COMMENTARIES
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Reconceptualizing Internal Security
Firdaus Ahmed · 04 Apr, 2008 · #2537 · Commentary
The Supreme Court has appointed a Special Investigation Team led by former CBI Director, RK Raghavan, to report to it in three months on some post-Godhra cases in Gujarat. This is a telling comment on the credibility of the judicial system in th...
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Amir Haidar Khan Hoti: The 19th Warrior of the Frontier
D Suba Chandran · 01 Apr, 2008 · #2536 · Commentary
Amir Haidar Khan Hoti is the new Chief Minister of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Will this well-educated and secular young man, who has become the 19th Chief Minister since 1947 be able to bring peace and stability to one of the most ...
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Democracy in Dragon Country
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 01 Apr, 2008 · #2535 · Commentary
Bhutan went to the polls on 24 March, 2008 after the King "gifted" a transition to his people which was received with both enthusiasm and fear. The enthusiasm was about joining a democratic exercise mandated by the King, while the fear...
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Why Muslims are not part of Naxal Outfits in Bihar
Kamla Singh · 01 Apr, 2008 · #2534 · Commentary
Dalits and Muslims constitute more than 28 per cent of Bihar's population. The two communities share a number of similarities being at the lowest level of socioeconomic development in the state. They are misused as votebanks by the political...
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China's Growing Defence Budget: Cause for Alarm
Sanjay Kumar · 01 Apr, 2008 · #2533 · Commentary
China's military budget, scaling new heights every year, has increased by almost 100 per cent since 2005, touching US$58.8 billion in 2008. This is the twentieth year in a row that China has recorded double digit growth in its military budge...
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Pakistan Elections 2008: Implications for Pakistan and India
· 01 Apr, 2008 · #2532 · Commentary
Report of IPCS Seminar held on 3 March 2008
Chair: Amb Eric Gonsalves
Speakers: Prof Kalim Bahadur, Mr P R Chari, Dr D Suba Chandran
Prof Kalim Bahadur
The biggest question facing the new government in Pakistan is whether it would be ab...
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Tibet Today, Taiwan Tomorrow?
Adityanjee · 31 Mar, 2008 · #2531 · Commentary
The latest Taiwanese presidential elections, characterized by a high voter turnout of 76 per cent, brought the opposition Kuomintang Nationalist Party (KMT) back to power in Taiwan. The KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou won by 58 per cent of the votes ...
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Malaysian General Elections 2008: A Move Towards Pluralistic Politics
Yogendra Singh · 30 Mar, 2008 · #2530 · Commentary
Although the results of the recently held elections in Malaysia do not indicate a radical change in the existing political landscape of Malaysia, at least a strong political message has been conveyed that the hegemony of the ruling Barisan Nasio...
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Stakes for India, China, and Thailand in a Stable Burma
Julien Levesque · 30 Mar, 2008 · #2529 · Commentary
Report of Discussion held on 15 February 2008 at the IPCS
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Local Polls in Batticaloa: How Significant?
N Manoharan · 28 Mar, 2008 · #2528 · Commentary
The government of Sri Lanka, after clearing the eastern parts of the island (comprising the districts of Trincomalee, Batticaloa and Amparai) from LTTE control, successfully conducted local elections in Batticaloa on 10 March 2008. Altogether, p...
