COMMENTARIES
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Countering China: India's Uncertain Response
Harry Roberts · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5188 · Commentary
China’s rise, and especially, its growing strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean region has provoked policymakers India to come up with appropriate policy approaches to counter its northern neighbour. However, India’s policy t...
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US Policy Orientation
A New Era for US Foreign Policy?
Lars Brozus · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5187 · Commentary
After 1945, Washington’s approach to international politics was by and large based on ideas linked to the notion of “liberal internationalism.” A bipartisan consensus existed postulating that a liberal international order &ndas...
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IPCS Special Commentary
India’s Nuclear Doctrine: Time for a Review?
Gurmeet Kanwal · 22 Nov, 2016 · #5186 · Commentary
The fragile security environment in Southern Asia is marked by territorial disputes and radical extremism, among other threats and challenges to peace and stability. The security environment has been further vitiated by the proxy war being waged...
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US Policy Orientation
Donald Trump and South Asia
Michael Krepon · 18 Nov, 2016 · #5185 · Commentary
What can the subcontinent expect from President Donald Trump? Bewilderment, for starters. If the new occupant in the Oval Office is unfamiliar with Russia, China, the workings of NATO, nuclear deterrence, and the impact of trade compacts, do not...
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The Precarious Politics of Post-‘Liberation’ Mosul
Derek Verbakel · 16 Nov, 2016 · #5184 · Commentary
Progress is well underway for Mosul to be recaptured from the Islamic State (IS). Aided by US-led air and ground support, the anti-IS campaign chiefly involves the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF); Kurdish Peshmerga; a collection of predominantly-Ira...
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US Policy Orientation
American Turbulence: Global Ramifications
Chintamani Mahapatra · 16 Nov, 2016 · #5183 · Commentary
By electing Donald Trump as the forty-fifth president of the US, the American people created history for the second time in less than a decade. The first was election of an African American as the president. What has surprised millions of poll o...
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Spotlight West Asia
Battle for Mosul: Prospects for the Immediate Future
Ranjit Gupta · 15 Nov, 2016 · #5182 · Commentary · Column
On 17 October 2016, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Abadi announced the commencement of the battle for Mosul. He also said that except for the Iraqi army, police and security forces, “no others will be allowed to enter Mosul;” Iraqi troo...
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US Policy Orientation
Trump's Trade Scenarios: Implications for India
Amita Batra · 15 Nov, 2016 · #5181 · Commentary
The year 2016 has sprung many a surprise, not the least of which has been the outcome of the US presidential elections. The economic policy stance of the president-elect Donald Trump has been evident in his oft-repeated ‘inward-looking&rsquo...
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US Policy Orientation
Donald Trump and China: A Contest for Primacy
Srikanth Kondapalli · 15 Nov, 2016 · #5180 · Commentary
The dramatic win of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the US at the hustings has caught many a nation by surprise given the critical outreach of the country in the economic, political, strategic and military spheres of the world.
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IPCS Debate
Demonetisation: An Exercise in Instability
Roshan Iyer · 14 Nov, 2016 · #5179 · Commentary
On 08 November 2016, the Indian government announced the demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1000 banknotes with aim to curb the circulation of black money. This is the equivalent of using a wrench to hammer a nail. This move in isolation will in ...
