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  • LTTE and Security Implications for India
    RR Vinod    ·   18 Dec, 2008    ·    #2756    ·    Commentary    
    'India is our friend' said the LTTE leader Parbhakaran in his Heroes' Day address in November 2008. 'At no stage did we ever consider India as an enemy force. Our people always consider India as our friend. They have great expect...
  • Pakhtunkhwa Debate Resurfaces in Pakistan
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   18 Dec, 2008    ·    #2755    ·    Commentary    
    Punjab reverberates as the land of Punjabis; so does Sindh and Balochistan as the land of Sindhis and Baluchis. If Pakhtun's (Pashtuns or Pashtoons) are the ethnic majority of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), then why is t...
  • Look South Policy? Japan's Approach to India in the 21st Century
    Tomoko Kiyota    ·   16 Dec, 2008    ·    #2754    ·    Commentary    
    Relations between India and Japan have made remarkable progress since Japanese Prime Minister Mori visited New Delhi in 2000. In December 2001, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee visited Tokyo, and the Indo-Japan Joint Declaration was announced...
  • BIMSTEC: Need to Move Beyond the Linkage Syndrome
    Yogendra Singh    ·   15 Dec, 2008    ·    #2753    ·    Commentary    
    The idea of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), an amalgamation of Thailand's Look West Policy and India's Look East Policy, now seems ready to take-off ten years after its inception....
  • China Factor in India-ASEAN Relations
       ·   15 Dec, 2008    ·    #2752    ·    Commentary    
    Session I Chair: Prof. Madhu Bhalla, Head, East Asian Studies, University of Delhi Speaker 1: Dr. Debashis Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Speaker 2: Dr. Vibhanshu Shekhar, Research Associate, School ...
  • The Shanghai Cooperation Organization
       ·   10 Dec, 2008    ·    #2751    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Prof. PR Chari, Research Professor, IPCS Speaker: Dr. Thomas S. Wilkins, Assistant Professor, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney Dr. Thomas S. Wilkins The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ha...
  • Mumbai Attacks: The Pakistani View
    Tanya Saira George    ·   07 Dec, 2008    ·    #2750    ·    Commentary    
    The Mumbai carnage has been a topic of debate in Pakistan and has produced a flurry of reactions. The initial reactions, during the first and second day were extremely sympathetic. However, this initial reaction of sympathy changed substan...
  • Mumbai Attacks
       ·   04 Dec, 2008    ·    #2749    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Roundtable held on 4 December 2008 The Mumbai terror attacks were not so much an attack on Mumbai as on the entire country. It was a suicidal attack by trained commandos. The reference of these attacks to 9/11 is mislea...
  • Beyond Partnership: Outlook for Indo-US Relations
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   04 Dec, 2008    ·    #2748    ·    Commentary    
    Indo-US relations have had a bumpy ride over the last six decades. The 1990s and opening years of the 21st century have augured well for laying the foundations of a sustained Indo-US engagement in future. The following agenda could serve as the ...
  • Elections in Maoist Heartland
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   04 Dec, 2008    ·    #2747    ·    Commentary    
    In a given conflict region, the electoral process among other political processes, acquires significance both for its symbolic import as well as for the hope of ushering in practical changes on the ground. This is particularly true for the state...
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