COMMENTARIES
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Adivasi Unrest in Assam
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 06 Dec, 2007 · #2437 · Commentary
The rally organized by the All Assam Adivasi Students Union in Guwahati on
24 November 2007 to demand Scheduled Tribe status led to unprecedented violence
that will be a blot on Assam's image for quite some time. The government claimed ...
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Pakistan's Strategic Assets in Times of Crisis
Manpreet Sethi · 06 Dec, 2007 · #2436 · Commentary
In 2006, the US Quadrennial Defence Review had identified the prospects of a nuclear capable state losing control over its weapons to terrorists as the greatest danger facing the US. Today, the international community is faced with precisely suc...
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Implications of Iran's Ashura Missile Test
Neha Kumar · 05 Dec, 2007 · #2435 · Commentary
Iran claimed to have carried out a successful test of its long-range missile, Ashura, on 27 November 2007, which has the capability to strike targets in Israel and US bases in the Middle East. The missile is named after the Shia holy day of mour...
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India-ASEAN FTA Negotiations: The Way Forward
Satyajit Mohanty · 04 Dec, 2007 · #2434 · Commentary
In a major post-Cold War diplomatic reorientation in the early 1990s, India launched its 'Look East' policy to connect with East Asian nations and in particular with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). This led to growin...
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Trends in India-ASEAN Economic Relations
Vibhanshu Shekhar · 30 Nov, 2007 · #2433 · Commentary
During the last few years, the nature and scale of India-ASEAN economic relations have expanded considerably, bringing in new avenues for economic cooperation and further consolidating the ongoing engagement. With total India-ASEAN trade at appr...
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International Pressure and Military Rule in Myanmar
Veena Tyagi · 30 Nov, 2007 · #2432 · Commentary
The political crisis in Myanmar has topped the agenda at talks between leaders of the Southeast Asian nations and the European Union meeting in Singapore. The group, meeting for an annual summit, renewed international calls for the military junt...
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Pakistan Transition to Democracy
AM Vohra · 30 Nov, 2007 · #2431 · Commentary
Field Marshal Ayub Khan firmly believed that Pakistan was not ready for democracy. After assuming the Presidency in October 1958, he instituted Elective Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO) in August 1959, disqualifying a large number of politic...
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Japan-India Partnership in the Era of Asian Regional Integration
· 28 Nov, 2007 · #2429 · Commentary
Report of Seminar held at the India International Centre on 16 November 2007
Chair: Amb. Eric Gonsalves, President, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
Speaker: Prof. Akihiko Tanaka, Professor of International Politics, Interfaculty
In...
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India and ASEAN Cooperation in the Aviation Sector
Anushree Bhattacharya · 27 Nov, 2007 · #2428 · Commentary
On 1 November 2007, Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, declared at the 13th ASEAN Transport Ministers Meeting that the emphasis ought to be put on enhancing transport links between ASEAN and the rest of East Asia, and in particular on wo...
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Adding Nuclear Fuel to the Fire?
Swapna Kona · 27 Nov, 2007 · #2427 · Commentary
What is the current status of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal and how safe and secure is it? After an emergency was proclaimed in Pakistan, predictions about President Pervez Musharraf's political future and speculation about his control over...
