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General Elections in Myanmar and Future Prospects

SK Shahi Writes: General elections in Myanmar are scheduled to be held on 8 November 2015. Approx. 35 million voters will cast their vote for 6300 candidates’ from 93 political parties. 330 constituencies are set for lower house, 168 constituencies for the upper house, 644 constituencies for regional or state parliaments and 29 constituencies for regional or state parliaments for ethnics.

“Digital Counterinsurgency Against Islamic State“

Rohit Mehrotra Writes: Abuse of social media and internet by various extremists and terror groups for promoting their ideology, showcasing their exploits and recruitment of personnel into their fold is on the rise.

1962 – A View from the Other Side of the Hill

Lieutenant General VK Singh, PVSM (Retd) writes:The 1962 Sino-Indian War has remained a subject of study and discussion ever since it ended. There have been various books from the Indian side but very few, if any from the Chinese. The USI decided in 2012 to try to get a new view on the events of that time.

Can the Other “Asian Giants” Deal With China’s Slowdown

Sandeep Jain writes: China’s slowdown has been keenly watched across the globe but much more so in its immediate neighbourhood which include ASEAN nations as also India. Chinese economy has been a driver of the global economy for the last decade specially during the period of the recent recession of 2008