COMMENTARIES
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Dateline Colombo
Racism, Riots, and the Sri Lankan State
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 19 Mar, 2018 · #5451 · Commentary · Column
Only when fear and hatred is spread by extremists does serious reflection haunt a community. The teardrop-shaped island of Sri Lanka, a seeming paradise hanging off the Indian subcontinent, has been provoked yet again. Within a few hours arose...
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China-India Relations: What is the Role of Third Parties?
Siwei Liu · 16 Mar, 2018 · #5450 · Commentary
Despite the intensification of high-level interactions between China and India in recent years, the current situation can at best be described as complex and sensitive. The bilateral relationship is quite complicated by itself, and 'third-pa...
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Decoding the Elections in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura
Nasreen Habib · 15 Mar, 2018 · #5449 · Commentary
The recent assembly elections in the three Northeastern states, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, made one thing crystal clear: the BJP's ability to strike smart alliances has turned things around in its favour. Its wins range from ousting the Le...
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Part-II
Subtle Shifts in Saudi Foreign Policy: Domestic and International Dimensions
Pieter-jan Dockx · 13 Mar, 2018 · #5448 · Commentary
Part I of this two-part commentary on the shifts in Saudi Arabia...
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East Asia Compass
South Korea's 'Moonshine' and a Trump-Kim Summit
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 12 Mar, 2018 · #5447 · Commentary · Column
In a major of turn of events, US President Donald Trump has announced direct talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The US and North Korea have been loggerheads for a long time on the issue of North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes. T...
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The Strategist
Quad: The Making of a Robust Entente?
Vice Admiral Vijay Shankar · 12 Mar, 2018 · #5446 · Commentary · Column
The force planner’s primary task is to ensure that the military element of national power alongside economic and political elements supports national strategy. India had in 1950 defined national goals in the Preamble and Directive Principles...
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2018 US Nuclear Posture Review: Intent and Implications
Shivani Singh · 09 Mar, 2018 · #5445 · Commentary
Earlier
this year, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board
announced their decision to move the Doomsday Clock closer to midnight. Around
the same time, the US Department of Defense released the 2018 Nuclear Posture
R...
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Can Australian Democracy Dull Chinese Sharp Power?
Rachael Strogoff · 09 Mar, 2018 · #5444 · Commentary
Australian professor Clive Hamilton...
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Regulating India's Cattle Industry: A Socio-Economic Assessment
Ayan Tewari · 08 Mar, 2018 · #5443 · Commentary
On 23 May 2017, a notification issued under the 1960 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was passed, placing new regulations on the cattle industry. The livestock sector (consisting of meat, dairy, and eggs) now makes up 28 per cent of the agr...
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Women Cyber Warriors and the Indian Military
Vijay Sakhuja · 08 Mar, 2018 · #5442 · Commentary
The stage is set for the entry of women as ‘cyber warriors’ in the Indian armed forces. The Indian Army chief noted in 2017 that plans were in place to employ women officers "in new cadres such as cyber" since the country ...
