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		<title>Pakistan’s new government: a harbinger of hope?</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/05/15/pakistans-new-government-a-harbinger-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 06:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>southasiamasala</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gordon, Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imran Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sandy Gordon Pakistan has just experienced the first democratic change of government in its history. It did so despite a violent campaign by religious extremists to derail the election. This violence targeted secular-oriented parties such as the ousted Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). However, the victory by Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Party (PML-N) is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Imran Khan’s rise and ‘fall’ shape the nation’s destiny?</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/05/09/5007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aungsi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Misra, Ashutosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashutosh Misra At the time of writing this article Imran Khan’s condition was reportedly stable and improving, but not rapidly enough to enable him to cast his vote on May 11. What an irony that a leader whose political fortunes depend on every vote will not be able to cast his own. Imran Khan, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India-China border tension and nuclear posturing</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/05/09/india-china-border-tension-and-nuclear-posturing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 04:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aungsi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gordon, Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[China India relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India China border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international relations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sandy Gordon The standoff between China and India in Ladakh has been resolved, at least for now. After China set up five tents for 40 personnel 19 km inside what India regards as the line of control, India set up similar tents facing them.  Both lots of tents are now to be removed, but it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decent work deficits in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/05/03/decent-work-deficits-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/05/03/decent-work-deficits-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 02:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nishankmotwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guest authors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Peoples' Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/?p=4964</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Aly Ercelan The labour movement in Southasia has often expressed its deep concerns of development priorities being abandoned. Economic growth is indeed necessary. But increasing inequality prevents rapid eradication of income poverty and vulnerability. The excluded population rises not in numbers but also as share of a (growing) population. Policy failures are visible on several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan’s transition to substantive democracy</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/17/pakistans-transition-to-substantive-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/17/pakistans-transition-to-substantive-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>southasiamasala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosita Armytage When Pakistan holds elections on 11 May 2013 it will be the first time in Pakistan’s history that an elected government hands over power to another elected government. Though this is a positive development, most Pakistani and international observers are not optimistic that the elections form part of a broader transition from procedural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Promoting peace and maintaining stability’: the evolution of the Bangladesh Navy</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/15/promoting-peace-and-maintaining-stability-the-evolution-of-the-bangladesh-navy/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/15/promoting-peace-and-maintaining-stability-the-evolution-of-the-bangladesh-navy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aungsi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bangladesh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Serge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe This article originally appeared in South Asia Defence and Strategic Review As a Bay of Bengal littoral state Bangladesh has strong maritime interests. Increasingly, Bangladesh has recognised the importance of its maritime domain and the requirement to augment its Navy to secure and project its regional interests. Bangladesh Navy chief, Vice Admiral Zahir [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian military expands Indo-Pacific profile</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/09/australian-military-expands-indo-pacific-profile/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/09/australian-military-expands-indo-pacific-profile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aungsi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Serge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia - General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Defence Force (ADF)]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/?p=4901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe This interview first appeared in The Diplomat on March 13, 2013 Emerging out of a decade of coalition military intervention in the Middle East and Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) is now focused on initiatives to engage the strategic Indo-Pacific region. General David Hurley, the chief of the ADF, spoke to Sergei [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The trouble with ‘eve-teasing’: Some perceptions on sexual harassment and violence in India</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/05/the-trouble-with-eve-teasing-some-perceptions-on-sexual-harassment-and-violence-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/05/the-trouble-with-eve-teasing-some-perceptions-on-sexual-harassment-and-violence-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nishankmotwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[By contributor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Motwani, Nishank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian National Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual violence against women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/?p=4861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nishank Motwani India is a dangerous country for women and the government is part of the problem rather than the solution. That was the overwhelming conclusion I observed when speaking to men and women on a visit to India (my home country) following the brutal gang rape of a twenty-three year old medical student in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘A continuum of security requirements’: The US Pacific Command and the rise of the Indian Ocean</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/04/03/a-continuum-of-security-requirements-the-us-pacific-command-and-the-rise-of-the-indian-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 04:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nishankmotwani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Serge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Asia - General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/?p=4840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe As the US refocuses its attention to the Asia Pacific region, it is also seeking to augment its presence in the unstable and heavily contested Indian Ocean Region. Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, who commands the US Pacific Command, or PACOM, talked to Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe on the programme he is spearheading to reposition the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The rise of Maoists in Nepali politics: from ‘people’s war’ to democratic politics</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/03/23/the-rise-of-maoists-in-nepali-politics-from-peoples-war-to-democratic-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/southasiamasala/2013/03/23/the-rise-of-maoists-in-nepali-politics-from-peoples-war-to-democratic-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>southasiamasala</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nepal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[constitution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramesh Sunam and Keshab Goutam Since its formation in 1994, the United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) has gone through a number of radical transformations, shifting from a guerrilla warfare unit to a key democratising force within Nepali politics. The party’s early history is defined by its role in launching the ‘people’s war’ of 1996, [...]]]></description>
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