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  • India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill: A descent into theocracy0

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    • December 18, 2019

    By Edmond Roy December 16, 2019 A new law that threatens to exclude Muslims from citizenshipupends the idea of a nation built on liberty and equality. It’s a testament to India’s founding fathers that the country is home to more than 200 million Muslims, and it has been a source of pride for many Indians

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  • In Sri Lanka, the Rajapaksas will rule ruthlessly0

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    • November 27, 2019

    The election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa augurs a return to theabuses and anti-democratic tendencies of his brother’s regime. 26 Nov 2019 www.lowyinstitute.org Gotabaya Rajapaksa was sworn in as president of Sri Lanka on 18 November. He served as secretary to the ministry of defense when his brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, ruled the country, from 2005 to 2015.

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  • To take – not retake ­– “Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir”0

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    • September 26, 2019

    CHRISTOPHER SNEDDEN  26 September 2019 Is this just more chest-beating by India’s politicians,or speculation we should take seriously? Increasingly, we are seeing reports that senior Indian politicians want India to obtain what New Delhi calls “Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir” (POK). It’s hard to know how seriously to take such remarks. Some Indians certainly aspire to reunify India

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  • Geopolitical moves in Jammu and Kashmir have a local cost, too6

    RUTH GAMBLE  ALEXANDER DAVIS 14 August 2019 The planned dissolution not only creates a regionaldisturbance, but tips the balance against minority rights. The mixed reaction to the Indian government’s planned dissolution of the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, which has been approved and will take place on 31 October this year, demonstrates yet again the

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  • The bittersweet pill in the Australia-India sugar stoush0

    Natasha Jha Bhaskar 31 July 2019 The WTO fight over India’s sugar subsidies is a chance forNew Delhi to encourage farmers into more profitable crops. Over the past few months, sugar has featured prominently in India’s political and economic discussion. Countries such as Australia, Brazil and Guatemala are upset with the Indian government’s subsidies to

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  • Iran’s dangerous gamble0

    Mahmoud Pargoo 10 July 2019 Hardliners in Tehran might underestimate Washington’sreluctance to fight while overestimating their control at home. Iran has announced that it has exceeded its enriched uranium limit under the nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. This follows the decision in May 2018 when the Trump

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  • China’s Belt and Road Initiative: status report0

    Peter McCawley Some projects will succeed. Others will fail. And in theend, China will likely find the political gain is quite mixed. 10 Jul 2019 China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) continues to attract much comment. To some, it is a threat – proof that China’s aim is to extend Chinese global influence. To

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  • Belt and Road: colonialism with Chinese characteristics0

    Anthony Kleven 8 May 2019 In Beijing’s scramble for Africa, history is repeating and locals are once again missing out. Although China’s top-ranking diplomat Yang Jiechi has repeatedly assured the world that his country’s supreme foreign policy project, the Belt and Road (BRI), “does not play little geopolitical games”, many governments believe this is exactly what

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  • Myanmar: pariah status no bar to defence modernisation0

    Andrew Selth 8 May 2019 Despite criticisms, sanctions and embargoes, Myanmar isstrengthening military ties with neighbours and friends. It has been more than two years since military “clearance operations” against Myanmar’s Rohingyas began in October 2016. Since then, the international community has relied on public criticism, unilateral sanctions and a range of measures in the

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  • India: encouraging the rainbow vote0

    Kaveri Devi Mishra 8 May 2019 Despite efforts to ensure truly representative elections,India’s sexual minority groups still feel marginalised. As the mammoth task of elections in India continue up to a 19 May deadline, the nation’s election commission is seeking a full turnout of the population – including the often marginalised LGBTQI community. For the first time, transgender

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  • Hope, despair and the new normal in Myanmar0

    The Reuters case is about more than press freedom but alsorelations between Myanmar and the international community. by Melissa Crouch 8 May 2019 Human rights advocates had a rare chance to celebrate on Tuesday as two local Reuters journalists in Myanmar were released from prison. Their situation is viewed by the international community as a

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  • Sri Lanka attacks: Still many puzzles to solve0

    Rodger Shanahan 1.5.19 If NTJ is responsible for this complex, multi-target suicide attack, it probably got external help. Officials inspect the damaged St. Sebastian’s Church after co-ordinated explosions on April 21, 2019 in Negombo, north of Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Photo: Stringer/Getty) It is very early in the aftermath of the Sri Lanka terrorist attacks and

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  • The Strategic Consequence of the Diego Garcia Dispute0

    By Dr. Bec Strating 30 March 2019 At the end of last month, the African archipelago nation of Mauritius secured an important legal victory in its territorial and maritime disputes against its former coloniser, the United Kingdom. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) produce an advisory opinion that rejected the UK’s claims to sovereignty over

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  • Violence in Myanmar: look elsewhere than Security Council0

    Rohingya refugees attempt to escape Myanmar (Photo: Jordi Bernabeu Farrús via Flickr) By Rebecca Barber 6 March 2019 12:30 A call for practical action to end sexual violence in conflict Last week the UN Security Council was briefed yet again on the situation in Myanmar. This time the message was presented by the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy Christine Schraner

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