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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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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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