IDSA Comments

The election commission has started making necessary preparations and the political parties are already out on the hustings. But the road to elections is not without hitches.

• Post Bahadur Basnet
• June 24, 2013 |
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The four upayas are not well studied by scholars and are often used in a casual manner, particularly misquoting Kautilya. It is important to locate the text of traditional indigenous knowledge in their correct context.

• P. K. Gautam
• June 20, 2013 |
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The temporary abeyance of ‘services’ as a valid means of discharging the offset obligation could prove to be exasperating for the foreign vendors and the prospective IOPs.

• Amit Cowshish
• June 19, 2013 |
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Just as Mao had made the historic declaration that the Chinese people have ‘stood up,’ Xi now wants the world to acknowledge that China as a great power has ‘arrived.’

• R. S. Kalha
• June 18, 2013 |
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Any cyber architecture can be viewed as a doubled edged sword – either ignore it and be exposed or use it to one’s advantage. Cyber espionage is here to stay.

• Ajey Lele
• June 18, 2013 |
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After years of political and economic isolation, Myanmar is opening up to investment particularly in the energy sector. There are however, accompanying uncertainties and risks.

• Shebonti Ray Dadwal
• June 14, 2013 |
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The presidential elections come at a time when Iran is reeling under the pressure of sanctions and having been isolated in the region with the rise of Sunni Islamism.

• M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi , Rajeev Agarwal
• June 13, 2013 |
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Japan’s endorsement of India’s candidature for the four major multilateral export controls regimes seems to be the principal achievement of the Indian PM visit to Japan.

• Rajiv Nayan
• June 11, 2013 |
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Fifteen years after the nuclear tests, it is relevant to examine if deterrence remains weak in South Asia or has consolidated towards greater stability.

• A. Vinod Kumar
• June 10, 2013 |
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Delay in coming to an agreement between the government and the major underground outfits is only creating frustration among a large section of the Naga society as well as internecine dissentions among the various factions trying to outbid each other.

• Gautam Sen
• June 10, 2013 |
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