COMMENTARIES
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Strategic Space
Regional Nuclear Behaviour and Third Party Mediation
Manpreet Sethi · 05 Sep, 2018 · #5513 · Commentary · Column
Mooed Yusuf, Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: US Crisis Management in South Asia, (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2018), Pp: 320, Price: INR 3,431.Concern regarding crises between two regional nuclear powers has ...
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Sinicisation under Xi Jinping: Key Features of the Implementation Strategy
Palden Sonam · 31 Aug, 2018 · #5512 · Commentary
In July 2018, China issued an order banning underage Tibetan students from engaging in religious activities during their summer holidays. Although Beijing...
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Human Rights Violations Vs AFSPA: A Contradiction That Must End
AS Lamba · 31 Aug, 2018 · #5511 · Commentary
In an unprecedented move, 356 officers of India’s
security forces across the country filed a writ petition on 14 August with the
Supreme Court against handling, processing and disposing of cases alleging
human rights violations against securi...
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IPCS Discussion
Interaction with Sichuan University's Institute of South Asian Studies
IPCS · 30 Aug, 2018 · #5510 · Commentary
On 7 August 2018, IPCS hosted a visiting delegation from Sichuan University...
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J&K and the Vajpayee Doctrine's Continuing Relevance
Ashok Bhan · 27 Aug, 2018 · #5509 · Commentary
Former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee famously announced in a 2003 public rally in Srinagar that issues could be resolved if guided by the principles of 'insaniyat', 'jamhooriyat', and 'Kashmiriyat'. This maxim, referred to as the 'Vajpay...
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Strategic Space
Nuclear Security: The Focus Must Not Flag
Manpreet Sethi · 20 Aug, 2018 · #5508 · Commentary · Column
The
last few weeks have witnessed the release of at least three reports (1,
2,
3)
on nuclear security. This is a
welcome development since the import of this subject has in no way diminished since
the end of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)...
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Maritime Matters
Drones and Counter-Warfare
Vijay Sakhuja · 20 Aug, 2018 · #5507 · Commentary · Column
The use of drones has proliferated into many facets of human activity. These range from delivering medical aid/medicines to inaccessible areas, search and rescue during disasters, firefighting, to even the fashion industry: they were recently used...
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Identity and Violence: Media Coverage of the Recent Conflict in Sri Lanka (Part 2)
Anjana Vencatesan · 16 Aug, 2018 · #5506 · Commentary
Part 1 of the two-part series on media and conflict in Sri Lanka examined the coverage by Sri Lanka-based English and Tamil language media of the February-March 2018 conflict that took place in Kandy and Digana areas. Part 2 examines the approach ...
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Challenges to Securing India's Borders
Tim Walpot · 13 Aug, 2018 · #5505 · Commentary
The pace of border security projects in India has accelerated over the past two years. A prime example of this has been the implementation of a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) pilot project along two 5.5 km and 5.3 km str...
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East Asia Compass
Trump, Kim, and Denuclearisation
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 09 Aug, 2018 · #5504 · Commentary · Column
Almost two months since the Singapore Summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, a sense of disappointment seems to have been gradually building with respect to the possibility of North Korean denuclearisation. E...
