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Issue 27 – Winter 2019
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U.S. Congress passes resolution H.Res.1169 to promote free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Bangladesh0
- Blog, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 23, 2018
16 December 2018 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1169 Reaffirming the commitment of the United States to promote free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Bangladesh. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 6, 2018 Mr. Keating (for himself, Mr. Yoho, Mr. Engel, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Connolly) submitted the following resolution; which
READ MOREBangladesh Elections: The rhymes of history0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 23, 2018
by William Milam 14 december 2018 Jatiya Oikya Front chief Dr Kamal Hossain speaks to the press after the inauguration of the alliance’s office in Dhaka’s Purana Paltan on December 5 The Daily Star newspaper in Dhaka has published a report on the contents of the draft election manifesto of the coalition of opposition parties
READ MORESri Lanka – Sustaining Democracy 0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 23, 2018
by asanga Abeyagoonasekera 13 December 2018 “It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.” Niccolo Machiavelli, Prince 1532 St. Augustine’s City of God was perhaps the book Sirisena was following since the beginning of his Presidency in 2015. A kind and calm leader from humble beginnings was seen trying to
READ MOREPROFESSOR APARNA BASU: AN OBITUARY FROM A FRIEND TO ONE OF THE FOUNDING EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH ASIA JOURNAL0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 23, 2018
By M. Adil Khan 13 December 2018 Professor Aparna Basu, Ph. D. (Cantab) Emeritus Professor of History, University of Delhi and author of many books died on 3rd December 2018 at the ae of 87 at her Delhi home. Few years back when Mr. Ghulam Suhrwardi, the publisher of the South Asia Journal (SAJ) mooted
READ MOREBangladesh awaits the most important election in December this year0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 10, 2018
By Abdur Rahim 10 December 2018 In December this year, a free and fair election – a rarity in Bangladesh since 2008 – will determine whether the country will follow the path of democracy or authoritarianism. This was the key topic of discussion at the South Asia Journal Special Launching and Seminar at the Woodrow
READ MOREUS Senate resolution potentially changes Middle East dynamics0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 6, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 6 December 2018 A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if adopted and implemented, potentially could change the dynamics of the region’s politics and create an initial exit
READ MORE2018 Bangladesh General Election: A Time for Stock-taking and Pondering the Stakes2
- Commentary, Featured, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- December 3, 2018
By Adil Khan and Habib Zafarullah* 4 December 2018 The 2018 Bangladesh General Election scheduled on December 30, 2018 marks the end of two consecutive terms of the ruling Awami League (AL), first ever by any political party since 1991, the year a combined opposition movement against a decade long dictatorship resurrected and re-introduced
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Nepal must unilaterally terminate treaty of 1950 if India refuses to accept EPGs report0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 30, 2018
by Hari Prasad Shrestha 30 November 2018 According to media reports, India’s unwillingness to accept Nepal India Eminent Persons’ Groups (EPGs) report reconfirms that it is not ready to reset Nepal-India relations in changed regional and global dynamism. Indian prime Minister Modi seems reluctant to receive the report due to pressure of intelligence
READ MOREBook review: China’s Change: The Greatest Show on Earth0
- Blog, Issue 27 – Winter 2019, Reviews
- November 30, 2018
Hugh Peyman World Scientific 2018 978-981-3231-99-3 A review by Humphrey Hawksley LONDON: Hugh Peyman makes a timely argument about how other countries could learn from the rise of China in his book China’s Change: The Greatest Show on Earth. To absorb the argument fully, however, readers must shelve one premise that has long been part of
READ MOREAFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN – HAZARA: THE NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 30, 2018
A group of school children react to seeing themselves on the small screen of a video camera at the Bamyan Regional High School June 6, 2012. (Photo ID: 607641). Image credit: Wikipedia ‘The nonviolent resistance strategy adopted by the Hazara remained unsuccessful in putting an end to their persecution’ This paper will cover how,
READ MOREDisruptions And Democracy: The Sri Lankan Political Crisis Through A Geopolitical Lens0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 30, 2018
by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera 30 November 2018 “The pattern of history cannot be changed. We are the progeny of progression across time and space that shift from small scales to big ones and back again.” John Lewis Gaddis, On Grand Strategy The masterpiece the Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy, clearly
READ MOREArihant First Successful Deterrent Petrol: Dawn of new era or Nothing New but a Hyped Political Statement0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 27, 2018
By: Ahyousha Khan 27 November 2018 Few days ago on the successful completion of the first deterrence petrol of Arihant, which is SSBN (ship submersible ballistic missile nuclear powered) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave statement that now India possesses “credible nuclear deterrence”. There is no doubt that with INS Arihant, India now possess
READ MOREBook review; THUG – This Terrifying Indian Gang Strangled 105 People in One Winter0
- Blog, Issue 27 – Winter 2019, Reviews
- November 26, 2018
Hard cover 356 pages, Publisher: Granta Books (April 30, 2005) Language: English, ISBN-10: 1862076049,ISBN-13: 978-1862076044 Stranglers from the Thuggee sect in Aurangabad prison, drawn by Alphonse de Neuville. SourceComposite: Sean Culligan/OZY. Image: Getty Why you should care Suave, disciplined and ruthless — highwaymen don’t come more effective than Feringeea. Some people are too evil to forget
READ MOREChina reaching deeper and deeper into Nepal0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- November 26, 2018
A planned Himalayan railway connecting China to Nepal will give the landlocked latter nation a vital new trade route but also stir security concerns in neighboring India By Bertil Lintner New Delhi, November 26, 2018 Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli (R) reviews a military honor guard with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great
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