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Bodo Problem in Assam has Broader Security Implications
Amitava Mukherjee | 18 Aug , 2016 0 comments

The massacre of 14 people in Kokrajhar, Assam and identification of the body of the slain terrorist as that of Manjar Isleri, a self-styled area commander of the 16th battalion of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB Songbijit) faction, confirm that successive governments in New Delhi and in Assam have done precious little to solve...

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Whither Turkey?
KP Fabian | 18 Aug , 2016 0 comments

Turkey is going where President Erdogan wants to take it to, as those who do not agree with him are too intimidated to stand in his way. To figure out Erdogan’s plans, we have to look critically at both what he has done in Turkey after the coup collapsed and his foreign policy moves before and after the failed coup a month ago. Erdogan...

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Balochistan in India’s Pakistan Policy: Time to up the Ante
Monish Gulati | 17 Aug , 2016 0 comments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort in New Delhi would have endeared him to the ‘hawks’ in the Indian foreign policy establishment as he came out openly in support of “freedom” for Pakistan’s restive border province of Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied (administered) Kashmir (PoK). “I...

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Winning the Raja Post from Pakistan

This article was first published on Newslaundry: Read original article here: http://www.newslaundry.com/2016/07/08/winning-the-raja-post-from-pakistan/ Drama, heroism, delirium — it’s all there in one of the most heroic infantry attacks in Indian military history. In 1947-48, India wasn’t able to hold on to the Uri – Poonch link...

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In China’s Security Lap, Pakistan can turn even more Roguish

When Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaking at the recent SAARC Home and Interior Ministers Conference in Islamabad stated, “if we are to rid ourselves of terrorism, we will have to genuinely believe that attempts to distinguish between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ terrorists are misleading”, he was echoing what Afghan President Ashraf...

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