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  • Myanmar: Be Careful What You Wish For
    Ann Koppuzha    ·   20 Jul, 2008    ·    #2626    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmarese exiles, the international media, and certain first ladies have painted the power struggle in Myanmar as black-and-white, good versus evil. The reality is much more complicated. Multiple ethnic groups constitute Myanmar and since its i...
  • AQ Khan: Nuclear Politics
    Prashant Hosur    ·   20 Jul, 2008    ·    #2625    ·    Commentary    
    After living under virtual house arrest for four years, Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan has shocked the world by recanting his earlier confessions on television that he was 'solely' responsible for the sale of nuclear technology to I...
  • India-Specific Safeguards Agreement: Indian and American Responses
    Gretchen Smith    ·   15 Jul, 2008    ·    #2624    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Specific Safeguards Agreement drew support and ire in India and the US after it was made public on 9 July 2008. The Agreement galvanized Indian opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal and further provoked the non-proliferation lobby in ...
  • Q&A: India-Specific Safeguards Agreement
    Gretchen Smith    ·   13 Jul, 2008    ·    #2623    ·    Commentary    
    On 7 July 2008, the Congress-led UPA government "initialled" the India-specific Safeguards Agreement; and, a day later, submitted this document to the IAEA Board of Governors for its approval. The document's preamble states that In...
  • Meeting the Challenge of the Kabul Blast
       ·   13 Jul, 2008    ·    #2622    ·    Commentary    
    The dust has at last settled down from the dastardly terrorist attack on the Indian Embassy at Kabul on 7 July. The Embassy has started functioning normally and visas are being issued to Afghan applicants, whose future hopes are closely linked t...
  • Religious Nationalism is not Dead Yet
    Abhishek Raman    ·   13 Jul, 2008    ·    #2621    ·    Commentary    
    Bal Thackeray, supreme leader of the Shiv Sena, one of India's Hindu nationalist parties, has called for the formation of 'Hindu' suicide squads to counter the growing threat of Islamic terrorism. His comments came after a bomb blast...
  • Chinese Companies Conquer the West
    Akhmed Tillayev    ·   13 Jul, 2008    ·    #2620    ·    Commentary    
    Of late, many experts have observed the expansion of Chinese companies in international markets, and more importantly the rise of their role in international economic processes. In the framework of "Go Out" policy initiated in 2002, Ch...
  • D-8: Lost in the Shadow of the G-8
    Madhavi Bhasin    ·   10 Jul, 2008    ·    #2619    ·    Commentary    
    The much hyped G-8 Summit from 7-8 July was preceded by the marginally referred to D-8 Summit . The economic and political clout of the G-8 nations attracted global attention. On the other hand the D-8 Summit, addressing the concerns of eight Is...
  • The Lesson from Sam Bahadur's Triumph
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   10 Jul, 2008    ·    #2618    ·    Commentary    
    Late 'Sam Bahadur', as India's Field Marshal Manekshaw was affectionately known, shares the honours for the famous victory in the war of 1971 with then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and Generals Aurora and Jacob of Headquarters East...
  • Q&A: Attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   09 Jul, 2008    ·    #2617    ·    Commentary    
    What happened in Kabul on 7 July 2008? The ramming and subsequent explosion of a suicide bomb-laden car at the gate of the Indian embassy in Kabul killed 41 people and left more than 140 wounded on Monday, 7 July. This constitutes a major a...
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