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Why violent attacks continue against Muslims in Sri Lanka? – Update No 246

Jun 17, 20145 min read

Why violent attacks continue against Muslims in Sri Lanka? – Update No 246

“Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero addressing the rally in Aluthgama yesterday, referred to Muslims in...

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Setback to Abe’s New Energy Policy as Court Halts Restarts of Nuclear Reactors

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May 26, 20148 min read

Setback to Abe’s New Energy Policy as Court Halts Restarts of Nuclear Reactors

In a landmark ruling regarding nuclear plants, the Fukui District Court ordered on 21 May 2014 Kansai Electric Power Company (Kepco) that...

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May 19, 201416 min read

Modi’s likely Foreign Policy Priorities

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance scored a resounding victory in the 16th General Elections in India when...

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Japan’s Strategic Engagement with Europe

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May 13, 201411 min read

Japan’s Strategic Engagement with Europe

Introduction Politics in Japan are undergoing interesting churnings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s dual activism in domestic theatre...

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Apr 28, 201413 min read

Obama’s Visit to Asia: an Assessment

During his six-day Asian tour to Asia-Pacific region, his sixth as US President, US President Barack Obama visited first Japan on 23...

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Sri Lanka: Tweaking the Muslims – Up date No 243

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Apr 22, 20147 min read

Sri Lanka: Tweaking the Muslims – Up date No 243

Why Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa is tweaking the Muslim community, which by and large had been his loyal political partner? Since 2012...

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Japan-South Korea-US Trilateral – Breaking Ice in East Asia?

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Mar 29, 201416 min read

Japan-South Korea-US Trilateral – Breaking Ice in East Asia?

The third Nuclear Security Summit that concluded at The Hague on 25 March may have achieved its purpose of strengthening nuclear...

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Henderson Brooks Report on 1962 War: ‘Secrecy’ an Ostrich Act

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Mar 24, 201411 min read

Henderson Brooks Report on 1962 War: ‘Secrecy’ an Ostrich Act

There is nothing new about the Henderson Brooks- P S Bhagat Report, the only fact that is established by Neville Maxwell by uploading it...

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Mar 5, 20148 min read

Sri Lanka’s third showdown at UNHRC

Sri Lanka will face the flak at the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the third time this week when the US fields...

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Assessing Park Geun-hye’s One Year in Office

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Mar 4, 201417 min read

Assessing Park Geun-hye’s One Year in Office

On 25 February 2014, Park Geun-hye completed one year in office as President of South Korea. Much as it was expected, she had trounced...

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Sri Lanka in the Geopolitical Radars of India and China

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Feb 27, 201411 min read

Sri Lanka in the Geopolitical Radars of India and China

As the new Chinese administration, under President Xi Jinping, is set to complete its first year in office we in India gear up for the...

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Impact of Obama-Dalai Lama Meet on Sino-US Ties

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Feb 26, 20147 min read

Impact of Obama-Dalai Lama Meet on Sino-US Ties

Notwithstanding the Chinese assertiveness in recent times on territorial matters, thereby straining its ties with its immediate...

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Dark Sides of North Korea: Crime against Humanity

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Feb 25, 201413 min read

Dark Sides of North Korea: Crime against Humanity

Introduction North Korea’s nuclear proliferation activities and belligerent threats on its southern neighbor are news that has been...

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Feb 25, 201411 min read

Thaw in China-Taiwan Relations

Amidst China’s territorial assertiveness that has strained its ties with neighbours, there seems to be a thaw in its relations with...

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Bangladesh: The Importance of Being Tarique Rahman

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Feb 23, 20146 min read

Bangladesh: The Importance of Being Tarique Rahman

(The article below may be of interest taking into account a press report of The Sunday Guardian,31 October 2010, captioned “Khaleda Son...

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China: Xi Jinping’s Foreign Policy – From Open Hegemony to Covert Hegemony?

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Feb 17, 20147 min read

China: Xi Jinping’s Foreign Policy – From Open Hegemony to Covert Hegemony?

Abstract This article assesses the formulation, shifting preferences and changing directions of the foreign policy of the People’s...

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Kerry’s Visit to Asia: Defusing escalating regional tensions

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Feb 17, 201411 min read

Kerry’s Visit to Asia: Defusing escalating regional tensions

Amidst escalating regional tensions in Asia, US Secretary of State John Kerry undertook a six-day trip to Asia on 13 February 2014 with a...

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Inter-Korea Dialogue Makes Little Progress but Welcome Step for Peace

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Feb 17, 20145 min read

Inter-Korea Dialogue Makes Little Progress but Welcome Step for Peace

In yet another round of charm offensive by North Korea, it proposed to South Korea to hold senior-level meetings, to which South Korea...

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Chennai Centre for China Studies

Feb 17, 20148 min read

Philippines seeks legal solution to disputes over South China Sea with China

Recently, China has started claims to the whole of South China Sea, thereby sending a sense of unease throughout Asia. As a result, the...

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South China Sea: Explicit Assertion by United States Disputing China’s Nine Dash Line

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Feb 16, 20144 min read

South China Sea: Explicit Assertion by United States Disputing China’s Nine Dash Line

The United States for the first time in response to China’s growing intransigence and brinkmanship in the Western Pacific on its maritime...

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