Past Business & Cultural Links between South & Southeast Asia
I am honoured to be in this august company on the occasion of the release of the book “Early interaction between South and Southeast...
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Jan 21, 20125 min read
Pakistan: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
Can something good come out of the current political conflicts in Pakistan? Some signs are promising, other not so. We can only wish...
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Jan 19, 201210 min read
Kissinger’s views on US China economic relations
In his book On ChinaDr. Henry Kissingerhas a vision of the future of U.S. China economic relations. Indeed, it is very tempting, coming,...
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Jan 17, 20123 min read
Wen’s Hug & Fly visit to Nepal
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China, who had cancelled a scheduled visit to Nepal in December for unexplained reasons, halted in Kathmandu...
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Jan 12, 20126 min read
Pakistan: Making Sense out of war of Nerves & war of Tweets
There are four factors in the current War of Nerves in Pakistan which centres around mutually contradictory perceptions of the alleged...
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Jan 11, 20123 min read
An Extraordinary Human Being from Tibet
All those who have faith in the future of humanity and of the long suffering people of Tibet should not fail to watch and further ...
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Jan 10, 20126 min read
Main Elements of US Foreign Policy towards Asia
(Salient points of a presentation that I will be making at a seminar on Re-evaluating US Foreign Policy Towards Asia being jointly...
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Jan 6, 20124 min read
China Bolsters Pak Army’s Image as it Confronts the US & the Civilian Leadership
As the Pakistan Army confronts the US on the one hand and the civilian leadership headed by President Asif Ali Zardari on the other in a...
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Dec 23, 20115 min read
Taiwan: Another President–Behind the Bar?
Corruption and nepotism has been not only cause of major concern in developing countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or China but it...
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Dec 13, 20118 min read
Strategic power play in Myanmar
The US Secretary of State Ms Hilary Clinton’s recent visit to Myanmar, the first ever of its kind in the last five decades, is likely to...
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Dec 6, 20115 min read
Opening-up of Myanmar
The three-day (Nov.30—Dec 2, 2011) visit of Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State, to Myanmar— the first by a US Secretary of State...
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Dec 1, 20117 min read
Myanmar – A New Player in the Region
Myanmar is moving at an unbelievable pace to shed its unsavoury reputation of a ruthless military dictatorship towards a democracy ready...
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Nov 28, 20115 min read
Myanmar: Fast forward to democracy
The decision of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) to register as a “legitimate” political party may well become a...
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Nov 12, 20115 min read
Aung San Suu Kyi: Change in Tactics or Colours?
Slowly and steadily, the Army-propped civilian regime in Myanmar headed by President TheinSein and Aung San SuuKyi, the democracy icon,...
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Nov 10, 20117 min read
Chinese Communist Party vs Tibetan Civilization
It was only a matter of time that the spate of self-immolation attempts by Buddhist monks and nuns in the Tibetan areas of China’s...
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Nov 2, 20113 min read
Tibetan Unrest Shows Signs of Spreading from Sichuan to Tibet
The unrest of Tibetan monks, which has so far led to 10 attempts to commit self-immolation —seven of them successful resulting in deaths—...
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Nov 1, 20115 min read
Myanmar’s chances for ASEAN chairmanship brighten
Myanmar President Thein Sein must be rejoicing at the visiting Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa’s comment that political...
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Oct 29, 20119 min read
Making India-Myanmar relations meaningful
Myanmar Preident Thein Sein’s visit to India from October 12th to 15th had only limited visibility in Indian media that has become...
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Oct 27, 20114 min read
China: Tibetan – Consciousness Movement Spreads
The unrest in the Tibetan areas of China —Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan— continues in different forms. The unrest was triggered off...
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Oct 25, 20115 min read
Pakistan’s Goodwill Gesture to India
In an unprecedented goodwill gesture, Pakistan released an Indian military helicopter and its four crew members which had landed in...
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