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Kashmir: walking the line0
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- June 13, 2018
BY Stuti Bhatnagar* 7 June 2018 Perhaps the biggest casualty of the current state of India–Pakistan relations has been Kashmir, where issues regarding territory, autonomy, and cross-border confrontations have been a long-standing flashpoint between the two countries. Recent times have seen total disregard for the 2003 ceasefire at points known as the Line of Control, which
READ MOREGunfights” in Bangladesh0
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- June 13, 2018
Gunfights” in Bangladesh Members of Rapid Action Battalion, RAB, in Dhaka, Bangladesh BY Syed Badrul Ahsan* 13 June 2018 In the past three weeks, no fewer than 130 people have died in what Bangladesh’s security forces have described as “gunfights”. The police and other forces, such as the Rapid Action Battalion, used this term to
READ MORERohingya: UN takes a cautious step forward in Myanmar0
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- June 6, 2018
BY Aaron L Connelly @ConnellyAL 7 June 2018 For months, Myanmar has sought a deal with the United Nations, to validate its assertions that is prepared to facilitate the “safe, voluntary, and dignified return” of Rohingya refugees in camps in Bangladesh. In an arrangement struck late Thursday night, two UN agencies agreed
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The Indian Ocean Base Race0
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- February 15, 2018
Joint Chinese-Djibouti naval exercise, 2015 (file image courtesy PLAN) By The Lowy Interpreter 2018-02-14 [By David Brewster] It seems that we are in the middle of a base race across the Indian Ocean. The latest move, reported on Tuesday, involves an agreement to give India access to naval facilities in Oman, close to the Strait of Hormuz. This
READ MOREChina’s New Network of Indian Ocean Bases0
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- February 2, 2018
Gwadar Port (file image) By The Lowy Interpreter 2018-01-31 18:52:00 [By David Brewster] According to recent reports, China may be about to construct a naval and air base near Gwadar, in west Pakistan. This would be China’s second base in the Indian Ocean and indicates that it may be moving fast to establish a network of
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