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  • Agni V: What is its Strategic Significance?
    PR Chari    ·   23 Apr, 2012    ·    #3612    ·    Commentary    
    The successful launch of Agni-V, with its 5000+ km range and 1500 kg payload, has generated great euphoria in India. Manmohan Singh described the event as “another milestone in our quest to add to the credibility of our security and prepar...
  • India-Pakistan: Winds of Change?
    Ali Ahmed    ·   23 Apr, 2012    ·    #3611    ·    Commentary    
    General Kayani has finally got it right. Speaking to reporters, he said, “Peaceful coexistence between the two neighbours is very important so that everybody can concentrate on the well-being of the people.” The somber setting for th...
  • Silk Road Initiatives: An Alternative Future for Afghanistan
    Sreemati Ganguli    ·   23 Apr, 2012    ·    #3610    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan is being focused in a number of Silk Road initiatives as the bridgehead of inter-regional trade cooperation between South and Central Asia; a welcome change from its stigma of being the centre of insecurity for the last thirty years....
  • North Korea: What are the Implications of the Failed Launch?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   18 Apr, 2012    ·    #3609    ·    Commentary    
    Much to the relief of the world, the controversial North Korean long-range rocket test which took place on 13 April ended in failure. According to media reports, the failure of this launch (from Tongchang-ri  lauch complex in the far northw...
  • Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012: An Analysis of India’s Position
    Abhijit Iyer-Mitra    ·   13 Apr, 2012    ·    #3608    ·    Commentary    
    India’s statement at 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is a text book example of rhetoric and evasion. Split into eight separate segments covering cooperation, legal obligations and processes four major themes pervade the entire tex...
  • Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012: An Analysis of Pakistan’s Position
    J Jeganaathan    ·   13 Apr, 2012    ·    #3607    ·    Commentary    
    Genesis The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012 concluded on a satisfactory note that the participant states have lived up to their commitments towards strengthening nuclear security and safety and minimising the threat of nuclear terrorism whic...
  • Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012: An Analysis of China’s Position
    Teshu Singh    ·   13 Apr, 2012    ·    #3606    ·    Commentary    
    China was a participant in the first nuclear security summit held in Washington two years ago. Ever since, China has taken active steps to enhance nuclear security and achieve new and substantive progress. At the present summit, the Chinese Pres...
  • Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012: An Analysis of Australia’s Position
       ·   13 Apr, 2012    ·    #3605    ·    Commentary    
    Australia has consistently had an impressive record on matters nuclear. It was therefore no surprise that at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit on March 26-27 2012, Australia presented a remarkable National Progress Report. Neatly categorized into ...
  • Seoul Nuclear Security Summit 2012: An Analysis of ROK’s Position
    Ruhee Neog    ·   13 Apr, 2012    ·    #3604    ·    Commentary    
    As the host of the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit, the Republic of Korea (ROK) stood at the centre of activities over the two-day Summit period, 26-27 March. It made a number of statements - the most significant of which this article will catalogu...
  • Myanmar: NLD’s Victory in the Bypolls
    Medha Chaturvedi    ·   10 Apr, 2012    ·    #3603    ·    Commentary    
    The historical bypolls in Myanmar have been concluded and Daw Aung Saan Suu Kyi’s party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has been declared victorious by a huge margin. This has led the country to a point of no return in terms of c...
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