COMMENTARIES
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1971 War
Reflections on International Relations and Indian Leadership
Lt Gen Arvinder Singh Lamba · 18 Dec, 2015 · #4947 · Commentary
The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War was a rebellion and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali nationalist and self-determination movement in the then East Pakistan, and fuelled by the genocide by Pakistan Military against Bengali popu...
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1971 War
Analysing International Intervention as a Concept Today
Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain · 16 Dec, 2015 · #4946 · Commentary
The UN Charter says, “[n]othing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state...” The principle does not rule out the a...
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Joint IPCS-Oval Observer Round-Table
Discussion Report: India’s Role in Building a Counter-Narrative to Isis Propaganda
Report · 16 Dec, 2015 · #4945 · Commentary
On 9 December 2015, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), in collaboration with the Oval Observer Foundation, conducted a round-table discussion, titled ‘India’s Role in Building a Counter-Narrative to ISIS Propaganda&r...
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The US’ Tilt towards India: Overview and Projections
Md Farijuddin Khan · 16 Dec, 2015 · #4944 · Commentary
The US policy towards India has hardly been predictable. At the moment, the US’ India policy is guided purely by its commercial and strategic regional interests. However, the New Delhi-Washington bilateral has transformed from a fissured p...
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Looking East
Can Suu Kyi Usher in True Democracy in Myanmar?
Wasbir Hussain · 11 Dec, 2015 · #4943 · Commentary · Column
Very rightly, key world leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have not forgotten to congratulate President Thein Sein, the head of Myanmar’s quasi-military regime, for successfully being able to hold the 08 November 2015 ...
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East Asia
Japan and South Korea: Ominous Politicisation of History Textbooks
Rahul Raj · 10 Dec, 2015 · #4942 · Commentary
The recent controversies in South Korea and Japan on the revisions of history textbooks have raised heated debates because of the criticism that the leaders of both countries are trying to rewrite important aspects of their nation's historie...
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Spotlight West Asia
Turkey's Ambitions and the War in Syria
Ranjit Gupta · 08 Dec, 2015 · #4941 · Commentary · Column
Like in almost all Arab countries, the regime in Syria is also an absolute dictatorship. The unprecedented revolutionary fervor sweeping across the Arab world since December 2010 hit Syria in March 2011, but the trajectory of developments in Syr...
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East Asia Compass
China’s Maritime Assertiveness and Repercussions
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 07 Dec, 2015 · #4940 · Commentary · Column
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aggressive posturing in regional politics, Beijing appears to have moved beyond its old doctrine of‘hide-your-strength-bide-your-time’ and gradually trying to dominate the region. China has a...
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India-Afghanistan: Interesting Times Ahead
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 01 Dec, 2015 · #4939 · Commentary
India-Afghanistan relations took an interesting turn in November 2015. In the span of a month, New Delhi hosted at least two high-level visitors: Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar, and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai. Add...
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Myanmar Elections
Myanmar: A Long Road After the Grand Triumph
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 30 Nov, 2015 · #4938 · Commentary
Realism and pessimism have somewhat similar meanings in Myanmar. An optimistic interpretation of the 08 November 2015 parliamentary elections in the country is that of a step forward towards a full-fledged democracy. To a realist, however, the e...
