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  • Why is the Youth Angry? Perspectives from Kashmir
    Arjimand Hussain Talib    ·   18 May, 2010    ·    #3129    ·    Commentary    
    It has been around eight decades since the youth of Kashmir first expressed their anger on the streets of Srinagar in 1931. Then the expression of their anger was seen as a sign of political catharsis. Long years of foreign rule and subjugation ...
  • Why is the Youth Angry? Perspectives from Pakistan
    Moonis Ahmar    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3128    ·    Commentary    
    One needs to analyze why anti-Americanism has permeated in Pakistani society and why youth in the Muslim world feel not only frustrated but also vulnerable to extremism and militancy? Recently, renowned Pakistani academician Pervez Hoodbhoy r...
  • Water: an Opportunity for SAARC?
    Pia Malhotra    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3127    ·    Commentary    
    The SAARC nations recently gathered for the 16th Summit of the organization in the mountainous city of Thimpu in Bhutan.  The summit largely focused on issues of climate change, environment, increasing trade and connectivity among the SAARC...
  • Challenges Before India’s Internal Security: Countering Terrorism
    Kriti Singh    ·   14 May, 2010    ·    #3126    ·    Commentary    
    The dawn of the 21st century has witnessed the rise of a most serious crisis in the form of global terrorism. Irrespective of their position, power, influence and progress, all nations across the globe have experienced the disastrous impact of t...
  • The Mao Gate Standoff: A Case for Greater Nagalim?
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   11 May, 2010    ·    #3125    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN I-M) chairman Thuingaleng Muivah to visit his ancestral village of Somdal in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has triggered a fierce standoff at Mao Gate in the Nagaland-Manipur border....
  • Foreign Investment in India's Defence Sector: Are We Ready?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   10 May, 2010    ·    #3124    ·    Commentary    
    There has been an animated debate on the need to boost Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India’s defence sector which has not been in a position to meet the diverse requirements of the Indian defence forces owing to the lack of financial ...
  • Nuclear Dealing Wheeling
    PR Chari    ·   10 May, 2010    ·    #3123    ·    Commentary    
    History, they say, has a way of repeating itself, first as a tragedy, and then as a farce. These dour thoughts have reared up after news leaked out in end-March that Pakistan and China had finalized a civilian nuclear deal.  China was to pr...
  • Chinese Navy: From Coastal To Far Sea Defence
    Cdr Sandeep Dewan    ·   10 May, 2010    ·    #3122    ·    Commentary    
    As part of fulfilling its aspirations of becoming a world power, China has embarked on the path of augmenting its ‘Comprehensive National Power’ through political, economic, military, technological and diplomatic means. China’s...
  • Ajmal Kasab: Legal Questions
    Gautam Chawla    ·   10 May, 2010    ·    #3121    ·    Commentary    
    Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving terrorist of the 26/11 massacre was sentenced to be hanged until death by the Special Court in Mumbai. This article attempts to analyze two questions: On what counts was Kasab convicted and sentenced to death and ...
  • Ajmal Kasab: A Mile Stone in Investigation, Trial and Due Process
       ·   10 May, 2010    ·    #3120    ·    Commentary    
    The savage attack on Mumbai by ten members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Fidayeen squad in November 2008, has been vividly recorded for posterity by the electronic and print media. Known as India's 9/11, it resulted in the deaths of 166 innoc...
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