COMMENTARIES
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Nepal's 'China Card'
Anil Kumar Mohapatra · 08 Sep, 2008 · #2669 · Commentary
In addition to internal troubles what makes India more apprehensive about its comprehensive security has been the growing 'anti-India' attitude in the Himalayan state of Nepal. This most favoured friend of India has turned over the month...
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A Trip Report on Pakistan
· 04 Sep, 2008 · #2668 · Commentary
Report of IPCS Seminar held on 2 September 2008
Chair:
Mr. Dhirendra Singh, President, IPCS Executive Committee
Speakers: Maj. Gen. (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee,
Director, IPCS
&n...
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India Needs to Get Pak-wise
Manisha Gangahar · 03 Sep, 2008 · #2667 · Commentary
Nearly 1,000 Pakistanis were killed in suicide bombings in 2007, with the country falling only second to Iraq in the number of suicide attacks. Besides, in August 2008, there have been several bombings. While Gen. Pervez Musharraf is out of the ...
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Terrorism and the Internet: Security Agencies Barking up the Wrong Tree
Sandeep Bhardwaj · 03 Sep, 2008 · #2666 · Commentary
In three recent terrorist attacks - the UP blasts of November 2007, the May 2008 blasts in Jaipur and the Ahmedabad blasts of July - minutes before the explosions took place, local media offices received e-mails announcing the blasts and claimin...
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Unending Drama in Pakistan
Siddharth Ramana · 28 Aug, 2008 · #2665 · Commentary
A week after the resignation of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on 18 August 2008, the beleaguered country witnessed another high profile political event, in the form of the withdrawal of support to the coalition government at the centre, by...
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India-ASEAN FTA: Implications for India
Mohit Anand · 27 Aug, 2008 · #2664 · Commentary
Trade negotiations on the India- ASEAN FTA were finally concluded on 7 August 2008. According to the Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation signed between the two countries in October 2003, the negotiations were supposed to be completed by ...
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Kaladan Multi-modal Project in Myanmar
Papori Phukan · 27 Aug, 2008 · #2663 · Commentary
In April 2008, India and Myanmar signed an agreement on the US$110 million Kaladan multi-modal transit-cum-transport project, which would connect India's land-locked Northeast with the southern coast of Myanmar. The project will be entirely ...
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Afghanistan: Appraising the Future
Firdaus Ahmed · 27 Aug, 2008 · #2662 · Commentary
Following the attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, suggestions for deploying Indian troops in Afghanistan has been doing rounds among the strategic circle in New Delhi. Far fetched as it may appear at this juncture, it could acquire momentum i...
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Will TAPI Remain a Pipedream?
Raghav Sharma · 27 Aug, 2008 · #2661 · Commentary
On 25 April 2008, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) signed a Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement, committing to the construction of an ambitious 1,680km-long pipeline to transport 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year...
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Indo-Afghan Relations and Pakistan Factor
Bimla Kumari · 27 Aug, 2008 · #2660 · Commentary
The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai's visit to India on 4 August following the SAARC summit held in Colombo, was significant to India in many respects. Karzai, was the first to hold the Pakistani spy agency responsible for the 7 July suicide ...
