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Unrest In The Pakistan Army?
June 23 , 2011
Views: 3478
Never, since the 1971 War debacle, has the self- image and public perception of the Pakistani Army reached such a nadir. Operation Neptune Spear – the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, turned th...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Great Expectations: Indo-French Defence Relations
June 23 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 6789
The shortlisting of the French Rafale and the Eurofighter as the two final contenders for the $10 billion MMRCA deal puts a renewed spotlight on Indo-French defense cooperation, particularly as the US a...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

India’s Stalled Reforms
June 22 , 2011 Chietigij Bajpaee
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Conventional wisdom would dictate that the weakening of hard-line communist parties in recent state elections should have been a boon for the country’s reform agenda. But these polls have also reaffirme...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

China and Vietnam: Delicate Balance of Natural Allies
June 20 , 2011 Debasish Chaudhuri
Views: 4585
The recent row between Vietnam and China in the South China Sea is yet another illustration of ‘peaceful rise of China’. It began in the last week of May and continued through second week of June, when ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

India-China-Japan Relations and the Weakness of Japanese Diplomacy
June 20 , 2011 Prof. Michimi Muranushi
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A good example of the weakness of Japanese diplomacy　is　the　resurgence　of　territorial　dispute　between　China　and　Japan　in　September　2010. Since August 2010, there have been an increasing num...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

India's relations with the US and Russia
June 10 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 14580
During the Cold War when US and the Soviet Union were acknowledged as superpowers, with monstrous nuclear arsenals at their command, vying with each other internationally, with competing ideologies and ...

Russia, International Relations and Diplomacy

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