IDSA Comments

The security deficit can be filled to a large extent by Afghanistan’s neighbours if they can be persuaded to accept the responsibility, including by contributing troops to a UN-mandated peacekeeping force.

• Gurmeet Kanwal
• December 13, 2012 |
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The issuance of these ordinances will not only add to the growing tensions in the disputed areas, specifically the South China Sea, but also add to the growing suspicions about Chinese intent.

• Sarabjeet Singh Parmar
• December 08, 2012 |
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Egypt is realizing that democracy is not an easily procured fruit, especially in a nation where political movements have been suppressed for decades and peoples’ sentiments can be easily swayed either way.

• Rajeev Agarwal
• December 08, 2012 |
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Unity of purpose and synergy between state institutions required to deal with sectarian violence is largely missing and, as a result, the Pakistani state is responding to the growing Taliban threat in Karachi in a knee-jerk manner.

• P. K. Upadhyay
• December 07, 2012 |
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The events of the last ten days have once again focussed international attention on the DRC and lent support to voices clamouring for a review of the existing mandate of MONUSCO and the larger process by which these mandates are concretized.

• Akash S. Goud
• December 05, 2012 |
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MoD has to assume the leadership role and provide some kind of a single-window service to the defence industry to steer the offsets in a direction that helps achieve the objective of modernisation through self-reliance.

• Amit Cowshish
• November 30, 2012 |
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The SED is an important forum that can render valuable service to the cause of greater economic cooperation and work like an effective confidence building measure.

• Prashant Kumar Singh
• November 30, 2012 |
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Obama’s visit strengthens the hands of President U Thein Sein and has raised expectation that it would encourage the Myanmar government to address the democratisation and ethnic challenges.

• Udai Bhanu Singh
• November 29, 2012 |
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Coincidentally or not, China’s maritime disputes with its neighbours in the littoral have been gaining global attention ever since Obama’s announcement in January 2012 of his country’s “pivot” strategy in the Asia-Pacific.

• Sarosh Bana
• November 26, 2012 |
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While India has put in place a comprehensive mechanism for securing the country’s coasts, there is still a great deal to be done in terms of addressing issues relating to perceptions, resources as well as organisational management to ensure effective coastal security.

• Pushpita Das
• November 26, 2012 |
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