The landslide victory of Awami League in Bangladesh elections created hope of revival of the 1972 constitution of which secularism was an important element. The government of Shaikh Hasina is trying to deal with this issue in a cautious manner.

• Anand Kumar
• January 19, 2010
• Comment

Unless Baloch nationalists get their act together in pursuit of ‘achievable nationhood’, it will be only a matter of time before this latest upsurge in Balochistan will be brutally crushed.

• Sushant Sareen
• January 19, 2010
• Comment

Bhutan and China have decided on a joint field survey to enable harmonising the reference points and names of the disputed areas.

• Medha Bisht
• January 19, 2010
• Comment

The issue of Bangladeshi illegal migration has troubled the state of Assam for decades now. Assamese political and social discourses fear that this unchecked migration from across the border will subvert their way of life and change the demographic profile of the state in the near future.

• Namrata Goswami
• January 14, 2010
• Issue Brief

India should clarify through actions and words that it has no intention of interfering in Nepal, that it respects Nepal’s sovereignty and that it is ready to work with any dispensation in Nepal for furthering mutual security and economic concerns.

• Nihar R. Nayak
• January 13, 2010
• Comment

If India indeed considers itself to be a rising power, it cannot remain a passive in the face of instability all around it.

• Ramesh Phadke
• January 12, 2010
• Comment

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is visiting India on January 10, 2009. Both India and Bangladesh are looking foward to resolving some of the key bilateral issues. In the light of the new political climate in Bangladesh ever since Sheikh Hasina returned to power, what are the options for India?

• Sreeradha Datta
• January 06, 2010
• Issue Brief

It would appear that for the moment at least the TINA factor operates in favour of the Zardari/Gilani combine especially if they continue to occupy their offices without wielding any real power.

• Sushant Sareen
• December 30, 2009
• Comment

That the ISI patron is now becoming the victim of jehadi terrorism does not bode well for Pakistan, which now has to recast the agency’s role and organizational ethos to contain the Taliban.

• Harinder Singh
• December 24, 2009
• Comment

Getting the hard core Taliban to concede the fight without loss of face is preferable to destroying them. The latter course is rendered risky by the linkages between the Afghan Taliban, Pakistani Taliban and Punjabi Taliban and their penetration of the Pakistani state and society.

• Ali Ahmed
• December 23, 2009
• Issue Brief