COMMENTARIES
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Negotiating Reprocessing: Desired but Difficult
Yogesh Joshi · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2949 · Commentary
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to New Delhi set at rest fears about the Indo-US nuclear deal that arose from the G-8 declaration in L’Aquila. Two sites have been selected in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat fo...
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Japan’s Non-nuclear Principles: Change in the Offing?
Tomoko Kiyota · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2948 · Commentary
Japan has been bound by three cardinal non-nuclear principles since the 1960s – not to manufacture or possess nuclear weapons nor permit their introduction into Japanese territory. Right before the upcoming election to the Japanese House o...
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Code of Conduct: Campaign of Misinformation?
Srinjoy Bose · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2947 · Commentary
The recently issued Taliban code of conduct – The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Rules for Mujahideen – seeks to bring a measure of coherence to the group’s formal structure, organization, ethno-religious war and political aims...
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The 'Rice-Gate' Scandal: Impact of Corruption on Political Stability
Anna Louise Strachan · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2946 · Commentary
Not for the first time since his appointment as Prime Minister, Xanana Gusmao is facing allegations of corruption. The latest charges accuse the former guerilla leader of giving a lucrative government contract for the importation of rice to Prim...
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India, Bangladesh and Tipaimukh Dam
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2945 · Commentary
The Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Dam Project which was commissioned by India in the year 2006, has been in the news recently as concerns have been raised by the Bangladesh government as well as civil society and environmental groups both...
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Indo-Myanmar Relations: Ideology vs Realism
Sanjeev Pillay · 17 Aug, 2009 · #2944 · Commentary
The nature of the alliance between Myanmar and India has been criticized for giving legitimacy to the non democratic rule of the junta and its violation of human rights. The condemnation of pro democracy movement leader, Aung Sang Suu Kyi to an ...
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Joint Investigations: Legal Challenges
RR Vinod · 13 Aug, 2009 · #2943 · Commentary
Chapter XII of the Criminal Procedure Code defines the powers of the Police to investigate offences; they have suo-moto powers to investigate ‘cognizable’ offences. ‘The law of criminal procedure creates the necessary machinery...
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Baitullah Mehsud’s Alleged Death, For Better or For Worse
Jeremie Lanche · 13 Aug, 2009 · #2942 · Commentary
Fact: a missile strike destroyed Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud father-in-law’s house in Zanghora, South Waziristan, on 5 August 2009. Fact: no one knows for sure if Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief was either killed or injured in th...
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Democratic discourse in Philippines: Competing legacies of two women
Harnit Kaur Kang · 12 Aug, 2009 · #2941 · Commentary
The death of former president, Corazon Aquino on 1 August 2009 after prolonged struggle against colon cancer stirred mass mourning in the Philippines. Aquino was a woman who had achieved iconic status for her resilience in the political arena an...
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Will the LTTE Rise Again?
N Manoharan · 11 Aug, 2009 · #2940 · Commentary
At the outset, the rise of the LTTE to their original might of running a proto-state comprising about 15,000 sq kms looks highly unrealistic. Its top leadership including its supremo Prabhakaran has been wiped out; most of its cadres are dead, s...
