Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 10:56
Paper No. 5449 Dated 04-April-2013
By B. Raman
According to a report carried by “The Hindu” of April 4, 2013, “the Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), a Government-run research university known for its work on China’s space programme, signed on April 3 a first of its kind Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Karnataka-based Manipal University paving the way for closer collaboration on joint research projects.”
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:57
Paper no. 5447 Dated 04-Apr-2013
By Dr. Subhash Kapila
East Asia has figured high in the United States strategic calculus ever since the end of the Second World War. Right till China made a strategic swing away from the former Soviet Union, the Eastern littoral of Asia resting on the Western Pacific presented a solid shield of Communist States allied to Russia namely China and Vietnam.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 06:36
Paper No. 5435 Dated 25-Mar-2013
By Dr. Subhash Kapila
“…the Singh Government’s shameful willingness to abandon the independence of Indian foreign policy for the sake of strengthening its strategic partnership with the United States”--- Excerpt from The Hindu, September 26, 2005 in a piece entitled ‘India’s Shameful Vote Against Iran.’
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 14:12
Paper No.5430 Dated 20-Mar-2013
By B.Raman
Is there a neo-LTTE emerging nearly four years after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was wiped out in May, 2009, by the Sri Lankan Security Forces? That is a question that needs the attention of the intelligence agencies in the wake of the growing support for the Sri Lankan Tamils’ political and human rights in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora abroad and among large sections of the international community.
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 07:07
Paper No. 5427 Dated 18-Mar-2013
By Dr Subhash Kapila
“Order is preferable to disorder. Just consider what happened to Iraq after we toppled Saddam Hussein. The United States should not want Iraq’s immediate past to be a foretaste of the region’s future”---Robert Kaplan
Submitted by asiaadmin2 on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 11:24
Paper No. 5423 Dated 13-Mar-2013
By Bhaskar Roy
A booster rocket test last December expected to be a prototype of a long range missile, a third nuclear test in February with a veiled threat for a fourth test soon, threatening to attack the USA; cutting the hot line with South Korea; withdrawing from the 1953 Armistice that brought an end to the Korean war are acts that could destabilize North East Asia (NEA).
