Articles in Courtesy: South Asia Monitor
Damming the Brahmaputra: Is Beijing sending a message to New Delhi?
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 15 Oct , 2016
For India, disturbing news has come from the Himalayas. China has announced that it would block the water of the river Xiabuku, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River (called Yarlung Tsangpo in...
Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Plan: All Talk and Little Action
By: Dr Sanchita Bhattacharya | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 13 Oct , 2016
In implementation of its National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism, the Pakistani government, as reported on September 26, 2016, initiated a widespread fiscal crackdown against over 8,400...
Indus Water Treaty: Should India Turn the Tap Tight?
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 04 Oct , 2016
Ever since the Uri misadventure carried out by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, India has put in cold storage the policy of “strategic restraint” and declared an all-out offensive against...
Connecting Northeast: Key to Asian Sub-Regional Linkages
By: Sudip Bhattacharyya | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 30 Sep , 2016
The third North East Connectivity Summit was organized in Agartala from September 21-23, 2016 against the backdrop of a number of positive developments. These are the unprecedented focus on...
Pakistan will have to Pay a Price for Irresponsible Conduct
By: Amb. Hardeep Singh Puri | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 26 Sep , 2016
Absent good advice, democratically elected leaders are capable of making serious mistakes which have far-reaching repercussions on the future of their country. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz...
Myanmar's Peace Conference: Working to end Decades of Ethnic Strife
By: Obja Borah Hazarika | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 24 Sep , 2016
Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi called for a ‘durable peace’ at the 21st Century Panglong Conference, or Union Peace Conference, on 31 August, 2016. The Panglong Conference, also...
Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar-Economic Corridor: Ushering a New Era...
By: Dr Rupak Bhattacharjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 18 Sep , 2016
Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar-Economic Corridor (BCIM-EC) seeks to deepen friendly cooperation among the four member nations and connect South Asia with South East and East Asia by...
India’s Military Engagement in Afghanistan Could Ruffle Many Feathers
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 14 Sep , 2016
The apprehension has come true. The Taliban has now expressed its displeasure over India’s decision to supply arms to the Afghanistan government. New Delhi has already supplied to Afghanistan...
Pakistan's Next Army Chief: Will Nawaz Sharif Have a Say?
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 09 Sep , 2016
A war of authority between the civil and military authorities of Pakistan over the selection of a new army chief is likely to take place as Raheel Sharif, the incumbent chief of the Pakistan army,...
No Case for Simultaneous NSG Membership for India and Pakistan
By: Dr Manpreet Sethi | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 06 Sep , 2016
In the midst of nearly daily attacks by home grown terrorists on its own populace, Pakistan found a moment of cheer when China engineered an unfavourable consideration of India’s case for...
Modi’s Visit to Vietnam: Re-asserting Freedom of Navigation in Troubled Waters
By: Maj Gen PK Chakravorty | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 02 Sep , 2016
India is extremely fortunate to have a Prime Minister who is leaving no stone unturned to activate our Act East policy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Vietnam on September 3, 2016. From...
China Gets Its Flying Boats: Regional Waters Just Got Murkier
By: Cecil Victor | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 27 Aug , 2016
These were the mainstay of colonial empires east of Suez for many decades. With China announcing its “largest flying boat in the world” and India placing orders for 18 from Japan, the...
India-Pakistan De-Hyphenation: It Has to Begin at Home
By: Tridivesh Singh Maini | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 11 Aug , 2016
Successive Indian governments since the 1990’s have worked hard to de-hyphenate India from Pakistan in their dealings with the outside world. A number of factors, such as the upward economic...
Kashmir Unrest: Pakistani 'Deep State' has its Hands Dirty
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 08 Aug , 2016
The latest revelation of the Pakistani Terrorist Bahadur Ali alias Saiffullah, who was captured alive by the Indian security forces in Kupwara sector, that he had met Hafiz Saeed twice in the...
It is Time to Call Pakistan’s Bluff on Kashmir
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 29 Jul , 2016
The party in power in Islamabad, Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), won 31 out of the 49 seats (direct election is held for only 41 seats) in the assembly elections of Pakistan Occupied...
Chinese Investments in Myanmar: A Dam too Far
By: Obja Borah Hazarika | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 25 Jul , 2016
In 2011, the Thein Sein-led government of Myanmar citing public protests suspended construction work of the USD 3.6 billion hydropower project called the Myitsone Dam, much to China’s chagrin....
Make in India Defence Programme: Easier Said Than Done
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 11 Jul , 2016
The successful induction of the first two Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA) into the Indian Air Force provides the appropriate backdrop to the recent announcement of the Narendra Modi government...
Sharif vs Sharif: Pak Military Wrests Control over Government
By: Jai Kumar Verma | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 05 Jul , 2016
A few days ago, General Raheel Sharif summoned the whole Pakistani cabinet to the Army Headquarters Rawalpindi to discuss foreign policy as well as security of the country. However, Chaudhry...
Greater Economic Interaction can keep SAARC afloat
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 17 Jun , 2016
There is now a distinct possibility that in the 19th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held in Islamabad and Murree in November this year, Pakistan may...
India needs to keep its eyes open, lest it loses Myanmar to China
By: Amitava Mukherjee | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 13 Jun , 2016
China is now all set to gain a major advantage in the strategic scenario of South Asia as Myanmar has awarded contracts to a China-led consortium for constructing a deep-sea port and a special...