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  • 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...
  • Iran’s Nuclear Power Plant: Reactions from GCC
    M Mahtab Alam Rizvi    ·   24 Mar, 2009    ·    #2836    ·    Commentary    
    Notwithstanding international sanctions, Iran began trials on its first nuclear power plant located in the Gulf port of Bushehr. In the last week of February, Reza Aqazadeh, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO), declared that...
  • Naga Peace Process: Which Way Forward?
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   24 Mar, 2009    ·    #2835    ·    Commentary    
    The Naga peace process which started in 1997 is about to complete twelve years, without any political breakthrough being achieved in the several decades-long insurgency movement. The Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagalim, Isak-Muivah faction (N...
  • The Changing Dynamics of the Tibetan Struggle
    Gunjan Singh    ·   24 Mar, 2009    ·    #2834    ·    Commentary    
    The Dalai Lama said that this year there could not be the regular New Year celebrations owing to the memory of the Tibetans who lost their lives in demonstrations against the Chinese last year. He also said that one could not forget the Tibetans w...
  • AQ Khan and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   24 Mar, 2009    ·    #2833    ·    Commentary    
    Abdul Qadeer Khan was released from his five-year house arrest this February with assurances that he will not be involved in any future proliferation activities. The release orders passed by the Islamabad High Court were premised on a “mutua...
  • India-China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond
    Kimberley Layton & Florin Veringa    ·   17 Mar, 2009    ·    #2832    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the Discussion of the book India-China Relations: The Border Issue and Beyond by Mohan Guruswamy and Zorawar Daulet Singh Chair: Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS Speakers: Mr. Mohan Guruswamy, Director, Center for Policy A...
  • China and the Politics of UN Peacekeeping
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   13 Mar, 2009    ·    #2831    ·    Commentary    
    First, it was the White Paper on China’s national defence in 2008 published on 20 January 2009 that spoke very high of its peacekeeping operations under UN. Now, a SIPRI policy brief (by Bates Gill and Chin-Hao Huang, February 2009) has waxe...
  • Playing at Hide-and-Seek: Submarines in Asian Navies
    Tomoko Kiyota    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2830    ·    Commentary    
    On 11 February 2009, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony announced that India’s programme to construct nuclear submarines was in its final stage. At the same time, the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) first submarine was delivered from Franc...
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