Interviews/Spotlights
Uri, Surgical Strikes and International Reactions
By: Vivek Chadha, Rumel Dahiya, Neha Kohli and Shruti Pandalai | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 05 Oct , 2016
The Uri Terrorist Attack On September 18, 2016, four terrorists belonging to the Pakistani jihadi group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) struck at an Indian Army camp in Uri. The camp housed more than the...
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...
China’s One-Road-One Belt Initiative: A New Model of Global Governance
By: Mukul Sanwal | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 03 Oct , 2016
South Asia is the least integrated region in the world, and that is not in line with global trends. This is a major reason constraining India’s economic potential and its re-emergence as a...
Post Uri: Moving For a Coherent Policy towards Pakistan
By: Bhaskar Roy | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 02 Oct , 2016
The Pak-based terrorist attack on the Indian army camp in Uri on September 18, which killed 19 Indian soldiers, has hit a raw nerve in India. This audacious, well planned attack across the LOC...
India’s ‘Surgical Strike’ Across the LoC: A Preliminary Assessment
By: Angshuman Choudhury | Issue: Courtesy: IPCS | Date: 01 Oct , 2016
On 29 September 2016, the Indian Army’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) announced that India had conducted overnight pre-emptive ‘surgical strikes’ against terrorist targets along...
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...
Russia’s Unfriendly Political Signalling to India on Pakistan
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Date: 29 Sep , 2016
Russia’s promiscuous relationship with Pakistan while at the same time professing enduring commitment to its long-standing ‘Special Strategic Partnership’ with India should no longer fool...
Towards Solving Problems in the Kashmir Valley
By: Lt Gen NS Bawa | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Sep , 2016
The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil for nearly three months now following the killing of Burhan Wani – a terrorist – by the security forces. Efforts by the ruling political parties at the...
China-Russia ‘Joint Sea-2016’ Drill: Timely Convergence or Strong Signal?
By: Dr Rajeev Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 27 Sep , 2016
Chinese and Russian navies concluded their week-long “Joint Sea-2016” drill from 13-19 September 2016. These are the fifth Sino-Russian ‘Joint Sea’ drills since 2012. They are the single...
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...
Panchsheel: It is right for Our Country, for Asia and for the World or Born...
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 25 Sep , 2016
The ‘Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between Tibet Region of China and India’ was signed April 29, 1954 in Beijing. It has remained (in) famous for its preamble, containing the Five...
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...
Pakistan Army Chief’s Adventurism 2016 and India’s Options
By: Dr Subhash Kapila | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Analysis Group | Date: 23 Sep , 2016
Pakistan Army Chiefs have compulsively resorted to Kashmir-centric military adventurism against India based on flawed and misconceived assessments on Kashmir Valley being ripe for secession from...
What after Uri attack?
By: KN Pandita | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2016
All five permanent members of Security Council have condemned the attack on Uri army camp. However, their language is not the same and condemnation messages are carefully worded. For example,...
Terrorist Attacks and Our Border Management
By: Rakesh Kr Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2016
A group of Jaish-e-Mohammad fidayeens attacked an Indian infantry installation at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir at the wee hours on 18th Sept 2016 in which 17 Army jawans were killed and 19 others...
Not all Goliaths are Bullies
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Sep , 2016
A recent issue of weekly magazine, Outlook, carried an article on Kashmir by Dr. Ashish Nandy, whom the magazine refers to as “India’s foremost public intellectual and renowned political...
Intelligence Key to Fighting Terrorism
By: Brig NK Bhatia, SM (Retd) | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 19 Sep , 2016
In a very significant statement in Parliament on 16 March 2016, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stated that “intelligence build-up cannot take place overnight”. Referring to the setting up...
Uri Attack: Government Must Act and Act Fast
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 19 Sep , 2016
The terror attack in Uri is part of a well calibrated game plan designed by Pakistan to escalate the threshold of violence in Jammu and Kashmir. Fidayeen (Suicide) squads of terrorists have been...
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-Vietnam Relations Elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
By: Sumit Kumar | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 18 Sep , 2016
India’s foreign policy towards East Asia has witnessed a marked shift over the last two years, with the government intent on transforming India’s relations with this part of the world under...