    
    The latest, if muted, storm in the military’s tea cup has been the destruction of documents relating to India’s 1971 victory. Apparently, Eastern Command made a search for the documents in order to interact with erstwhile Mukti Bahin...
  • The ‘Cheonan’ Investigation: Results and Aftermath
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   21 May, 2010    ·    #3133    ·    Commentary    
    The South Korean government has made public the findings of an international probe into the sinking of the South Korean navy corvette ‘Cheonan’ on 26 March, that killed 46 sailors. President Lee Myung-bak has categorically stated tha...
  • Indus Waters and South Asian Politics
    Sripathi Naryanan    ·   17 May, 2010    ·    #3132    ·    Commentary    
    The future of wars would not be territory but for water. South Asia is a region with heavy dependence on its rivers to meet its need for fresh water, where the above statement hangs as a “Damocles Sword”. The primary issue that co...
  • IAS Topper from J&K: A Shining Example for All
    Mohammad Ashraf    ·   17 May, 2010    ·    #3131    ·    Commentary    
    There was a time when the Indian Administrative Service in Kashmir was considered to be the ‘East India Company’! Except for some brief periods during the rule of Sheikh Abdullah, most of the important administrative positions in the...
  • Why is the Youth Angry? Perspectives from Kashmir
    Arjimand Hussain Talib    ·   18 May, 2010    ·    #3129    ·    Commentary    
    It has been around eight decades since the youth of Kashmir first expressed their anger on the streets of Srinagar in 1931. Then the expression of their anger was seen as a sign of political catharsis. Long years of foreign rule and subjugation ...
  • Why is the Youth Angry? Perspectives from Pakistan
    Moonis Ahmar    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3128    ·    Commentary    
    One needs to analyze why anti-Americanism has permeated in Pakistani society and why youth in the Muslim world feel not only frustrated but also vulnerable to extremism and militancy? Recently, renowned Pakistani academician Pervez Hoodbhoy r...
  • Water: an Opportunity for SAARC?
    Pia Malhotra    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3127    ·    Commentary    
    The SAARC nations recently gathered for the 16th Summit of the organization in the mountainous city of Thimpu in Bhutan.  The summit largely focused on issues of climate change, environment, increasing trade and connectivity among the SAARC...
  • Challenges Before India’s Internal Security: Countering Terrorism
    Kriti Singh    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3126    ·    Commentary    
    The dawn of the 21st century has witnessed the rise of a most serious crisis in the form of global terrorism. Irrespective of their position, power, influence and progress, all nations across the globe have experienced the disastrous impact of t...
  • The Mao Gate Standoff: A Case for Greater Nagalim?
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   11 May, 2010    ·    #3125    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) chairman Thuingaleng Muivah to visit his ancestral village of Somdal in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has triggered a fierce standoff at Mao Gate in the Nagaland-Manipur border....
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