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Pulwama attack- Balanced Public Opinion in Time of Crisis0
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- February 24, 2019
by Manoj Kumar 24 February 2019 The nationalist and patriotic fervor in India after Pulwama attack is quiet understandable. The overreach of electronic media has made it possible to bring the images of that horrific incident to the drawing room of every citizen of country and across the globe. And even more live was social
READ MORESaudis’ Yemeni headache won’t go away if and when the guns fall silent0
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- February 24, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 24 February 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Edited remarks at Stand with Yemen Symposium and Exhibition 23 February 2019 These are tough times for Saudi Arabia. The drama enveloping the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the brutal way
READ MOREIdentity, Intimidation, and Alienation of Kashmiri students in India0
- Commentary, Issue 28 – Spring 2019
- February 23, 2019
by Bilal Majid 23 February 2019 The death of more than 40 CRPF personals in the Pulwama attack on 14 February would have undeniably vexed every conscious being who despises violence and war. For Kashmir and its people, this bloodshed wasn’t a new occurrence; it was recurring feature in the last three decades. In these
READ MORETHE SURROGACY LAW IN INDIA: ANATHEMA TO A PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDE0
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- February 23, 2019
Surrogacy, as an occupation, demands regulations and not a blanket ban! Anmol Jain and Aditya Saraswat[i] Introduction It would not be wrong to state that the last winter session of the 16th Lok Sabha has been quite a roller-coaster ride. It has seen forceful arguments, astonishing debates amid regular disruptions and walk-outs with blames and
READ MOREBangladesh doesn’t want Shamima Begum. Here’s why it might have to take her0
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- February 22, 2019
David Bergman 23 February 2019 Whatever the arguments over the Government’s decision to revoke Isis bride Shamima Begum’s British citizenship, the teenager’s future now depends on one thing: will the courts determine she is a dual national who is eligible for Bangladeshi citizenship? If so, Sajid Javid’s decision is lawful, as this means that the loss
READ MORESri Lanka at Crossroads – Book review0
- Commentary, Issue 28 – Spring 2019, Reviews
- February 22, 2019
Unlike other great Island nations like the United Kingdom and Japan, Sri Lanka occupies a unique position as a super connector in fast developing Asia. In the ancient world known as Taprobane, under the name of the “land of the Antichthones,” was long looked upon as another world. The name was entirely unknown in Europe
READ MOREIndia: We Should Have Seen This India-Pakistan Crisis Coming0
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- February 22, 2019
The crisis was predictable. How both sides get out of it isn’t. BY MICHAEL KUGELMAN | FEBRUARY 22, 2019 It has been more than a week since a young militant in the district of Pulwama in the India-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir drove a car packed with 750 pounds of explosives into a convoy of Indian paramilitary
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Historical ironies; William Milam wonders if Sheikh Mujibur Rahman really understood what he had set in motion0
- Commentary, Issue 28 – Spring 2019
- February 22, 2019
by William MilamFebruary 22, 2019 About two years ago, when a friend and I were discussing Bangladesh politics and history over dinner, he mentioned to me a puzzling historical factoid: the last act of the effort to save a United Pakistan took place in Dhaka in March 1971. It involved tense and difficult negotiations between
READ MORESouth Asian Geopolitics: Saudi Arabia: 1 Iran: 0?0
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- February 21, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 21 February 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr It may be reading tea leaves but analysis of the walk-up to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit and his sojourn in Islamabad suggests that Pakistan may be about to fight
READ MOREKashmir: The Best Tribute to the Slain is the Solution of Conflict0
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- February 21, 2019
By: Aabid Rehman Pala 21 February 2019 “Death of a militant, civilian or an army personal is a human loss. It should never be celebrated because nothing can be achieved through it. It only desolate a house, widow a woman and orphan many children. So to celebrate this occasion is never a human quality.” The Lethpora Pulwama attack
READ MOREFor how long Kashmiris will suffer0
- Commentary, Issue 28 – Spring 2019
- February 20, 2019
Aijaz Ahmad Turrey 20 February 2019 On Thursday14 February 2019, a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) convoy was moving from Jammu to Srinagar was for the first time attacked by a suicide bomber with an explosive laden vehicle near Awantipora, Pulwama Kashmir. The attack resulted in the death of 49 CRPF personnel. The responsibility for the attack was claimed by the
READ MOREKashmir puts Chinese counterterrorism on the defensive0
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- February 20, 2019
By James M. Dorsey 20 February 2019 A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Heightened tension in Kashmir and evidence of a Chinese military presence on the Tajik and Afghan side of their border with China’s troubled north-western province of Xinjiang are putting on display contradictions
READ MOREIs Imran Khan A Stooge Of Pakistan’s Military?0
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- February 19, 2019
By Nauman Sadiq 19 February 2019 During Imran Khan’s four-month sit-in and political demonstrations in front of the parliament in Islamabad from August to December 2014, the allegations of election rigging and the demand for electoral reforms were simply a smokescreen. A question would naturally arise in the minds of curious observers of Pakistan’s politics that what prompted
READ MOREBangladesh: ‘Godfathers’ surrender but meth keeps flowing0
- Commentary, Issue 28 – Spring 2019
- February 18, 2019
Bangladeshi men who surrendered to authorities and admitted involvement in the drug trade sit in front of police in Teknaf, a border town next to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, on February 16, 2019. Photo: AFP The surrender of dozens of drug dealers has failed to fully stem the flow of ‘yaba’ into Bangladesh By BERTIL LINTNER, CHIANG
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