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  • Sino-Pak Nuclear Deal: American Perfidy?
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   30 Mar, 2011    ·    #3351    ·    Commentary    
    If the US’ changing the rules of the nuclear world order for facilitating a civilian nuclear deal with India was a case of global hegemony in action, then China’s recent success in getting the Americans to acquiesce to a Sino-Pak civ...
  • ‘Taming the Tigers’: Reintegration of Surrendered LTTE Cadres
    N Manoharan    ·   29 Mar, 2011    ·    #3350    ·    Commentary    
    Proper reintegration of former militants back into mainstream society is one of the vital components of rebuilding post-conflict societies. In the Sri Lankan case, it is all the more important given the character of the LTTE, a secretive, ruthle...
  • India’s Geopolitical Future: How Critical is Naval Power?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   29 Mar, 2011    ·    #3349    ·    Commentary    
    Down the centuries, the build up of naval power by seafaring nations remained a crucial factor in shaping history and changing the geography of the world. Colonization of third world countries by European nations with a strong maritime tradition i...
  • Humanitarian Intervention in Libya
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   25 Mar, 2011    ·    #3348    ·    Commentary    
    The ongoing struggle of people across the Arab world to get rid of military dictators and tyrannical monarchies has led to a new debate about the efficacy of the emerging doctrine of humanitarian intervention. For example, should the internation...
  • An Indian Anti-Nuclear Peace Movement
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   22 Mar, 2011    ·    #3347    ·    Commentary    
    The events of Japan have had a catalyzing effect elsewhere. The PM has already ordered a nuclear safety recheck. Those opposed to nuclear power expansion in India, such as the CNDP (Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace) have used the oppo...
  • Defence Spending: China and India
    Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee    ·   19 Mar, 2011    ·    #3346    ·    Commentary    
    In the first week of March 2011, within a week of each other, both China and India announced their defence budgets for the coming year. Each reflected a double-digit growth of about 12 per cent. But, the similarities end right there. In overall ...
  • Fukushima and the Future Shape of the International ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
    Lydia Walker    ·   18 Mar, 2011    ·    #3345    ·    Commentary    
    To be trite, words are inadequate to describe the trio of disastrous events which have hit Japan recently - from earthquake, to tsunami, to potential nuclear meltdown. While the first two disasters are acts of nature, the third revives the histo...
  • Disarming Libya: Passive Nuclear Blackmail
    Lydia Walker    ·   18 Mar, 2011    ·    #3344    ·    Commentary    
    With Libya’s unrest grabbing the headlines, one of the few mercies in the violent situation is that the Libyan government no longer possesses nuclear weapons materials. Imagine if they did:  They could use their possession, or the lac...
  • Prime Minister Khanal and Nepal’s Peace Process
    Padmaja Murthy    ·   16 Mar, 2011    ·    #3343    ·    Commentary    
    The election on 3 February 2011 of a new prime minister, the third since the 2008 constituent assembly elections, has not brought the required stability to Nepal. The election itself took place after six months of the caretaker government which ...
  • India-Bangladesh Water Relationship: A Renewal of Trust
    Punam Pandey    ·   12 Mar, 2011    ·    #3342    ·    Commentary    
    Recently the Planning Commission of India, in association with the Ministry of Water Resources, has proposed a major policy change. It has decided to include social-workers and anthropologists in the study of any water-related development projects...
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