COMMENTARIES
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1974 Land Boundary Agreement
India-Bangladesh: Rehabilitating the Enclave Residents
Saumitra Mohan · 23 Oct, 2015 · #4927 · Commentary
Since 1971, the malformed borders between India and Pakistan became a curse for the people living in the enclaves between India and Bangladesh. Even though the enclave residents did not leave their homes and hearths, they lost their countries. T...
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Iran
Emad: Iran’s New Ballistic Missile amid the Nuclear Deal
Debalina Ghoshal · 23 Oct, 2015 · #4926 · Commentary
Iran recently test-fired the ‘Emad’, a precision-guided medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The missile has a range of 1700 kms and a payload capacity of 750kgs. Any missile above a 500 kg payload is considered nuclear...
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1974 Land Boundary Agreement
India-Bangladesh Enclave Exchange: Some Concerns
Saumitra Mohan · 20 Oct, 2015 · #4925 · Commentary
The 1974 Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh finally came into force on 01 August 2015. With this, the historical hardship faced by the people who live in 51 Bangladeshi and 111 Indian enclaves, eventually came to an end. ...
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Perspective from Iran
Iran and Russia in Syria: What are the Stakes?
Majid Izadpanahi · 19 Oct, 2015 · #4924 · Commentary
Iran’s Motives
Iran has a number of reasons to prop up Assad, while Iran’s Arab rivals, especially in the Persian Gulf, and Turkey, are supporting the opposition groups including extremists to force him out of office. The fall of Assa...
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India, the International Criminal Court, and al-Bashir
Anirudh Menon · 16 Oct, 2015 · #4923 · Commentary
India’s stance on the International Criminal Court (ICC) has once again come to fore given that New Delhi is set to host Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during the India Africa Summit from 26-29 October 2015, despite al-Bashir being decl...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka and the World: Terrorism and Effective Reconciliation
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera · 12 Oct, 2015 · #4922 · Commentary · Column
“There is no other solution to the Syrian crisis than strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them help in fighting terrorism.”
- Vladimir Putin, President, Russian Federation
With the on...
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The Strategist
What is Strategic Stability?
Vijay Shankar · 12 Oct, 2015 · #4921 · Commentary · Column
The Cold War Paradigm
There is no consensus on the definition of strategic stability nor is there common understanding of what it comprises; it is also reasonable to assume that there probably never will be. Yet, the awkward irony is that n...
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Looking East
Myanmar in New Delhi's Naga Riddle
Wasbir Hussain · 06 Oct, 2015 · #4920 · Commentary · Column
By abrogating a 14-year-long ceasefire and turning its guns once again on the Indian security forces, the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) has robbed New Delhi of its happiness over the signing of an otherw...
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Spotlight West Asia
Prime Minister Modi Finally Begins His Interaction with West Asia*
Ranjit Gupta · 06 Oct, 2015 · #4919 · Commentary · Column
Over the past four decades, the GCC countries have become India’s preeminent oil suppliers, and leading trade partners, with 8 million Indians living and working there who send annual remittances worth $40 billion back home. Indians have b...
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Afghanistan: Takeaways from the Kunduz Offensive
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy · 05 Oct, 2015 · #4918 · Commentary
On 28 September 2015 the Taliban launched an elaborate offensive on Kunduz city, capital of the Kunduz Province. By 29 September 2015 - the Afghan National Unity Government’s (NUG) first anniversary - Kunduz city was overrun by the Tal...
