COMMENTARIES
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Recent Terror Blasts in India: How Should We Respond?
· 17 Aug, 2008 · #2649 · Commentary
Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 8 August 2008
Chair:
Mr. Dhirendra Singh, Former Home Secretary
Speakers:
Mr. Radhavinod Raju, Joint Director, CBI
Dr. Anwar Alam, Deputy Director, West Asian Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia
Ms. Rita Manch...
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Vedanta on Volcanoes
Ranjan K Panda · 11 Aug, 2008 · #2648 · Commentary
Vedanta Resources, the London-based mining and aluminum major has almost become synonymous with controversies in India. Even though the Supreme Court on 8 August gave its branch, Vedanta Alumina Ltd., the final go-ahead to mine bauxite in the Ni...
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Counterterrorism Strategies in India and Israel
R Bhanu Krishna Kiran · 11 Aug, 2008 · #2647 · Commentary
India and Israel exist in a hostile environment, encircled by inexorable adversaries and a militarized regional milieu. Both countries have fought wars and witnessed crises in every decade of their existence and both are nations confronting exte...
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Thinking Beyond the Line of Control
Ali Ahmed · 11 Aug, 2008 · #2646 · Commentary
The Line of Control (LOC) is critical to the India-Pakistan peace process as is evident from the views of the two sides. The LOC is unacceptable to Pakistan as a permanent border as the Kashmir Valley would remain on the Indian side. India's...
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India and the New Non-Proliferation Regime
S Sasikumar & M Saravanan · 11 Aug, 2008 · #2645 · Commentary
After India's peaceful nuclear explosion in 1974 the startled international community led by the United States sought to strengthen the control of nuclear exports to prevent countries from acquiring a nuclear deterrent under the guise of pea...
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India-Bangladesh Relations: Are the Carrots Working?
Sandeep Bhardwaj · 11 Aug, 2008 · #2644 · Commentary
On 31 July, India's TATA announced its withdrawal from a US$3 billion investment plan for Bangladesh. After four years of negotiations with the Indian conglomerate, the Bangladeshi government failed to reach a consensus with TATA executives ...
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IDPs: Need for a National Legal Framework in Sri Lanka
· 11 Aug, 2008 · #2643 · Commentary
Report of the IPCS Colloquy held on 6 August 2008
Chair:
Dr. Suba Chandran, Assistant Director, IPCS
Speaker: Andres Angel, Research Intern, IPCS
Unlike
refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) live within the borders
of their r...
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The 'Right' and Wrongs of Preemption, the US and International Law
Sonali Huria · 05 Aug, 2008 · #2642 · Commentary
After his meeting on 20 July with the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai in Kabul, the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, reiterated his oft-repeated resolve to move US troops out of Iraq and 'take the fight to al-Qaeda in Afghanis...
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Will the Nuclear Deal be Finally Operationalized?
Anindya Batabyal · 05 Aug, 2008 · #2641 · Commentary
After keeping the civilian nuclear deal with the United States in storage for a long time, the Congress (I) led UPA government finally chose to operationalise the deal by approaching the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for an India-spe...
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Indo-Bangladesh Relations: A Golden Opportunity Missed?
Sandeep Bhardwaj · 05 Aug, 2008 · #2640 · Commentary
The two-day Annual Foreign Office Consultation between India and Bangladesh concluded on 17 July 2008, in New Delhi. In the press conference following the consultation, both foreign secretaries expressed their satisfaction with the talks that ad...
