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Sri Lanka: A RAW deal, yet again!0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 18, 2018
N Sathiya Moorthy 18 October 2018 Whether Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans can live without the northern neighbour India, they just cannot live without naming India’s external intelligence agency, ‘Research and Analysis Wing’, R&AW, popularly known as RAW, for most if not all their woes. This has been proved one more time this week with news
READ MORE‘Forever war’ in Afghanistan fading from Americans’ memory0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 15, 2018
Michael Kugelman October 10, 2018 Sunday marked the 17th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. The conflict has dragged on for so long that, very soon, America’s youngest soldiers could be fighting in a war that began before they were born. Aside from a series of news articles, this 17-year milestone didn’t
READ MOREThe Pacific interests of India and China0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 9, 2018
by GAURI AGARWAL 9 October 2018 The 21st Century is described as the Pacific Century to denote the significant role the Pacific island countries are going to play in the global political, trade and strategic realms in the coming decades. The region has been an important geostrategic area with powers competing with other
READ MOREPakistan-US Relations: Resettlement or Re-Stalemate0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 6, 2018
by Hareem Aqdas 5 October 2018 Pakistan-US relations have witnessed a severe decline especially after January 2018. Earlier this month, US Secretary of State, Mr. Mike Pompeo, who was accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen Joseph Dunford, stayed in Islamabad for nearly five hours during which he met Prime
READ MOREBhutan’s Happiness Saga0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- October 2, 2018
Photo credit: Uplift Connect Rashed Nabi 2 October 2018 Bhutan ardently advocates for happiness as the ultimate measure of a nation’s progress, but its own happiness record is barely persuasive of it. In the 2018 rankings of the World Happiness Report (WHR), it was ranked in underperforming 97th place out of 156
READ MOREThe Geopolitics of Ports and the Silk Road of the Sea0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 30, 2018
By Asanga Abeyagoonasekera* 30 September 2018 “The age of the west is at a crossroads, if not at an end” Peter Frankopan The expertise of a country’s diplomats and the effectiveness of its armed forces are not the only variables determining its rise. Geographical factors must also be considered.
READ MOREWhy Human rights crisis in India will continue0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 30, 2018
by Amit Singh 30 September 2018 The rise of nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, came to power in India in 2014 has brought immense trouble for human rights activist, human rights defender and to those critical to government policies. The anti-human rights attitude of Modi government is
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Change in Leaderships in small South Asian Countries: Their Implications are understood with reference to India and China0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 30, 2018
Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra, 30 September 2018 The ripples of change in leadership have traversed from Nepal to Bhutan onto the Maldives. However, their implications have been understood primarily with reference to India and China given their size, economy and predominant roles they have been playing in these strategically vital countries. These countries are not
READ MORECourage under Fire: Kashmir’s Emerging Perilous Narrative0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 27, 2018
by Dr Adfer Shah 27 September 2018 Cops kill them; they (rebels/militants) kill the cops. The courage is under fire, the livelihood at stake, the mothers are wailing, appealing to militants hands folded on social media after abductions of their sons with least hope that their sons return alive.
READ MOREMaldives: Ibu wins big, has his tasks cut out0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 24, 2018
Former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (left) is congratulated by supporters of the opposition leader and presidential candidate at a hotel in Colombo, as their candidate was set to win. — AFP N Sathiya Moorthy 24 September 2018 In a historic and unprecedented poll, Maldives voted yet again the (Joint) Opposition candidate, Ibrahim Mohammed ‘Ibu’
READ MOREIndo-Bangladesh Relations: Possible Implications of the Friendship Pipeline Project0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 22, 2018
Dr. Manoj Kumar Mishra Addressing underdevelopment has been an issue of priority for Bangladesh. Despite being a smaller country in the South Asian landscape, it took the first step towards forging regional cooperation ahead and it was the former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman who made the first concrete proposal for establishing a framework for
READ MORECivil Nuclear Cooperation between India, Russia, and Bangladesh: Implication for Pakistan0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 16, 2018
by Asia Maqsood 16 September 2018 India signed a tripartite agreement for the first time with Russia and Bangladesh for civil nuclear cooperation on March 1, 2018. Nuclear Power Cooperation of India Limited (NPCIL) is intended to play an active role in the construction of a nuclear power plant with the proposed supply
READ MOREUnited States: Peace Broker or War Monger?0
- Commentary, Issue 27 – Winter 2019
- September 16, 2018
by Shabbir Kazmi 16 September 2018 On Friday, 14th September 2018 I was among the audience who were invited by Institute of Business Administration (IBA) Karachi to a talk led by Dr. Moeed Yusuf, Associate Vice President, Asia Centre, United States Institute of Peace. The other two worthy speakers were former Defence
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