COMMENTARIES
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Violence in Kashmir: Strengthen Communication between Rulers and the Ruled
Radha vinod Raju · 05 Jul, 2010 · #3180 · Commentary
Officers of the J&K cadre, especially those who joined the cadre before the eighties, would tell you that the most serious law and order problem in Srinagar was when unruly mobs would indulge in intense stone pelting. If it were wintertime, ...
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Violence in Kashmir: Elected Government is the Best Option
Dr. Ashok Bhan · 05 Jul, 2010 · #3179 · Commentary
Recent incidents in Kashmir valley have evoked some voices, mercifully very feeble ones, to impose Governor’s rule in the state. Nothing can be more damaging to the state than even nursing such a thought. The authors of such an idea fail t...
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Violence in Kashmir: Is the Conflict Transforming from Militancy to Civilian Unrest?
D Suba Chandran · 05 Jul, 2010 · #3178 · Commentary
Conflict is never unilinear. It transforms – for the better or worse, depending on the major actors, their current strategies and the government’s counter strategies, besides the ability of the security forces to bring the situation ...
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ECFA and the Changing China-Taiwan Relations
Gunjan Singh · 02 Jul, 2010 · #3177 · Commentary
In a historic step, China and Taiwan are ready to sign the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement (ECFA). It is expected that this trade agreement will be a great step in the ongoing economic integration. There will be a major lifting of tari...
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Religious and Cultural Tourism across the LOC
KD Maini · 02 Jul, 2010 · #3176 · Commentary
With upheaval and limitations on the movement of people across the LOC, there is a need to improve the cross-LOC interaction. The real Confidence Building Measure (CBM) between the two parts of Kashmir can be extended by strengthening the people...
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The Maoist Threat: the Role of Risk Management Firms
Prakash Pillai · 01 Jul, 2010 · #3175 · Commentary
The current debate of ‘people or profits’, with regards to the Maoist uprising, prevents big conglomerates from investing in the mineral rich states of India. The Maoists are now in 200 districts across 12 Indian states, stretching f...
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China’s Dam on the Brahmaputra: Cause for Concern?
Pia Malhotra · 30 Jun, 2010 · #3174 · Commentary
Even as India and Pakistan tussle over shared River waters and even as water threatens to become the next ‘core’ issue between the two countries, another region in the vicinity is emerging as an area of contention; India-China. When it...
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India Checkmates Chinese Moves
Ranjit B Rai · 29 Jun, 2010 · #3173 · Commentary
Small contentious issues in history are harbingers that tend to shape the larger power plays between nations. The naked truth in international affairs as articulated by strategist Paul Kennedy, is that India and China are two rising military and...
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DRDO Restructuring: Boosting Self-Reliance?
Radhakrishna Rao · 28 Jun, 2010 · #3172 · Commentary
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, known for delivering his message in a subtle manner was frank enough to ask the state owned Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to speed up research and development of new military technology as &l...
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Should India give up its NFU Doctrine?
Rabia Akhtar · 29 Jun, 2010 · #3171 · Commentary
A very interesting discourse has been generated on Indian No First Use (NFU) by Suba Chandran (Click here for the Article) and Ahmed Ali (Click here for the Article) on IPCS website questioning whether to do away with NFU or retain it, respectiv...
