COMMENTARIES
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India-Southeast Asia Relations
· 29 Aug, 2007 · #2363 · Commentary
Chair:
Amb A N Ram, Ex-Chairman, Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific-India
Panelists:
Amb B S Das, A Consultant on Revival of Nalanda University Programme
Dr. Shankari Sundararaman, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Univer...
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India's prospects as a great power
· 24 Aug, 2007 · #2362 · Commentary
Chair: Prof Varun Sahani
Speaker: Prof Sumit Ganguly
Introductory remarks: Prof Varun Sahni
Great powers are states which have system shaping capability and intention.
Both capability and intentions are important requisites of great powe...
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Pakistan's Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy
· 23 Aug, 2007 · #2361 · Commentary
Report of Seminar held at the
IPCS Conference Room on 16 August 2007
Chair: Maj Gen
(Retd) Dipankar Banerjee
Speaker: Dr Manpreet Sethi
Discussant: Dr Reshmi Kazi
Dr Manpreet
Sethi
Pakistan
regards its nuclear weapons as its most pr...
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Implications Of Russian Withdrawal From Arms Control Treaties
Neha Kumar · 23 Aug, 2007 · #2360 · Commentary
The US decision to base interceptors and radars in the Czech Republic and Poland, as a part of its Ballistic Missile Defence shield in Europe, has forced Russia to take a series of counter measures. Offensive measures include deployment of S-400...
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India, China and the Prospects of Asian Economic Community
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 21 Aug, 2007 · #2359 · Commentary
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh first envisioned an Asian Economic Community (AEC) stretching from the Himalayas to the Pacific and constituting an 'arc of advantage'. The same idea has now been articulated by the External Affairs Minister...
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From MTCR to Confidence Building Measures
Neha Kumar · 21 Aug, 2007 · #2358 · Commentary
The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is a voluntary association of countries which share the goals of non-proliferation of unmanned delivery systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, and which seek to coordinate national...
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Ceasefire Sine Die?
Chiranjib Haldar · 20 Aug, 2007 · #2357 · Commentary
The
ceasefire between the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
and the Government of India was extended sine die on 31 July 2007. The
truce in Nagaland has been extended every 12 months since 1997, except in 2005,
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The US-Arab Alliance to Contain Iran
Rekha Chakravarthi · 14 Aug, 2007 · #2356 · Commentary
On 30 June 2007, the Bush administration announced an arms package of US$63 billion to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States along with Israel, aimed at containing Iran's growing influence. The deal was justified by the US Secretary of State Co...
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Naxals-LTTE nexus in Tamil Nadu: An Alliance in the Making?
Devyani Srivastava · 14 Aug, 2007 · #2355 · Commentary
The Naxalite presence has emerged in Tamil Nadu with the discovery of a training camp conducted by former People's War Group Naxals in the Periyakulum forests, Theni district, on 25 June 2007. Three persons were arrested by the police from t...
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Karbi Anglong: Theatre of Violence
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman · 14 Aug, 2007 · #2354 · Commentary
The
recent upsurge of violence in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam has sent
the entire government machinery and the security establishment into a tizzy.
It is a logistical nightmare for the state government and the paramilitary forces, ...
