IDSA Comments

Obama has skilfully reaped the political benefits of ordering a ‘technical’ withdrawal and ending the US mission in Iraq, whilst not only retaining the substance of the US posture and presence but immeasurably strengthening it.

• R. S. Kalha
• November 11, 2011 |
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At a time of such monumental, even existential, challenges, if all that Pakistan can come up with is a vacuous demagogue like Imran Khan, then its future is pretty bleak.

• Sushant Sareen
• November 08, 2011 |
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It will not be fair to assess the success or failure of the Conference at this stage. The fact that there was an attempt to forge regional cooperation on Afghanistan was a positive but feeble step.

• Smruti S. Pattanaik , Arvind Gupta
• November 04, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Bhattarai’s visit will definitely help in dispelling some of the mistrust between India and the Maoist regime in Nepal.

• Anshuman Behera
• November 04, 2011 |
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The visit gave an opportunity to both India and the Maoists to settle some of their misunderstandings. However, it could be a huge risk for India to engage him more at the individual level than at the party level.

• Nihar R. Nayak
• October 31, 2011 |
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One monarch less is good, the mission has been accomplished and whatever else is happening in Libya is just mundane.

• Preeti Nalwa
• October 29, 2011 |
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Barely a year after suffering two months of road blockade by Naga groups, Manipur is in the throes of a similar crisis again. What Manipur is in desperate need of is a resolution of the crisis."

• Namrata Goswami
• October 28, 2011 |
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Bhattarai’s visit was historic not for the bilateral issues that were discussed but because it provided an opportunity for meaningful re-engagement between India and the UCPN(M).

• Padmaja Murthy
• October 25, 2011 |
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The people-to-people connectivity has the potential to actually transform the relationship between India and Bangladesh and take it to a higher level of cooperation and understanding.

• Shristi Pukhrem
• October 21, 2011 |
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This commentary analyses the implications of the growing Chinese footprint in India’s North West region, particularly in Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

• Mandip Singh
• October 21, 2011 |
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