COMMENTARIES
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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 ...
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AIIB: Regional and Global Responses
Madhura Balasubramaniam · 21 Jan, 2016 · #4967 · Commentary
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally inaugurated on 16 January 2016. The AIIB is a multilateral development bank envisaged to "promote interconnectivity and economic integration" in Asia. Headquartered in Beijin...
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Indus-tan
Forecast 2016: Another Year at the Crossroads for Pakistan
Sushant Sareen · 21 Jan, 2016 · #4966 · Commentary · Column
Much like in all the previous 67 years of its existence, Pakistan finds itself on the crossroads even in the 68th year. The good things that happened in 2015 on the economic, security, diplomatic and political fronts are fragile and not irreve...
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India-Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister in India: Some Answers, Some Questions
KP Fabian · 20 Jan, 2016 · #4965 · Commentary
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Syria, Walid Mohi Edine al Muallem, visited India from 11 to 14 January 2016. Foreign Minister since 2006, he became Deputy Prime Minister in June 2012, approximately a year after troubles began....
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Looking East
Contours of Sino-Indian relations in 2016
Wasbir Hussain · 20 Jan, 2016 · #4964 · Commentary · Column
Riding on clear signs of an ascendant India and a massive electoral mandate behind him, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to try and break the status quo in New Delhi’s ties with Beijing, setting the ball rolling by re-calibrating ...
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Taiwanese Presidential Elections
A 'New Era' of Democracy in Taiwan: Implications for Regional Security & Economy
Teshu Singh · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4963 · Commentary
Elections are the bedrock of democracy. Taiwan is a multi-party democracy and the only ethnic Chinese society that can boast of being a Democracy. On 16 January 2016, 23 million citizens of the island voted to choose their fourteenth president. ...
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Strategic Space
Forecast 2016: Nuclear Issues That Will Dominate the Year
Manpreet Sethi · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4962 · Commentary · Column
Ever since the power and potential of nuclear energy first entered human consciousness and inter-state relations, nuclear issues have always remained at the centre stage. Expansion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy and risks of nuclear weapons ...
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The Strategist
Forecast 2016: Pakistan, Aberrated Strategies and Strategic Stability
Vijay Shankar · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4961 · Commentary · Column
In the immediate aftermath of the 26/11 terrorist assault on Mumbai, a grisly prayer was being intoned in many of the two lakh mosques of Pakistan. The Qunut-e-Nazla, a prayer in times of war, was accompanied by a fervent imprecation that al Qae...
