China and Xinjiang: Kunming incident
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That China is facing increasing dissidence in recent times in its minority areas is a statement of fact that needs no additional corroboration. This dissidence is particularly acute in both...
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Upcoming elections in Iraq: Prospects and Challenges
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Amidst political instability, violence, economic disequilibrium and social chaos, Iraq is gearing up for the general elections on April 30, 2014. This will be the first parliamentary election after the...
Read MoreTalks with Taliban: war by other means
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Talks with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have occupied the centre-stage in Pakistani politics today. However, these talks are not new. The state of Pakistan has had so many deals with the...
Read MoreIndia-China talks: why soft border is not an option
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The Special Representatives (SR) talks between India and China on February 11, 2014, the seventeenth in the series that commenced in 2003, to find a political settlement to the boundary...
Read MoreUkraine’s road to stabilization goes through Moscow
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The situation is unfolding rapidly in Ukraine. Recent developments raise some fundamental questions. Can Ukraine remain united? Is Europe going to face another war? There are no immediate answers. But...
Read MoreNeed for action plan to counter KLO
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The Kamtapur movement has been simmering for quite some time. The movement, led by the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO), formed in 1995, had carried out at least three violent attacks...
Read MoreShinzo Abe’s Visit to India: Reviewing the Strategic Partnership
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The India-Japan summit level meeting held on 25 January 2014 and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s presence as the chief guest of India’s Republic Day parade the following day marked the...
Read MoreIndia’s Interim Defence Budget 2014-15: An Appraisal
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On February 17, 2014, the Finance Minister while presenting the Interim Union Budget 2014-15 to the Parliament, allocated Rs 2,24,000 crore (US$ 37.15 billion as per the prevailing average exchange...
Read MorePolitical Turmoil in Bangladesh Likely to Continue
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Bangladesh has been facing political turbulence for more than a year now. To press the demand for the installation of a non- partisan interim administration to supervise elections, the opposition...
Read MoreMaoist Finances: Sources, Methods of Collection and Utilization
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Naxalites of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), or Maoists in short, founded in September 2004, is the largest and most lethal Naxalite outfit in India having a presence ––...
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