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China: ADI Zone May not be Brilliant Tactics
China’s unexpected declaration of its AIR DEFENCE IDENTIFICATION ZONE (ADIZ) on November 23 in the East China Sea may have ramifications...

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Dec 10, 201310 min read
Significance of Royal Visit and India-Japan Relations
In a rare visit abroad, the six-day India visit of Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, that started on 30 November is bound to...

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Dec 5, 20138 min read
Bangladesh: Turmoil May See Return of Terrorism
It is about time that the United States Congress realized that the current political turmoil in Bangladesh may see a return of terrorism...

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Nov 26, 20135 min read
Sri Lanka: CHOGM – Making sense beyond theatricals – Update
Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa had spent around SL Rs 14.8 billion (as stated in parliament by Opposition), imported 54 Mercedes Benz cars...

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Nov 24, 20136 min read
China’s contretemps on Sri Lanka’s human rights issues
[This article may be read in continuation of C3S Paper No.2030 dated November 7, 2013, titled “China cashing on India’s Sri Lanka woes”...

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Nov 21, 20135 min read
Perspectives on NSA’s Global Snooping
[This article contains points made by the author in two TV interviews on November 5, 2013 about Edward Snowden’s disclosures on the...

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Nov 12, 20135 min read
Developments in Bangladesh are a Cause for Serious Concern
The stand off between the Awami League (AL) led government and the BNP led opposition has reached such an explosive point that unless a...

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Nov 12, 20137 min read
Going to Colombo for the CHOGM
The Indian Prime Minister’s attending the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government meeting in Colombo later this month has to be seen...

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Nov 9, 20134 min read
China cashing on India’s Sri Lanka woes
Even as the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was finding it hard to make up his mind over attending the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of...

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Nov 9, 20134 min read
South China Sea & Indo Pacific Politico-Strategic Dynamics
The Paper on this subject was presented at the Russian Academy of Sciences, School of International Studies, Moscow, Russia at an...

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Nov 2, 20138 min read
Sri Lanka: India’s CHOGM Dilemma
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s is facing a Shakespearean dilemma on attending the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) to...

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Oct 24, 20136 min read
Can Bangladesh Complete the Revolution?
Elections for the 10th Jatiyo Sanshad (Parliament) is to be held any time between October 24 and January 24 next year. The Awami League...

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Oct 15, 20138 min read
India's Deepening of Engagement with ASEAN
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made a four-day visit to two important member countries of the ASEAN – Brunei and Indonesia – beginning 9...

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Oct 15, 20138 min read
Vietnamese PM addresses 68th UN General Assembly
The sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 17 September at the Headquarter in New York. Chaired by John...

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Oct 7, 20137 min read
Sri Lanka: First take on Northern Provincial Council elections
( It may not be out of place to contextualise this article by Col-Retd R.Hariharan with China’s known position of supporting the Sri...

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Sep 24, 20135 min read
Strategic Convergence of Interests in India-Republic of Korea Ties
The year 2013 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Republic of Korea (RoK). During...

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Sep 14, 20134 min read
China and Brahmaputra – Transport of water or electricity?
An inadequately researched sensational article by someone interested in investigative journalism appeared recently in the blog page of a...

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Sep 12, 20136 min read
China’s strategic presence in Sri Lanka
Introduction The growing presence of the Chinese in Sri Lanka, when India-Sri Lanka relations are under stress, has disturbing strategic...

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Sep 2, 201310 min read
Readjustments in China’s Diplomatic Practice
It is very important for Indian foreign policy makers to pay serious attention to a lengthy article written recently (August 16, 2013) by...

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Aug 28, 201312 min read
Japan Eyes China: Flexes Naval Capability by Launching Izumo
Introduction Coming in the wake of the biggest peacetime disaster to hit Indian Navy with its Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhurakshak...

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Aug 19, 201315 min read
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