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Chinese Inroads into Bhutan: Diplomatic Gimmick or Strategic Reality?

The question of Sino-Bhutan diplomatic relations, which is essentially linked to a settled boundary line between the two countries, is a matter of strategic choice for Bhutan.

Medha Bisht
August 14, 2012
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Japan-South Korea Diplomatic Standoff over Takeshima/Dokdo

Irritants like the Dokdo/Takeshima issue, if allowed to linger further, will affect Japan-South Korea relations including the security cooperation they have envisaged given common regional security concerns.

The Libyan Crisis and the Western Sahel: Emerging Security Issues

This Backgrounder focuses on recent events in the West African Sahel, and highlights emerging security issues against the background of events following the Libyan revolution.

The Persecuted Rohingyas of Myanmar: Need for Political Accommodation and India`s Role

While India is not immediately affected by the Rohingya refugee migration from Myanmar, it cannot be oblivious to the regional dimensions of such human migrations based on ethnic discontent.

Gautam Sen
August 13, 2012
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Robot now, Human Later: America’s Mars Dream

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

Ajey Lele
August 09, 2012
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Robot now, Human Later: America’s Mars Dream

The US will undertake a manned mission to Mars to once again demonstrate its supremacy as well as to demonstrate the limitations of China’s rise.

Ajey Lele
August 09, 2012
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Violence in the Bodo Areas: Deciphering the Causes

The need of the hour is to activate a clean and transparent record keeping of land by the state so that violence based on the fear of outsiders forcibly taking away the most precious commodity, land, can be effectively averted.

Namrata Goswami
August 09, 2012
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Alienated People and an Overcautious state in China’s Xinjiang

While China’s desire for economic prosperity in Xinjiang may be achievable, it has not seemingly found any solution to the sense of alienation felt by the local Uighurs.

Avinash Godbole
August 09, 2012
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Japan’s Defence White Paper 2012 and China’s Critical Response

Like in the 2011 edition of the Defence White Paper, this year too, the report warns that China’s military movements are “a matter of concern” for the Asian region and the international community, and “should require prudent analysis.”

Yongxing Island: China’s Diego Garcia in the South China Sea?

China’s decision to set up a military garrison on the Yongxing Island and creating a city administration could be seen as a step in firstly expanding its military reach, secondly strengthening its claims in the South China Sea, and thirdly countering the US rebalance towards the region.