RSIS Commentaries are published by the
School to provide timely and, where appropriate,
policy relevant background and analysis of
contemporary developments. Listed here are
the commentaries published since the recent
inauguration of the series in October 2001.
Pakistan’s Flood Disaster: An Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis by Sania Nishtar RSIS Commentaries No. 108 Click here to download Commentary
August
Arsenic Poisoning of Water in Bangladesh by Arpita Mathur RSIS Commentaries No. 102 Click here to download Commentary
Hosting the Commonwealth Games: Will it boost India’s Soft Power? by Ajaya Kumar Das RSIS Commentaries No. 99 Click here to download Commentary
Pakistan’s Floods: How Not to be Caught Off Guard by Irene A Kuntjoro RSIS Commentaries No. 98 Click here to download Commentary
July
Countering India’s Maoist Insurgency: The Need for Strategy not Operations by Akanksha Mehta RSIS Commentaries No. 74 Click here to download Commentary
June
Japan and India: Towards Nuclear and Security Cooperation by C. Raja Mohan RSIS Commentaries No. 70 Click here to download Commentary
G20 Summit: How Asia Can Strengthen its Voice by Pradumna B. Rana RSIS Commentaries No. 65 Click here to download Commentary
G20 Summit: The Need to Regulate Short-Termism by Richard W. Carney RSIS Commentaries No. 64 Click here to download Commentary
May
Cooperative Security in the Indian Ocean Region: The IONS Way by Joshy M. Paul RSIS Commentaries No. 55 Click here to download Commentary
Bay of Bengal: A New Sea of Troubles? by Sam Bateman RSIS Commentaries No. 50 Click here to download Commentary
March
Our Road out of Afghanistan by Samuel Chan RSIS Commentaries No. 35 Click here to download Commentary
Sri Lanka's Search for Peace:Round Two, Politics by Gloria Spittel RSIS Commentaries No. 34 Click here to download Commentary
Reintegration versus Reconciliation in Afghanistan by Sumit Ganguly and Harinder Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 33 Click here to download Commentary
February
India’s Pune Blast: Hinting of another 26/11? by Harinder Singh RSIS Commentaries No. 21 Click here to download Commentary