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  • Trump Vs Obama: US Policy Towards Adversarial States
    Kimberley Anne Nazareth    ·   13 Apr, 2017    ·    #5268    ·    Commentary    
    During the Obama presidency, US policy towards Syria, Iran and North Korea rested on a ‘carrot and stick’ approach with greater emphasis on the carrots. The Trump administration, while following a similar approach, appears to be will...
  • Why India’s Economic Reforms are Climate Unfriendly
    Niharika Tagotra    ·   13 Apr, 2017    ·    #5267    ·    Commentary    
    The economic and fiscal policies of a government are the prime indicators of its priorities. In this regard, the Union Budget 2017 and the recently introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, hailed as a part of the larger economic reforms und...
  • J&K Focus
    Evolving External Influence in Jammu and Kashmir (Part I)
    Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain    ·   12 Apr, 2017    ·    #5266    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Over the past month, the situation in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) took a familiar turn, usually witnessed around the end of winter. Terrorist activity increased and there has been much worry about energised mobs attempting to come to the rescue ...
  • Trump's Strike Against Syria: International Implications
    KP Fabian    ·   11 Apr, 2017    ·    #5265    ·    Commentary    
    Within 63 hours of reports about a chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in the Syrian province of Idlib which killed approximately 80 people including children, on 4 April, US ships in the eastern Mediterranean sent 5...
  • IPCS Discussion
    India’s Nuclear Strategy
    Report    ·   10 Apr, 2017    ·    #5264    ·    Commentary    
    An overview of the remarks made at 'India's Nuclear Strategy', the second discussion in IPCS' 2017 series, 'Evolving Discourses of Security in International Politics'. Dr Vipin Narang Mitsui Career Develop...
  • India's Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra    ·   10 Apr, 2017    ·    #5263    ·    Commentary    
    A brouhaha over India’s nuclear doctrine has once again been ignited because of certain comments made by Dr Vipin Narang of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference 2017, an annual gathering of nu...
  • Operation Twilight: A Turning Point in Bangladesh
    Angshuman Choudhury    ·   10 Apr, 2017    ·    #5262    ·    Commentary    
    On 28 March, the Bangladesh Army officially drew the curtains on ‘Operation Twilight’ – the longest and most complex counter-terror (CT) operation in the country’s history. The five-day episode took place from 24-28 March...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Diplomacy and the Politics of Language
    Report    ·   10 Apr, 2017    ·    #5261    ·    Commentary    
    An overview of the remarks made at 'Diplomacy and the Politics of Language', the first discussion in IPCS' 2017 series, 'Evolving Discourses of Security in International Politics'.  Deconstructing Anti-Islamic...
  • East Asia Compass
    Park Geun-hye's Impeachment and South Korean Foreign Policy
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra    ·   04 Apr, 2017    ·    #5260    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    South Korean President Park Geun-hye was impeached by the National Assembly on 9 December 2016. There were thirteen charges against her; these included bribery, influence peddling, and dereliction of duty. On 10 March 2017, the Constitutional Co...
  • Forecast 2017: Nepal
    Pramod Jaiswal    ·   04 Apr, 2017    ·    #5259    ·    Commentary    
    2016 began with difficult start for Nepal. Shortly after the massive earthquake and the disaster that followed, there was a shortage of fuel and essential supplies due to the ‘economic blockade’ imposed by Madhesis to pressurise the ...
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