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  • India and Vietnam in Changing East Asia
       ·   13 Apr, 2007    ·    #2262    ·    Commentary    
    The Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies Division in the Centre for South, Central, South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies, (CSCSEASWPS) School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University organized a roundtabl...
  • SAARC Observer Status for Iran: Regional Implications
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   13 Apr, 2007    ·    #2261    ·    Commentary    
    One of the themes of the recently concluded fourteenth SAARC Summit was 'connectivity' and the unanimous decision to bestow Iran an observer status in SAARC to enhance South Asia's links with Iran. Iran has multiple linkages particul...
  • IPCS-Brookings Dialogue on China
       ·   13 Apr, 2007    ·    #2260    ·    Commentary    
    The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, in collaboration with the Brookings Institution held a 'Dialogue on China' at the Neemrana Fort Palace, Rajasthan from 19-22 March 2007. The American delegation, led by Professor Stephen Cohen ...
  • Recent Developments in Nepal
       ·   09 Apr, 2007    ·    #2259    ·    Commentary    
        Chair:         Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Speaker:        Mr. Nischal Nath Pandey Opening Remarks In recent months, Nepal has been under...
  • India's Neighbourhood: Economic and Political Developments
       ·   05 Apr, 2007    ·    #2258    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Ambassador G Parthasarathy Chair: Dr. Manmohini Kaul Associate Professor, School of International Studies, JNU Any discussion on developments in India's neighbourhood has to start with a definition of the neighbourhood. ...
  • India and China: Setting an Agenda for Cooperation
       ·   04 Apr, 2007    ·    #2257    ·    Commentary    
    The IPCS hosted a delegation from the China Reform Forum (CRF) at the Pataudi Palace, 10-11 March 2007 as part of a follow-up meeting to the deliberations between the IPCS and CRF in November 2006 at Beijing. The Chinese delegation ...
  • Myanmar and Russia: Strengthening Ties
    K Yhome    ·   04 Apr, 2007    ·    #2256    ·    Commentary    
    On 20 March 2007, the oil and gas ministry of Kalmykia (a constituent republic of the Russian Federation) signed an agreement with Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and Singapore's Silver Wave Energy for exploration and production of oil...
  • Iran and the Geopolitics of Energy
    Garima Singh    ·   04 Apr, 2007    ·    #2255    ·    Commentary    
    The instability in West Asia, particularly over Iran, is growing with the current standoff over its capture of British marines. The US has deployed its largest fleet of warships and submarines in the Persian Gulf, since the Iraq invasion, ...
  • Constituent Assembly Elections in Nepal
    P G Rajamohan    ·   03 Apr, 2007    ·    #2254    ·    Commentary    
    Once again Nepal achieved an important milestone in the ongoing peace process by forming an interim government on 1 April 2007. However, the delay and confusion among political parties while forming the interim government and the prevailing susp...
  • Foreigners versus Locals: What is happening in South Waziristan?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   03 Apr, 2007    ·    #2253    ·    Commentary    
    Map - FATA For the first time since the war on terrorism, one hears a different story in South Waziristan: the local tribesmen are fighting the foreigners! What is happening? What happened to the local 'hospitality' argument for su...
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