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  • Does China Matter? Elections and Foreign Policy Issues in India
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   09 Apr, 2009    ·    #2846    ·    Commentary    
    With the general elections kicking off, Indian political parties are out to woo the voters on several issues. However, barring the Indo-US nuclear deal, other foreign policy issues such as relations with China remain marginalized in election manif...
  • Blood Emeralds: Feeding the Taliban in Swat
    Urvashi J Kumar    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2845    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan’s Taliban have poppy’s lucre to fund their operations and their Pakistani brethren have found a friend in emeralds. Swat’s emeralds, some of the finest available in the world and next only to the ones mined in Colombi...
  • The ‘Context’ of Islamism
    Ali Ahmed    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2844    ·    Commentary    
    The GWOT is a classic example in which the ‘cause’ has been completely eclipsed by the manner of execution of the terror act of 9/11. Foreign presence in and control of regimes in Arab states, for reasons of energy security, furnished ...
  • Obama’s Af-Pak Strategy: Why It Will Not Work
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2843    ·    Commentary    
    Signaling a new approach to the long war in Afghanistan, the new US administration announced a comprehensive new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan on 27 March. Pakistan which expected a tougher strategy by Obama has reasons to cheer it.  ...
  • Is China’s Space Militarization a Threat to India?
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2842    ·    Commentary    
    A recent fact-filled 78-page analysis of China’s rapidly expanding military capabilities by the Pentagon with a focus on its developing “disruptive technologies,” points to Chinese advances in acquiring the capability to attack s...
  • Obama’s Af-Pak Strategy
    Amit Kumar Gupta    ·   06 Apr, 2009    ·    #2841    ·    Commentary    
    A new strategy has been unveiled by the Obama Administration, for both Afghanistan and Pakistan. The most prominent feature that stands out is its intent to make Afghanistan self-supporting in terms of its security, and also enabling it to shore u...
  • CTBT Redux
    Arundhati Ghose    ·   30 Mar, 2009    ·    #2840    ·    Commentary    
    Today India is a declared nuclear weapon state, with a nuclear doctrine and a recognition, however reluctant, by the international community that India is a responsible nuclear state with an impeccable proliferation record, except for the die-hard...
  • North Korea’s Planned ‘Satellite’ Launch
    Rajesh Kapoor    ·   30 Mar, 2009    ·    #2839    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea is planning to launch a long range missile under the guise of its satellite launch programme in the first week of April. Rejecting all objections and criticism, North Korea says it is a sovereign nation, and has the right to develop it...
  • Indian Missile Defense: Questions Unanswered
    Mayank S Bubna    ·   26 Mar, 2009    ·    #2838    ·    Commentary    
    India’s latest successful test of a missile interceptor system in Bay of Bengal on 6 March may not have generated the same national euphoria as its five nuclear tests in 1998 but in strategic circles, there were smaller celebrations. “...
  • From Mumbai to Lahore: Where Do We Go From Here?
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   26 Mar, 2009    ·    #2837    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 23 March 2009 Chair: Dhirendra Singh, former Home Secretary and President, IPCS Executive Committee Speakers: Mr PR Chari, Research Professor, IPCS Dr D Suba Chandran, Deputy Director, IPCS Dhirendra Si...
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