COMMENTARIES
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Fragile States Index 2016
Fragility in Pakistan
Rana Banerji · 09 Sep, 2016 · #5121 · Commentary
The US based non-profit organisation, Fund for Peace (FFP), which works to prevent conflict and to promote sustainable security by building relationships and trust across diverse sectors, annually prepares a Fragile States Index (FSI). It has li...
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Fragile States Index 2016
Introduction: Assessing the Index
Derek Verbakel and Marie Pavageau · 09 Sep, 2016 · #5120 · Commentary
Since its inception in 2005, the annual index produced by the Washington DC-based Fund for Peace has ranked 178 countries based on measures of their stability and the pressures they face. The vast amount of information acquisition and interpreta...
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East Asia Compass
Russia’s Overtures in East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 05 Sep, 2016 · #5119 · Commentary · Column
The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) was held in Vladivostok, Russia, on 2 September 2016, a day before the G-20 Summit Meet in Hangzhou, China It was attended by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the South Ko...
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IPCS Discussion
Regional Power Play and Rise of Radicalism in Afghanistan
Report · 05 Sep, 2016 · #5118 · Commentary
On 20 August 2016, in the fourth interaction under its Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series, the IPCS hosted Mr Hamid Karzai, former President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, for a talk on Regional Power Play and Rise of Radicalism in Afg...
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IPCS Discussion
Afghanistan-Pakistan-India: A Paradigm Shift
Report · 05 Sep, 2016 · #5117 · Commentary
On 11 August 2016, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted the third interaction held under the aegis of the IPCS' Twentieth Anniversary Plenum Series. The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to India, H.E. Dr...
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India-Myanmar: Time to Rev up Bilateral Ties
Ashok Sajjanhar · 01 Sep, 2016 · #5116 · Commentary
The National League
for Democracy (NLD) led by Aung San Suu Kyi assumed power in Myanmar in March,
2016. The NLD had handsomely won the elections in November 2015,
notwithstanding the huge obstacles placed in its path by the military. Suu Kyi...
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China-India: Beijing's Intransigence over the South China Sea
Prashant Dikshit · 29 Aug, 2016 · #5115 · Commentary
History always plays a major role in the sovereignty disputes between nations in the global system. Since the history of the dispute in the South China Sea (SCS) is itself part of the dispute, the initiative by the Philippine regime to seek an a...
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Iraq's Hashd Militias: Ineluctable Politics on the Road to Mosul
Derek Verbakel · 29 Aug, 2016 · #5114 · Commentary
On 26 July, the Iraqi government officially declared its intention to integrate the mostly-Shia militias known as al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Units) as an ''independent military formation'' part of the Iraqi Security...
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Special Commentary
India-Syria Linkages: Yesterday and Today
VP Haran · 24 Aug, 2016 · #5113 · Commentary
Syria is a country that has been inhabited for over several thousand years. Aleppo, the commercial capital of Syria and its largest city, claims to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. With the destruction that has been ongoin...
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China's Second Forum on the Development of Tibet: Propaganda or Development?
Tenzin Lhadon · 23 Aug, 2016 · #5112 · Commentary
The recent 2016 Forum on the Development of Tibet, labelled as the second of its kind, was held in Lhasa in July 2016. The highly publicised forum was attended by 130 people, including politicians and journalists from around 30 countries. The ...
