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  • Review of 2008 US Elections: Winners and Losers
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   10 Nov, 2008    ·    #2729    ·    Commentary    
    Barack Obama, the 47-year old first-term Democratic Party Senator from Illinois and the first African-American Presidential candidate of a major political party, has defied conventional wisdom to become the next President of the most powerful na...
  • Global Economic Crisis and India
    Narendra Kumar Tripathi    ·   10 Nov, 2008    ·    #2728    ·    Commentary    
    The world is facing the spectre of economic recession. The global economic crisis, having its origins in the sub-prime crisis in the US, is threatening to unravel the world's financial structure. According to the Bank of England, the global ...
  • Hindraf and the Indian Diaspora in Malaysia
    Om Prakash    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2727    ·    Commentary    
    The Malaysian Governments ban on the non-governmental Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), branding it as a threat to national security has raised a number of issues and concern regarding Indian community residing in Malaysia. Under sections 3 a...
  • Nepal's Security and Strategic Prospects
       ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2726    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 5 November 2008 Chair: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta Speaker: Dr. Rhoderick Chalmers, South Asia Deputy Project director, International Crisis Group Ashok Mehta The term "New Nepal" is ...
  • China's Security Policy
       ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2725    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 4 November 2008 Chair: Maj Gen (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Speaker: Jonathan Holslag, Director of Research, Brussels Institute of Contemporary China Studies Introductory Remarks As China is r...
  • Islamic Extremism and Bangladesh
    Kazi Anwarul Masud    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2724    ·    Commentary    
    The question periodically raised in the minds of the national and international community is whether Bangladesh can become a hub of Islamic extremism. Though the country has secular political parties, the efforts by some to establish Islamic rul...
  • Terror Strikes, Interpretation Divides
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2723    ·    Commentary    
    The recent terror strikes in Assam have been truly unprecedented in the history of insurgency and disturbance in Northeast India. The blasts that ripped through Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta left people shocked and looking for answ...
  • Rising Chinese Interest in Africa
    Akhmed Tillayev    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2722    ·    Commentary    
    That "China and African states will develop new strategic cooperation" was the clear message that emerged from the China-Africa forum held in Cairo from 18-19 October 2008. During the forum both sides agreed to extend their political i...
  • Arms Sales and Recession
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2721    ·    Commentary    
    There is a need to dispel the misplaced notion that the quantum of US arms sales will drop because the world is in the grip of a recession and the money supply is low. According to American sources, US weapons sales to foreign countries in ...
  • Tibetan November: Come Rain or Shine?
    Tshering Chonzom    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2720    ·    Commentary    
    A 'Special Meeting' of incumbent and ex-Kalons (ministers), the current and former members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE), government officials, representatives of the Tibetan NGOs, Tibetan intellectuals and experts, and Tibet...
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