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  • Pakistan and Obama
    Tanya Saira George    ·   09 Feb, 2009    ·    #2799    ·    Commentary    
    While the world tuned in to Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony in the US in the hope that the next few years would mark the beginning of change and a semblance of peace, Pakistanis in general appear to have no expectations from the convent...
  • Indonesia’s Foreign and Security Policy
    Jasmeet Kaur    ·   09 Feb, 2009    ·    #2798    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Amb Navrekha Sharma, Former Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Speaker: Theo L Sambuaga, Member of Indonesian Parliament Discussant: Prof Baladas Ghoshal, Visiting Professor Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi A...
  • Myanmar’s Bid for SAARC Membership
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   03 Feb, 2009    ·    #2797    ·    Commentary    
    Mani Shankar Aiyar, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), often comments that Southeast Asia begins from Northeast India, and South Asia begins in Myanmar. It is useful therefore, to examine Myanmar’s bid to enter S...
  • The West and 26/11: A ‘Contain India’ Policy?
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   03 Feb, 2009    ·    #2796    ·    Commentary    
    British Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s remarks on 26/11, tracing its roots to the Kashmir issue, indicates that western countries and Britain’s perceptions on terrorism has not changed much since 9/11. This partisan approach to a...
  • Gorshkov Deal: India’s Helplessness with Russia
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   31 Jan, 2009    ·    #2795    ·    Commentary    
    The Gorshkov deal between India and Russia has run into controversy over the price and cost overruns of the planned induction of the 44,500 tonne aircraft carrier into the Indian Navy. The Russian failure to adhere by contractual agreements also r...
  • Courting Astana: Nazarbeyev’s India Visit and Beyond
    Raghav Sharma    ·   30 Jan, 2009    ·    #2794    ·    Commentary    
    Kazakhstan, with the largest proven oil reserves in the region and three of the world’s richest hydrocarbon fields, is hence of prime importance in India’s energy security policy formulation. The international branch of the Indian ...
  • Not Quite an Empty Threat
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   29 Jan, 2009    ·    #2793    ·    Commentary    
    G Parthasarathy, a leading Indian realist and former High Commissioner to Pakistan, has written in an opinion piece (Times of India, 22 January 2009) that nuclear weapons constitute "an empty threat" for there is "little chance"...
  • 26/11: Yellow Journalism versus State Intervention
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   29 Jan, 2009    ·    #2792    ·    Commentary    
    Coverage of the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks by the Indian media has spurred a debate on the extent to which the media should be regulated in the public interest and the interests of national security. The Government of India is seriously t...
  • Obama's New American Era: Pakistan's Policy Options
    Rabia Akhtar    ·   26 Jan, 2009    ·    #2791    ·    Commentary    
    The question that needs to be raised post the 20 January inauguration of the new US administration is not how Obama will deal with Pakistan but rather how Pakistan should revise its foreign policy agenda with this transition in US government and...
  • India and the 'Global NATO': Expectations and Reservations
    Sonali Huria    ·   26 Jan, 2009    ·    #2790    ·    Commentary    
    NATO is gradually transforming from a Eurocentric military alliance into a global politico-military organization. Michael Ruhle, Deputy Head of the NATO Secretary General's Policy Planning Unit, at a recently concluded India-NATO dialogue in...
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