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  • 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...
  • Southeast Asia-US Relations: Strategic Shifts
    Tuli Sinha    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2829    ·    Commentary    
    Security issues have become prominent in Southeast Asia because of the presence of global players, and rising great powers, which intersect in complicated ways. Security is the only dimension of a pattern of international relations that makes the ...
  • A Strategy for ‘Af-Pak’
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2828    ·    Commentary    
    The first colonial incursion into Afghan politics dates back to 1838 when the British embarked on what was to eventually end in a rout at the end of the First Afghan War. Just as the destiny of the region was then scripted by foreigners in Simla, ...
  • Recent Developments in Sri Lanka: Implications for India
    Sandeep Bhardwaj    ·   09 Mar, 2009    ·    #2827    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Roundtable Discussion held at the IPCS on 6 February 2009 Chair: Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee, Director, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Speaker: Dr N Manoharan, Senior Fellow, Center for Land and Warfare Studies The discu...
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