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Upping the Ante in the South China Sea
October 30 , 2015 Commodore Gopal Suri
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The political climate in the South China Sea has become more charged with the US Navy sending a destroyer, the USS Lassen, on a Freedom of Navigation patrol (FONOP) within 12 nm of the Subi Reef, a Chin...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , South China Sea , USA Navy

The Pakistani Shadow on Indo-Us Relations
October 26 , 2015 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 2442
We should be treating the visits of Pakistani leaders abroad as part of normal diplomacy that all countries engage in. By paying too much attention to them we boost Pakistan’s political importance and d...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India-USA Relation , Pakistan , South Asia

Russia in Syria : The Why & What Next
October 26 , 2015 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Views: 2974
As I sit before the television I see events hurtling across West Asia at a speed faster than can be discerned. I follow events almost minute to minute but find it difficult to make strategic sense out o...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : ISIS , Islamic State , Russia - Syria , West Asia

Us-Pak Nuke Deal: Blockbuster or Merely Block and Bluster
October 23 , 2015 Sushant Sareen
Views: 2318
A year or so before the US-Pakistan relations went horribly wrong in 2011 – the Osama raid, bombing of 26 Pakistani soldiers, the Raymond Davis affair – the two sides had made an effort to have a conver...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Strategic Dialogue , Us-Pak , USA -Pakistan Relation

Rising Tensions in the South China Sea
October 21 , 2015 Commodore Gopal Suri
Views: 3908
The South China Sea has been an area of friction for the last couple of decades with regular flare ups between states that ring this area due to competing territorial and sovereignty claims. The Spratly...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China , South China Sea , Vietnam

Pok: Is The Worm Finally Turning?
October 21 , 2015 Sushant Sareen
Views: 2748
Images of the simmering situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir broadcast on Indian TV channels appear to have shaken the Indian media, the army of analysts, and perhaps even the government of India out ...

Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Jammu and Kashmir , Pakistan-occupied Kashmir , POK

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