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  • Indo-Bangladesh Relations: Unleashing the Potential
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   01 Jun, 2007    ·    #2306    ·    Commentary    
    With a shared history and culture, Indo-Bangladesh relations were expected to have a good trajectory but in reality, they have been always been held hostage to misplaced priorities, owing to mutual misunderstandings. A bilateral relationsh...
  • ULFA's Strategy of Terror
    Upasana Mahanta    ·   31 May, 2007    ·    #2305    ·    Commentary    
    With ULFA-orchestrated violence rocking the state of Assam and the death toll of innocent civilians going up, one is forced to wonder, what is it that ULFA seeks to achieve with the death of innocents? Even putting aside the question of the viab...
  • Arunachal in the Sino-Indian Dispute: Beyond the Visa Fracas
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   31 May, 2007    ·    #2304    ·    Commentary    
    The recent denial of a Chinese visa to an Indian IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh cadre has been portrayed in India as evidence of continued Chinese intransigence on resolving the border dispute. That the training programme for IAS officers ...
  • The European Parliament Report on Kashmir: An Overview
    Priyashree Andley    ·   31 May, 2007    ·    #2303    ·    Commentary    
    On 24 May 2007, Baroness Emma Nicholson's amended "Report on Kashmir: Present Situation and Future Prospects" was passed by an overwhelming majority in the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Report criticizes Pakistan for human...
  • The Gorakhpur Blasts: Symptom of a Rising Threat
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   31 May, 2007    ·    #2302    ·    Commentary    
    Three serial blasts of low intensity ripped through the crowded Golghar market area of Gorakhpur on 22 May, injuring 6 people. The incident was the first of its kind in this city. Investigations are yet to find the perpetrators or establish the ...
  • Decay of the Non-Proliferation Regime: Can it be Reversed?
    PR Chari    ·   29 May, 2007    ·    #2301    ·    Commentary    
    Next only to the visible threats emanating from international terrorism, is the invisible danger arising from the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Indeed, a link is established between these two hazards via nuclear terrorism. And, yet, while th...
  • Trends in India's Indochina Policy
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   27 May, 2007    ·    #2300    ·    Commentary    
    Driven by a common understanding of international politics and shared interests, India has developed strong political and strategic relationships with the Vietnam-centric Indochina countries during the last fifty years. While some of the basic p...
  • Indian Foreign Policy, Security and Economic Issues
       ·   27 May, 2007    ·    #2299    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the Discussion at the IPCS with US White House Fellows held on 14 May 2007 Speakers: Amb. Lalit Mansingh, Former Foreign Secretary and Indian Ambassador to United States Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS Mr. ...
  • Singapore-Indonesia Extradition Treaty and Defence Cooperation
    Pankaj Kumar Jha    ·   27 May, 2007    ·    #2298    ·    Commentary    
    Indonesia and Singapore signed an extradition treaty and defence cooperation agreement in the last week of April ending the diplomatic war. These treaties were held up earlier with respect to the issues of the export of sand to Singapore from In...
  • Punchhi Commission and Security Issues
       ·   27 May, 2007    ·    #2297    ·    Commentary    
    The central government has recently set up a commission headed by former Chief Justice of India, M M Punchhi, to take a fresh look at the centre-state relations, which is, in fact, a long-felt need. Some of its terms of reference, however, ...
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