This map was originally published by the Institute for the Study of War on 2 November, 2015.
Can India Make it Without Manufacturing?
This article was originally published by the East Asia Forum on 26 October, 2015.
There’s one school of thought in Indian academic and policy circles that India represents a completely new model of development on the way to prosperity. India, it’s claimed, will be a services-led growth model, built on the spectacular international success of its IT hub in Bangalore, and its supply of English-literate back office services to the world.
Could an Independent Iraqi Kurdistan Defend Itself?
This article was originally published by Offiziere.ch on October 22, 2015. Republished with permission.
Most Iraqi Kurds want independence and do not trust the Iraqi army to protect them. But the question is — how would an independent Iraqi-Kurdistan defend itself?
It won’t be easy. The Kurdish region is sandwiched between the Iraqi state, Turkey and Iran. All three states oppose Kurdish independence. The Kurdish military is a factionalized slew of paramilitary groups with mostly light weapons.
This article was originally published by the Centre for International Policy Studies on 20 October, 2015.