Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/20/2017 - 07:13
Paper No. 6322 Dated 20-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Contextual North East Asia security imperatives dictate in 2017 for South Korea to opt for a ‘Nixonian Moment’ of a serious and sustained political and strategic reachout to Japan and shed its historical mindsets on Japan and not follow China’s footsteps of an eternal damnation of Japan.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 10:04
Paper No. 6321 Dated 16-Nov-2017
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan
In his one day stop at the capital of Myanmar on 15 November 2017, US Secretary of State Tillersen ruled out the much expected announcement of general sanctions against Myanmar. Instead, he called for an independent investigation into credible reports of the army initiated violence against the Rohingyas. He was wise enough to point out that by imposing sanctions alone the crisis cannot be expected to be considered to be over.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/13/2017 - 07:29
Paper No. 6320 Dated 13-Nov-2017
By R. Upadhyay
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/13/2017 - 07:04
Paper No. 6319 Dated 13-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
US President Trump’s first tour of the Asia Pacific in November 2017, nearly a year after assuming office, raises two questions in terms of estimative analysis--- whether it was a strategic foray to a highly volatile region critical for US security or was it merely a diplomatic necessity, particularly in relation to China?
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 11/06/2017 - 07:25
Paper No. 6318 Dated 06-Nov-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila
Strange and ironical are geopolitical histories of a region where within two decades geopolitical alignments have spun on their heads. This happens to be the case of Afghanistan’s turbulent last two decades where a new and serious power tussle is underway between two Strategic Trilaterals.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 10/30/2017 - 07:21
Paper No. 6317 Dated 30-Oct-2017
By Dr Subhash Kapila;
The major outcome of China’s 19th National People’s Congress (NPC) just concluded heralds a return of the “Personality Cult” with President Xi Jinping’s ruthless abolition of a ‘Collective Leadership’ and manoeuvring his elevation to China’s pantheon of Mao Tse Tung and Deng Xiao Peng.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Tue, 10/24/2017 - 10:10
Paper No. 6316 Dated 24-Oct-2017
By R. Upadhyay
The West Bengal Government’s intervention in the ritual of the immersion of Goddess Durga idol on the day when it coincided with the Moharram procession of Muslims and subsequent orders of the Kolkata High Court countermanding it shows that the minority politics (read vote bank politics) is growing strong even in a progressive State like West Bengal.
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