IDR Blog
Bring Locals to the Peace Table in Kashmir
The problem of Kashmir is a crisis which has been extensively debated within the policy circles, security agencies, on public forums and on TV channels, and yet the Valley and the state response have never failed to surprise the world. Amid arguments, contestations, linear and overlapping perspectives over the recent ongoing cycle of violence...
Pakistan’s New War Cry: ‘Blowback on Pakistan if we target Terrorists’
That Pakistan’s international isolation on terrorism is near complete is clearly visible. Statements emanating from Islamabad, first from ISPR chief Asim Bajwa and then from Advisor on foreign affairs to the PM, Sartaj Aziz, suggest that Pakistan is getting desperate, like a drowning swimmer, not to drown in its own sorrows. Gen Bajwa,...
IS: Enemy at the Gates?
14 Jul 2016, France yet again suffered the dastardly terrorist attack carried out by a lone wolf in the truest sense. The French were enjoying the Firework celebrations at Nice commemorating the storming of the Bastille, in Jul 1789. In the following August feudalism was abolished, with the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the...
Philippine Naval Weakness Hampers Response to South China Sea Award
The July 12, 2016 award in the South China Sea Arbitration, which should have sparked elation in the Philippines, was greeted with a sombre, cautious and muted reaction, with Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr. calling for “restraint and sobriety”. It was impossible to imagine a more decisive legal victory for the Philippines, as the...
10 high powered SUVs dispatched to LAC with China in Ladakh: Major Boost for ITBP in Rugged Mountains
In another attempt to match the strength of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Union Home Ministry has dispatched 29 next generation High Powered Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China in five States, the highest number being 10 in Eastern Ladakh sector. The vehicles, which were likely to...