COMMENTARIES
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IPCS Book Discussion
In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
Discussion Report · 31 Mar, 2019 · #5575 · Commentary
On 13 February 2019, IPCS hosted Dr C
Christine Fair, Associate Professor with Security Studies Programme at Georgetown's
University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, for a discussion on her
book, In Their Own Words: Understanding La...
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Myanmar
Decoding the Arakan Army: Insurgent Strategies and Tactics (Part-2)
Angshuman Choudhury · 27 Mar, 2019 · #5574 · Commentary
Over the past four months, the Arakan Army (AA)—a
Rakhine Ethnic Armed Organisation (EAO)—has emerged as a formidable insurgent
actor in western Myanmar, particularly Chin and Rakhine states. The AA’s
insurgency is based on a mix of conve...
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IPCS Discussion
The Citizenship Amendment Bill and Assam’s Immigration Politics
Discussion Report · 28 Mar, 2019 · #5573 · Commentary
On 17 January 2019, IPCS hosted a
discussion on The Citizenship (Amendment)
Bill and Assam's Immigration Politics. This is a summary report of the
proceedings.
Opening Remarks by the ChairAngshuman ChoudhurySenior Researcher & Coordinato...
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Strategic Space
Hanoi Done: Now What for Trump and Kim?
Manpreet Sethi · 27 Mar, 2019 · #5572 · Commentary · Column
The second Summit between the heads of
government of the US and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ended
earlier than expected on 28 February 2019. With both countries maintaining
intransigent positions on how to handle the issue of...
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Forced Labour and the Impact of History on Japan-South Korea Relations
Sourina Bej & Prakash Pannerselvam · 27 Mar, 2019 · #5571 · Commentary
The
issue of forced labour has long been a major source of tension between Japan
and the Republic of Korea (ROK). On 30 October 2018, the ROK Supreme
Court upheld the lower court verdict that “the right to compensation for forced
labour is n...
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East Asia Compass
China’s Strategic Silence on the Hanoi Summit
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 22 Mar, 2019 · #5570 · Commentary · Column
An abrupt end of the
Hanoi summit between the leaders of the US and North Korea on 28 February 2019
was disappointing for many. But for many others, it was unsurprising because the
two parties did not have enough exchanges and understanding at ...
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Red Affairs
Is ‘Human Rights’ Making a Comeback to Chhattisgarh’s Counter-Naxal Doctrine?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 22 Mar, 2019 · #5569 · Commentary · Column
Regime changes often are
harbingers of major policy shifts. The Congress party which ended the Bharatiya
Janata Party’s (BJP) 15-year rule in Chhattisgarh state in the elections to the
legislative assembly held in November 2018 has the abilit...
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Book Review
Pakistan and its Army of the Pure
Rana Banerji · 21 Mar, 2019 · #5568 · Commentary
In Their Own Words: Understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
C. Christine Fair
C. Hurst & Co. London, 2018
This book
on the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) is the culmination of years of painstaking
research by renowned Georgetown University academi...
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Special Commentary
Afghanistan: Prospects of a Political Settlement with the Taliban
Dr Omar Sadr · 15 Mar, 2019 · #5567 · Commentary
Around mid-March, the fifth round of negotiations
between the US and the Taliban—the longest in the ongoing series—concluded in
Doha, Qatar. In the US’ view, a negotiation that could be considered successful
would be one which results in ...
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What Drives the EU Towards India?
Pieter-jan Dockx & Manuel Herrera · 14 Mar, 2019 · #5566 · Commentary
On 20 November 2018, the EU published ‘Elements for an EU strategy on India,’ which set out Brussels’ future approach towards New Delhi. This policy
paper was the bloc’s most recent publication on EU-India relations, 14 years
after its p...
