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  • Talks with the Taliban: Implications for India
    Vinita Priyedarshi    ·   05 Feb, 2010    ·    #3059    ·    Commentary    
    The information released in the media regarding the secret meeting held between Taliban commanders and United Nations Special Representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide is a good sign. The news as reported in the Guardian is best not discussed in t...
  • Towards Self Reliance in Launch Vehicle Technology
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   04 Feb, 2010    ·    #3058    ·    Commentary    
    Sometime in March this year, when the 49-metre-tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), weighing 414 tonne soars into space to introduce the GSat-4 communications satellite into a pre-determined orbit, India will have made a major &l...
  • Thaksin Shinawatra: Can the Phoenix Rise from the Ashes?
    Harnit Kaur Kang    ·   03 Feb, 2010    ·    #3057    ·    Commentary    
    Defamed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been courting controversy inside Thailand since his descent from power in 2006 and presently as he attempts to amass political clout through external channels. Despite his fugitive status he i...
  • Rajapakse’s Victory and its Implications
    Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe    ·   03 Feb, 2010    ·    #3056    ·    Commentary    
    As Sri Lanka concluded its sixth Presidential elections Mahinda Rajapakse again emerged victorious. Although Rajapakse was tipped as the favoured candidate, there were expectations that the election would be a closely contested with the emergenc...
  • Afghanistan - Watching from the Sidelines
    Raghav Sharma    ·   02 Feb, 2010    ·    #3055    ·    Commentary    
    "There should be no distinction between a good Taliban and a bad Taliban." The above postulation made by Foreign Minister SM Krishna during his pre-conference parleys with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, is a reflection of...
  • Is Taiwan Becoming 'Chaiwan'?
    Ranjit B Rai    ·   02 Feb, 2010    ·    #3054    ·    Commentary    
    Taiwan and mainland China scripted history in their relations, after 60 years, when President Ma Ying-Jeou was elected Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) party in power on 26 July 2009.  Chinese Communist Party’s Hu Jintao sent Ma a con...
  • Sino-Indian Trade Ties: An Uncertain Future
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   02 Feb, 2010    ·    #3053    ·    Commentary    
    Sino-Indian economic ties are on a growth curve raising hopes that such ties would have a salutary effect on bilateral relations. While the border remained tense last year, our trade ties, as noticed from the recently concluded Joint Economic Gr...
  • Sri Lanka - Reflections on the Elections
    Zarin Ahmad    ·   28 Jan, 2010    ·    #3052    ·    Commentary    
    The people of Sri Lanka have voted and chosen Mahinda Rajapakse as President once again with a bigger margin than 2005. The President has defeated his former army chief General (retired) Sarath Fonseka on 26 January 2010. The elections, called a...
  • Challenges Before the President
    N Manoharan    ·   28 Jan, 2010    ·    #3051    ·    Commentary    
    Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse has comfortably won a second bid in a keenly contested elections held on 26 January 2010. Despite getting nearly eight per cent more popular votes compared to last time, Rajapakse has enormous challenges bef...
  • India at 60: Acquiring Escape Velocity?
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   27 Jan, 2010    ·    #3050    ·    Commentary    
    The parade down the Rajpath on India’s sixtieth Republic Day showcased its growing power, signified best by the replica of INS Arihant, the third leg of its ‘triad’ launched by the Prime Minister in the preceding year. While op...
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