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India’s Unmanned Armed Vehicle (UAV) Capabilities0
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- February 9, 2018
By: Ahyousha Khan 9/2/2018 Technology has made it possible for humans to inflict wrath, fire, and fury with bullets and firepower without even being physically present. Unmanned Armed Vehicles (UAV) is one such invention that gets the credit for relieving the human generation from facing the direct impact of their doings. However, simultaneously it
READ MORECrisis in the Maldives: A geopolitical chess gameCrisis in the Maldives: A geopolitical chess game0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- February 8, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 8/2/2018 The outcome of a power struggle in the Maldives that has sparked declaration of an emergency, military control of parliament, and arrests of senior figures, is likely to shape the geopolitical designs of China, India, the United States and Saudi Arabia at a strategic interface of the
READ MORENortheast India: Urging media accountability0
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- February 6, 2018
By Nava Thakuria 7/2/2018 As the alternate media expands its reaches to hundred thousand Indians across the country, thanks to the increasingly cheaper internet connectivity, its restraint, and liability also start surfacing in Public discourses. The limitation and gradually losing credibility of the mainstream media may pave the way for a boosting alternate media, but
READ MOREThe threat to national security: Emergency clamped in the Maldives!0
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- February 5, 2018
– Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal 5/2/2018 The president of the Maldives Abdulla Yameen’s has declared a state of emergency, citing a threat to citizens’ safety and national security, following widespread international condemnation and concerns about its impact on the country’s crucial tourism industry, the government said. The Maldives has declared the State of Emergency for
READ MOREAsia’s dark underbelly: Conflicts threaten long-term stability and development0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- February 5, 2018
By James M. Dorsey A host of conflicts, stretching across the Asian landmass from the Middle East to Southeast Asia and northwest China, are likely to spark violence, complicate economic development, and dash hopes for sustainable stability. The conflicts and tensions range from ethnic strife in Kurdish areas of Syria and Iran, mortally wounded
READ MORENepal: Sufferings from Climate Warming0
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- February 5, 2018
By Hari Prasad Shrestha 5/2/2018 The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most by the effect of climate change compared to the rich countries. The Himalayan country of Nepal has neither plenty of industries nor an excessive quantity of burning fossil fuels; the problem of deforestation is also not very
READ MOREAssessing India’s strategic partnership with Afghanistan: Regional Interests and Future implications0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- February 4, 2018
by Anant Mishra 4/2/2018 In the era of post-World War II, the terror attack on September 11, 2001 instigated a series of “large scale” events that created a dynamic shift in the security initiatives at the international forum. With a sole purpose to “counter and subsequently eliminate” elements of terror, Washington deployed troops in Afghanistan.
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Double-edged sword: Opinion poll shows Trump’s Iran policy risks0
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- February 3, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 3/2/2018 US President Donald J. Trump’s inclination to withdraw from a three-year old international agreement that curbs Iran’s nuclear program is likely to strengthen the country’s hardliners even if the withdrawal would put responsibility for mounting economic and social discontent squarely on the shoulder of President Hassan Rouhani’s government. That is
READ MOREModi government has turned India into a medieval Hindu fundamentalist nation0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- February 1, 2018
By Gaurav Tyagi 1/2/2018 India celebrated its 69th Republic day on 26th January. The political party BJP currently holds power at the center as well as in the majority of Indian provinces. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh provinces governed by BJP moved the Supreme Court of India for a recall of its January 18th order
READ MOREAcademics fear Sri Lanka megaprojct will hit environment0
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- January 31, 2018
Critics claim Port City will worsen flooding and coastal erosion as sand is dredged for land reclamation Sri Lankan academics have criticized a lack of environmental protection in the island nation’s massive Chinese-funded Port City project. They gathered on Jan. 27 at the Cardinal Cooray Center in Negombo. (ucanews.com photo) ucanews.com reporter, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January
READ MORETackling Pakistani madrassas: An uphill struggle0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- January 31, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 31/1/2018 This is an edited version of remarks by James M. Dorsey at the launch in Islamabad on 30 January 2018 of ‘The Role of Madrassas: Assessing Parental Choice, Financial Pipelines and Recent Developments in Religious Education in Pakistan and Afghanistan,’ an extensive study by three Pakistani think tanks
READ MORENepal trusts India much less than China!0
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- January 30, 2018
– Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal 30/1/2018 Like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, Nepal is also, in recent years, tilted towards China, especially for economic, rather than military or even strategic reasons although all of them have made any collative effort on any regional or international issues. Nepal, the landlocked country, which is surrounded
READ MOREModerating Saudi Islam: Government Proposes Tightening Fundraising Rules0
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- January 30, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 30/1/2018 A Saudi draft law could constitute a first indication that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s vow to return the kingdom to a moderate form of Islam will some reshaping of the kingdom’s global funding for Sunni Muslim ultra-conservative educational and cultural facilities as well as militants. The
READ MOREHate crime: A new norm in India0
- Commentary, Issue 24 – Spring 2018
- January 29, 2018
by Muzamil Yaqoob 29/1/2018 In their charge sheet filed in the court of the Rajsamand chief judicial magistrate on Friday, police stated Regar linked Afarajul’s death to love jihad, Article 370, Islamic terrorism so that his illicit relations with the woman would not be discovered. (HT: 15 Jan 2018). The half-burned body of Muslim
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