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  • Iran's Nuclear Program: The Problem of Legality
    Amit Singh    ·   07 May, 2007    ·    #2285    ·    Commentary    
    Iran has refused to endorse the NPT 2010 Review Conference's Preparatory Committee's agenda that proposes 'full compliance of the NPT'. It maintains that the agenda unfairly targets Iran and has reiterated that its nuclear progra...
  • Naxalism: The Enemy Within
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   07 May, 2007    ·    #2284    ·    Commentary    
    The increase in frequency of Naxal-related violence off late has really emerged as a cause of serious concern, not only for the integrity and security of this country, but also its general well-being. While neighbouring Nepal is witnessing recon...
  • Countering Militancy in Kashmir
       ·   03 May, 2007    ·    #2283    ·    Commentary    
    A common theme running through all the speeches of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Kashmir has been the absolute necessity of minimizing human rights violations. The closing remarks at the Third Round Table in New Delhi on 24 April 2007 also em...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Deal: In Need of Resuscitation
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   01 May, 2007    ·    #2282    ·    Commentary    
    By all accounts the current status of the most important foreign policy initiative jointly taken by President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Indo-US Nuclear Deal, is that it is on the rocks. Under Secretary Nicholas Burns has...
  • Indo-Uzbekistan Cooperation: Road Ahead
    Angira Sen Sarma    ·   01 May, 2007    ·    #2281    ·    Commentary    
    The recent visit by Minister of Commerce, Jairam Ramesh to Uzbekistan reinforces the warm relations shared between India and Uzbekistan. Since Uzbekistan's independence in 1991, there have been significant diplomatic exchanges between the tw...
  • Spoilers in the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   28 Apr, 2007    ·    #2280    ·    Commentary    
    The ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement has been waiting for long marked by a series of inconclusive meetings, stalemate in negotiations, and bureaucratic procrastination causing exasperation to advocates of the FTA, as also traders and investors i...
  • India's Strategic Relationship with China and Japan
       ·   28 Apr, 2007    ·    #2279    ·    Commentary    
    Chair:                P R Chari, Research Professor, IPCS Delegation:        Dr Terence Roehrig, Associate Professor, National Security De...
  • The Death of Two Dynasties
    Philip Jakeman    ·   26 Apr, 2007    ·    #2278    ·    Commentary    
    During the run-up to the cancelled January elections, one opinion cut through the political polarisation and achieved some consensus among non-partisan Bangladeshis. Whether articulated by shopkeepers, drivers or high-level UN personnel, this vi...
  • China and Japan - Assessing the Rapprochement
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   26 Apr, 2007    ·    #2277    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's recent trip to Japan, the first by a Chinese Prime Minister in seven years, was characterised by Wen as an ice-melting visit, to reciprocate Abe's China visit that was described as an 'ice-breaker.' Du...
  • China's ASAT Test: Implications for India
       ·   26 Apr, 2007    ·    #2276    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Seminar held at the IPCS, 18 April 2007<br> Chair: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS           Speaker: Wg Cdr Ajay Lele, Research Fellow, IDSA On 11...
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