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  • India-ASEAN FTA and India’s Northeast
    Tuli Sinha    ·   09 Jun, 2009    ·    #2889    ·    Commentary    
    “Regional trade agreements have become in recent years a very prominent feature of multilateral trading system.” Taking into consideration this recent observation by the World Trade Organization (WTO), then Indian Commerce Minister K...
  • Indo-Pak Water Disputes: Incremental Progress
    Pia Malhotra    ·   05 Jun, 2009    ·    #2888    ·    Commentary    
    India and Pakistan recently concluded the annual talks at the Permanent Commission of Indus Water (1-4 June), the first such meeting between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai terror attacks. The sharing of river waters has emerged in recent mo...
  • North Korea: Will Southeast Asia come aboard the US bandwagon?
    Harnit Kaur Kang    ·   05 Jun, 2009    ·    #2887    ·    Commentary    
    On 25 May 2009, North Korea conducted nuclear tests and fired short-range missiles, and followed up by an accumulation of artillery guns on its western maritime borders. This was disapproved by many countries including Russia, the United States, S...
  • Why the 2009 NPT PrepCom was Not a Failure
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   05 Jun, 2009    ·    #2886    ·    Commentary    
    For two weeks in the month of May, delegates from 122 countries, signatories of the Non-Proliferation Treaty discussed the procedural agenda and substantive recommendations for the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Chaired by Ambassador Bonifac...
  • Nuclear Trajectory in South Asia
    Ali Ahmed    ·   04 Jun, 2009    ·    #2885    ·    Commentary    
    David Sanger has routinely raised concerns about Pakistan’s nuclear program. In his latest article in the New York Times, he talks of Adm. Mullen’s confirmation to a Congressional committee of the expansion of Pakistan’s nuclear ...
  • India and the Impending FMCT
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   04 Jun, 2009    ·    #2884    ·    Commentary    
    Excerpts from an Interview with Prof. R Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor of Physics, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 19 May 2009 The FMCT debate is fragmented in India. Opinion varies regarding the fissil...
  • Surrendering a Failed Policy
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2883    ·    Commentary    
    As the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance government takes charge for the second consecutive term in New Delhi, it faces a big challenge in addressing the growing concerns of insurgency-related violence in the troubled northeastern sta...
  • Human Face of Indian Defence Technology
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2882    ·    Commentary    
    In popular perception, India’s state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is a premier high-tech research hub active in developing missiles, aircraft and armored vehicles of various description. However, many of the tech...
  • Australia’s Force 2030 and India
    Rahul Mishra    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2881    ·    Commentary    
    Australia’s defence White Paper released in early May and titled “Defending Australia in the Asia-Pacific Century: Force 2030,” heralds a whole new range of discussions among the countries of the Asia-Pacific. While it has sparke...
  • US Change of Policy on Iran
    Vidisha Shukla    ·   02 Jun, 2009    ·    #2880    ·    Commentary    
    US President Barack Obama has offered the beginning of a new engagement to the US’ traditional enemies, exemplified by its seriousness towards Iran. Even though Obama has declared his opposition to the Iranian nuclear programme, like the B...
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