COMMENTARIES
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Strategic Space
JCPOA’s First Anniversary: Significance and Future Challenges
Manpreet Sethi · 18 Jul, 2016 · #5083 · Commentary · Column
Provocations, sobered by abundant caution, were the hallmark of the first year of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), simply called the Iran deal. For now, the supporters of the agreement can breathe easy that it has lived to celebra...
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Regional Economy
Brexit Consequences: Complexities and Uncertainties
Amita Batra · 13 Jul, 2016 · #5082 · Commentary · Column
Brexit, that is, Britain’s decision to leave the European
Union was announced on the 23rd of June. The announcement led to an immediate
and sharp decline in the value of the British Pound (GBP). The stock markets in
Britain and around t...
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Eagle Eye
US: “Losing Respect” Abroad
Chintamani Mahapatra · 13 Jul, 2016 · #5081 · Commentary · Column
The qualified deterioration of the US’ global influence has been debated for long, but the US leadership seems worried that the country is fast losing respect in the world as well. Of course, when some Americans keep repeating that the US ...
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Spotlight West Asia
Countering IS: Should India be More Assertively Involved in West Asia?
Ranjit Gupta · 12 Jul, 2016 · #5080 · Commentary · Column
In the context of conflicts raging across West Asia, a region of vital importance to India, many in India’s strategic community and media have criticised India's utterly passive hands off attitude. Suggestions have been made that India...
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Rising Radicalism in Bangladesh
Terror Attacks in Dhaka: The Way Ahead for India
Souvik Chatterji · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5079 · Commentary
On 1 July 2016, suspected Islamic State (IS) militants mounted an attack in
Holey Artisan café in Gulshan, Dhaka. There are indications of Jamaat-e-Islami
groups being involved in the alleged terror attack.The Bangladeshi security
forc...
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J&K Focus
Burhan Wani and a State on Tenterhooks
Syed Ata Hasnain · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5078 · Commentary · Column
That the summer of 2016 in the Valley would be ‘hot’ was well predicted a couple of months ago. It is not an unusual phenomenon - only the nature of events is different, year on year. This season commenced with the Handwara incident ...
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Looking East
Jihadis from Bangladesh: Eyeing Trans-Border Playing Fields?
Wasbir Hussain · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5077 · Commentary · Column
Bangladesh has clearly been sucked into the whirlpool of jihadi terrorism with a plethora of outfits managing to draw cadres from both the over-populous nation’s poor strata of society as well as the elites who go to universities and upsca...
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Dateline Colombo
The Island and the Mainland: Impact of Fisheries on Indo-Lanka Relations
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 11 Jul, 2016 · #5076 · Commentary · Column
At the southern tip of India, in a narrow stretch of water where the seascape begins, is one of the region’s geopolitical hot spots.
The waters between India and Sri Lanka are rich in history and mythology. According to Valmiki&rsquo...
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Does India Need an Internal Security Strategy?
N Manoharan & Asmita Michael · 08 Jul, 2016 · #5075 · Commentary
The recent deadly terror attack in Dhaka attests to the deteriorating security environment in India’s neighbourhood. The instability in Pakistan has a telling effect on Indian security, especially in Jammu and Kashmir. The arrest of the Is...
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Prisons in India: Defending the Rights of Death Row Prisoners
Saumitra Mohan · 08 Jul, 2016 · #5074 · Commentary
The constitutionality of the death sentence was last upheld in May 1980 by the Supreme Court. In the said judgement, the apex court ruled that the death penalty did not infringe upon the right to life as guaranteed by Article 21 of the Ind...
