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  • Army Recruitment Drive in North Kashmir
    Amin Masoodi    ·   26 Feb, 2009    ·    #2819    ·    Commentary    
    Defying militant threats to join the Indian security forces especially the India Army, thousands of educated unemployed Kashmiri youth from different parts of the Kashmir Valley turned up to face physical tests during a recent Army recruitment ral...
  • Sri Lanka: Cease the Fire and Catch the Peace
    N Manoharan    ·   26 Feb, 2009    ·    #2818    ·    Commentary    
    The LTTE’s call for a ceasefire is not surprising since they have now been cornered in a small geographical area of the Mullaithivu district. At one point the Tigers were virtually running a proto-state extending to about 15,000 sq. kms. and...
  • Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Holbrooke Visit: Reviewing the Messy Inheritance
    Salma Malik    ·   26 Feb, 2009    ·    #2817    ·    Commentary    
    Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the Obama administration’s newly-appointed special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, faces an uphill task. He is expected to implement an integrated strategy in the US policy towards Pakistan and Afghanistan. T...
  • India and the World: Interaction with the US Marine Corps War College
    Raghav Sharma    ·   26 Feb, 2009    ·    #2816    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Seminar held on 20 January 2009 Chair: Maj. Gen. (retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Speakers: Amb Salman Haidar, Former Foreign Secretary Mr. PR Chari, Research Professor, IPCS Air Marshal (retd.) Vinod Patney, Former Vice Chief of Ind...
  • The Mumbai Outrage and India’s Options
    PR Chari    ·   26 Feb, 2009    ·    #2815    ·    Commentary    
    The operational details of the Mumbai commando-style suicidal terrorist attack are clear. More facts will emerge when the criminal cases against the alleged perpetrators are launched in India and, hopefully, in Pakistan. The latter has grudgingly ...
  • Closure of the Manas Airbase
    Angira Sen Sarma    ·   20 Feb, 2009    ·    #2814    ·    Commentary    
    On 3 February, the Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced the closure of the US base at Manas, a crucial logistics hub for US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. Of the developments that have influenced the US eviction from Manas, some anal...
  • Deals for Peace
    Rabia Akhtar    ·   18 Feb, 2009    ·    #2813    ·    Commentary    
    In order to understand how the latest Malakand deal has been reached one needs to look back into history. The latest deal with Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM), to implement Sharia law in Malakand division of the NWFP, is not the first of i...
  • Indian Vice President’s Visit to Myanmar: Cementing India-Myanmar Ties
    K Yhome    ·   18 Feb, 2009    ·    #2812    ·    Commentary    
    Geopolitics in the region warrants India’s engagement with Myanmar. New Delhi needs a friendly government in Naypyitaw to keep alive its hope of bringing gas from Myanmar to India, for tackling insurgency and the development of its border re...
  • A Plan of Action – Managing Global Insecurity
    Sonali Huria    ·   18 Feb, 2009    ·    #2811    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Ambassador Lalit Mansingh   Speaker: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution, Washington DC Lalit Mansingh   The purpose of the study undertaken by Brookings was to ...
  • Burma and the Limits of International Influence
    Yogendra Singh    ·   18 Feb, 2009    ·    #2810    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 5 February 2009 Chair: Maj Gen (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee  Speaker: Dr Andrew Selth, Research Fellow, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia Introductory Remarks Burma has been fa...
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