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  • Interrogating Security Expansionism in India
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   23 Aug, 2011    ·    #3441    ·    Commentary    
    The head of a think-tank writing in The Tribune (http://bit.ly/o0qXbO) lists military capabilities that India requires up to fifteen years. In strategic circles, ever since remarks of the former army chief were possibly deliberately leaked, the ...
  • Ballot Cry of Tamils in Sri Lanka: “Tamil Political Parties, Unite!”
    J Jeganaathan    ·   19 Aug, 2011    ·    #3440    ·    Commentary    
    In the recently held local body elections in the Tamil-dominated Northern provinces of Sri Lanka the ruling United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was ruthlessly routed by Tamil National Alliance (TNA)-an umbrella political alliance for T...
  • India-ROK Nuclear Cooperation: Is it a Win-Win Situation?
    Pranamita Baruah    ·   16 Aug, 2011    ·    #3439    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Republic of Korea (ROK) civil nuclear cooperation agreement was signed on 25 July during President Pratibha Patil’s visit to Seoul. Terming the agreement ‘historic’, ROK President Lee Myung Bak hoped that it would demon...
  • Brahmaputra Water Diversion: A Print Media Survey
    Jayasree Nath    ·   11 Aug, 2011    ·    #3438    ·    Commentary    
    The dam over the Brahmaputra being constructed by China has evoked an outcry in India, and especially in its Northeast, as reported by the local media. This article presents an overview of opinions and facts that emerge from the debate. Accordin...
  • Media and Power Play in China
    Gunjan Singh    ·   11 Aug, 2011    ·    #3437    ·    Commentary    
    In a very tragic incident in China, a high speed bullet train collided with a stationary train near the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province. Various Chinese and international media reports have provided different figures about the total number ...
  • Disintegration of Madhesi Parties: An Analysis
    Buddhi Man Tamang    ·   10 Aug, 2011    ·    #3436    ·    Commentary    
    The recent split within the Nepal Sadhbavna Party(SP) into the Federal Sadhbavana Party(FSP) led by Anil Kumar Jha  has been primarily attributed to ideological differences with the SP party President Rajendra Mahato and the alleged appropr...
  • Chinese Economy: Inflation on the Rise and Manufacturing on the Wane
    Teshu Singh    ·   29 Jul, 2011    ·    #3435    ·    Commentary    
    China has gradually become a manufacturing hub of the world by letting in capital and technologies and bringing its low cost advantages into full play. However, the growth of the manufacturing sector in China has slowed down in the past seven mo...
  • NSG Guidelines: Possible Implications for India
    Pradeepa Viswanathan    ·   25 Jul, 2011    ·    #3434    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on 23-24 June 2011 to strengthen guidelines on the transfer of sensitive enrichment and reprocessing technologies concerns countries which are non-NPT members, and those who have not adopted IAEA...
  • SC Verdict on Salwa Judum: End of State-Sponsored Civil Vigilantism?
    Medha Chaturvedi    ·   18 Jul, 2011    ·    #3433    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian Supreme Court declared the Salwa Judum movement (peace militia in Gondi) unconstitutional, rapping the government for arming civilians to combat a resistive insurgency. Was the Salwa Judum constitutional? Why was it formed, and organi...
  • Border Trade at Nathu La: Five Years After
    Bhim B Subba    ·   18 Jul, 2011    ·    #3432    ·    Commentary    
    It has been five years since the resumption of Nathu La border trade between India and China following a lull of four decades after the Sino-Indian War in 1962, yet neither has there been any mention of it in the print media both at the national...
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