COMMENTARIES
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India-Bangladesh Economic Ties: A Positive Beginning
Saumitra Mohan · 31 Jan, 2016 · #4977 · Commentary
Following the 1974 Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) finally coming into force on 01 August 2015 for the formal exchange of 162 enclaves, expectations soared high with regards to the resolution of other sundry outstanding issues betw...
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Nuke Street
Forecast 2016: Fruits of Diplomacy
Sheel kant Sharma · 29 Jan, 2016 · #4976 · Commentary · Column
But for the Iran nuclear accord, the year 2015 would have been a wasted year for arms control and non-proliferation. All high praise and superlatives marking Iran’s implementation of the nuclear deal with P5+1 are fully apt. Iran’s e...
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COP21: China's Dual Identity
Tenzin Lhadon · 29 Jan, 2016 · #4975 · Commentary
The 30 November to 11 December 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) placed special interest to receive the much awaited cooperation and effort from China. In particular, the focus was on whether China identifies itself as a global ...
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Weak Renminbi: Implications for India
Tapan Bharadwaj · 28 Jan, 2016 · #4974 · Commentary
On 07 January 2016, China's renminbi (RMB) depreciated against the dollar. Previously, on 11 August 2015, there was a significant devaluation in the value of RMB. However, the January 2016 depreciation was less unexpected than the devaluatio...
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Pakistan: Status of Civilian Control after Musharraf
Mirjan Schulz · 27 Jan, 2016 · #4973 · Commentary
In 2008, the then President of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, allowed relatively free general elections in the country. Islamabad's first peaceful transfer of power from one civilian government to another took place in 2013. This commentary...
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Countering Extremist Propaganda: A Strategy for India
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 27 Jan, 2016 · #4972 · Commentary
The concept of using ‘counter-narratives’ to counter extremist propaganda is a strategy aimed to provide alternate narratives, to counter the narratives employed by extremist groups – the Islamic State (IS) especially – t...
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Forecast 2016: Security Situation in Northeast India
Wasbir Hussain · 25 Jan, 2016 · #4971 · Commentary
2016 brings both hope as well as challenges for the government in dealing with insurgency in Northeast India. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in New Delhi is continuing with the traditional carrot-and-stick policy in dealing wi...
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Himalayan Frontier
Forecast 2016: Nepal
Pramod Jaiswal · 25 Jan, 2016 · #4970 · Commentary · Column
The year 2015 was historic in many ways. It was a year for both despair and enthusiasm. While Nepal suffered from a devastating earthquake, it also promulgated its most awaited constitution through the Constituent Assembly (CA) elected by the pe...
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East Asia Compass
Forecast 2016: East Asia on the Cusp
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 22 Jan, 2016 · #4969 · Commentary · Column
In his new year speech in 2016, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed willingness to have talks with South Korea but just a few days later, conducted North Korea's fourth round of nuclear tests. The inconsistency in North Korea’s p...
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East Asia
German Model: Unsuitable for Korean Unification
Rahul Raj · 22 Jan, 2016 · #4968 · Commentary
In September 2015, in her speech at the 70th UN General Assembly, South Korean President Park Guen-hye cited the 25th anniversary of the Germany reunification and again made a strong pitch for the unification of the Korean peninsula. Previously ...
