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  • Ledo Road Leading Nowhere
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   27 Jan, 2010    ·    #3049    ·    Commentary    
    The historic Ledo Road, more popularly known as the Stilwell Road, was constructed by the Allied forces during the Second World War as an alternative for the Burma Road on the China-Burma-India theatre, to supply the forces fighting against the ...
  • Waiting for the NSA
    PR Chari    ·   21 Jan, 2010    ·    #3048    ·    Commentary    
    The furious debate on who will replace MK Narayanan as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) may seem unusual. Isn’t this another routine bureaucratic transition? There lies the rub. The NSA is not another bureaucrat. Narayanan had incre...
  • The Naxal Strategy in Urban Areas
    R Venkata Ramani    ·   21 Jan, 2010    ·    #3047    ·    Commentary    
    Naxal violence, though predominantly a rural phenomenon, has been slowly but steadily making inroads in urban areas. The Ninth Unity Congress of the Communist Party of India (Maoists) [CPI (M)] held in January/February 2007 at an undisclosed loc...
  • Hasina's Visit: Nothing Concrete on Burning Issues
    Harun ur Rashid    ·   18 Jan, 2010    ·    #3046    ·    Commentary    
    Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India has opened a new chapter of relations between the two countries. The 51-paragraph joint communiqué describes the aspirations, intentions and actions on all possible bilateral issues, the solutions to w...
  • Chinese Naval Ambitions – Concern for India?
    Kriti Singh    ·   18 Jan, 2010    ·    #3045    ·    Commentary    
    As Chinese interests continue to amplify, China is reaching out to upgrade its ability to protect its interests beyond the Great Wall. Last year witnessed a three dimensional approach from Beijing to increase its area of influence across land, i...
  • North Korean Nuclear Issue: The Road Ahead
    Jasbir Rakhra    ·   15 Jan, 2010    ·    #3044    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea made a surprising peace pledge this year. Kim Jong Il’s new year resolution is to create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. The statement has brought new hopes for the daunting task of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Al...
  • Nepal: Preventing a Flare-Up
    Nishchal N Pandey    ·   13 Jan, 2010    ·    #3043    ·    Commentary    
    Nepal has receded from the headlines since the holding of the Constituent Assembly elections in April 2008. The political situation has since changed for the worse and public euphoria has become subdued. Much of this is the result of the poor pe...
  • Resolving Balochistan: Issues for Islamabad –II
    Syed Moazzam Hashmi    ·   11 Jan, 2010    ·    #3042    ·    Commentary    
    Compressed under the rising demands of the New Great Game, players in the region want to have an open corridor, particularly for oil and gas exploits from Central Independent States to the warm waters of Arabian Sea. Former President Pervez Mush...
  • Resolving Balochistan: Issues for Islamabad -I
    Syed Moazzam Hashmi    ·   11 Jan, 2010    ·    #3041    ·    Commentary    
    The “Balochistan Package” seems to have turned the heat on rather than meeting the aimed target of diffusing it. Newly empowered media provided the platform to spread the sentiments of Baloch nationalist leaders sparking a debate, wh...
  • China's Afghanistan Policy
    Gunjan Singh    ·   11 Jan, 2010    ·    #3040    ·    Commentary    
    One of the major debates today in world politics is the increasing role which the United States is assigning to China in South Asia. After Obama’s visit to Beijing this was one point of contention in the flourishing Indo-US relations. Rece...
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