Articles By Dr S Chandrasekharan
Myanmar: Peace Mission’s Second Meeting with Northern Alliance- A Positive...
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 04 Nov , 2018
In what could be described as a positive step, Representatives of the Northern Alliance consisting of TNLA, AA and the MNDAA met the Myanmar Peace Mission on 1st November and reached an agreement...
Sri Lanka: President Sirisena Joining hands with the Man he ousted
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 02 Nov , 2018
On 26th October, President Sirisena summarily dismissed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and appointed former President Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place. In order to gain time to have a majority...
Myanmar: New Initiative by Ethnic Armed Organisations-Will it work?
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 24 Oct , 2018
In what is being considered as a breakthrough, State Counselor Suu Kyi, Army Chief Ming Aung Hliang and selected leaders of Ethnic Armed Organisations are to hold talks on 15th of this month, to...
Myanmar-International Pressure and Consequent China’s Gains
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 07 Oct , 2018
Of late, the media in Myanmar is full of articles of possible Coup, failure of the Government, the international pressure on the Rohingya Issue and consequent bad relations between the Tatmadaw...
Myanmar Under Siege: Give Suu Kyi some Respite!
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 17 Sep , 2018
The Myanmar Government appears to be coming under a siege mainly by the international organizations and some western countries. If their idea is to throw Myanmar back into the arms of the Chinese,...
Indo-Pak Meet under Indus Water Treaty: “Nothing Changes”
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 07 Sep , 2018
The Indus Water Commissioners from India and Pakistan met in Lahore for two days on 29th and 30th of August in Lahore. This meet under the IWT (Indus Water Treaty) was scheduled to meet twice a...
Pakistan’s Water Woes: Don’t Blame India
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 15 Aug , 2018
Daily Pakistan of July 29, 2018 carried a very detailed article on the water crisis in Pakistan and it said that the challenges faced by Pakistan in the shape of water scarcity and absence of...
Myanmar: China-Myanmar Economic Corridor- Another “Hambantota” in the...
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 13 Aug , 2018
In the first week of July, Myanmar formally announced that China and Myanmar have agreed to a 15-point Memorandum of Understanding on building a China-Myanmar Economic Corridor as part of the Belt...
Nepal: Five Months of Oli’s Rule: A Disappointment?
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 10 Aug , 2018
K.P.Oli took over as Prime Minister in mid February. It is still too early to judge his performance in five months of his rule. Yet, all indicators point to a disappointing performance. The...
Myanmar- 3rd Panglong Conference- A Failure
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 31 Jul , 2018
After four postponements, the third Panglong Peace Conference finally took off on 11th June at Naypidaw with over 700 delegates attending the Conference. Besides those who signed the National...
Nepal: PM Oli’s China Visit: View from India
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 16 Jul , 2018
Prime Minister Oli’s five day visit to China from 19th June is said to have been a very successful one. Oli stayed in Beijing for three days after which he flew to Lhasa for another two days...
Myanmar- Pressure on Civilian Government uncalled for
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 03 Jul , 2018
It is noticed that the UN and some Western Countries are putting undue pressure on the civilian leadership in Myanmar thus straining the delicate and cautious relationship between the civilian...
Myanmar: Army- Civil Relations and Insurgency
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 20 Jun , 2018
On 29th May, in response to a question from the Irrawaddy’s Representative, the Permanent Secretary of the Defence Ministry, Brigadier General Aung Kyaw dropped a bomb shell that the Tatmadaw...
Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project in J&K: India Should stand firm on its Rights
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 13 Jun , 2018
On Pakistan’s insistence, the issue had gone for arbitration twice in 2010 and 2013. Pakistani officialdom and the media have once again begun the demand for arbitration though the issue was...
Myanmar: Agreement with UN for settling Rohingya Refugees Announced
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 04 Jun , 2018
On 1st June, Myanmar announced that it had agreed to take steps to create conditions for the safe return of the Rohingya refugees. The agreement calls for a framework of cooperation that will...
Myanmar - Peace Process in Ruins - Who is Responsible?
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 25 May , 2018
An editorial in Irrawaddy of 17th May, while discussing Myanmar’s failing peace noted that the recent clashes with insurgents demonstrate that the ethnic groups are losing faith in the current...
Myanmar: Time to focus on Economy
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 20 Apr , 2018
With the Cease fire process as well as the desired progress in Constitutional reforms going no where, it is but natural, that the Government of Suu Kyi is trying rearrange the priorities and focus...
Myanmar: Army continues its Offensive against Kachins- a setback to Peace...
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 28 Mar , 2018
In our paper 6350 dated 19 Feb 2018 we have mentioned that fighting between the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) and the Kachins had intensified and that the offensive instead of bringing around the KIA to...
Myanmar - the State of the Peace Process - Not Very Encouraging
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 21 Feb , 2018
Renewed and intensive fighting between the Armed Forces and the KIA, Marginalisation of the UNFC, rigid and inflexible stand of both Tatmadaw and China supported FPNCC and increasingly open...
Maldives: Free Trade Agreement with China: Regional Impact
By: Dr S Chandrasekharan | Date: 03 Jan , 2018
Of the twelve agreements signed with China, during the recent visit of President Yameen to China, the Free trade agreement signed between them is the most important one. Surprisingly, the...