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  • Two Summits; Conflicting Messages
    M Shamsur Rabb Khan    ·   04 May, 2010    ·    #3109    ·    Commentary    
    The two summits in April 2010 – The Nuclear Security Summit in Washington and Nuclear Disarmament Conference in Iran; within a gap of four days has attracted world attention to the danger of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terror...
  • Kashmir: Tackling the Challenge of Stone Pelting
    Rahul Bhonsle    ·   03 May, 2010    ·    #3108    ·    Commentary    
    Terrorism as a tool for separatism seems to have lost its appeal in Jammu and Kashmir. While sporadic incidents of terrorist violence are likely to continue, this may no longer be the principal agent for change in the days ahead. Yet new forms o...
  • India-Pakistan Dialogue: Going Beyond Thimpu
    Ali Ahmed    ·   03 May, 2010    ·    #3107    ·    Commentary    
    Another opportunity for traction on the India-Pakistan front in the form of the just concluded SAARC summit appears to have been lost. The two states are to have the foreign ministers, aided by their foreign secretaries, review current straits i...
  • The NPT Review Conferences: A Backgrounder
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   03 May, 2010    ·    #3106    ·    Commentary    
    The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, (NPT) is a multilateral treaty aimed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, while ensuring access to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes that will be subject to international safeguards. T...
  • India- Singapore Defence Exercises
    Pankaj Jha    ·   03 May, 2010    ·    #3105    ·    Commentary    
    India- Singapore naval exercises; SIMBEX (Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercises) held near the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and in the Bay of Bengal, concluded after more than two weeks of naval manoeuvres on 16 April  2010. ...
  • The New START: A step forward?
    Jasbir Rakhra    ·   30 Apr, 2010    ·    #3104    ·    Commentary    
    8 April 2010 marked an important day in the nuclear chronology of the United States of America and Russia as Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev signed the most important post-Cold War arms reduction treaty in Prague. The New START (St...
  • The Upcoming NPT Review Conference: Prospects
    PR Chari    ·   30 Apr, 2010    ·    #3103    ·    Commentary    
    As a prelude to the forthcoming NPT Review Conference that begins next week and will last for most of May, President Obama has accelerated the global non-proliferation agenda. The US Nuclear Posture Review was announced earlier this month, which...
  • The Iranian Nuclear Conference
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   27 Apr, 2010    ·    #3102    ·    Commentary    
    The Nuclear Security Summit discussed the safety and security of nuclear materials, and preventing its proliferation to non-state actors who could use them for terrorist purposes.  While the al Qaeda was clearly identified, the Washington s...
  • Western Blue Print for Kashmir
    Mohammad Ashraf    ·   26 Apr, 2010    ·    #3101    ·    Commentary    
    The Anglo-American Block has started showing renewed interest in the solution of the Kashmir dispute. Robert Blake, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asian Affairs, revealed to the media that there already exists a &ldquo...
  • Need for an Indian Military Industrial Complex
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   26 Apr, 2010    ·    #3100    ·    Commentary    
    India has come to be recognized as an economic and technological powerhouse in the making.  Indeed, India’s rapid strides in space exploration along with its impressive advances in the cutting edge technology of nuclear power generati...
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