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  • Is Musharraf Losing Control?
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   14 Apr, 2007    ·    #2265    ·    Commentary    
    The Pakistani people are living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, the self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan's polity like no other ...
  • Tata Forays into Strategic Sectors of Southeast Asia
    Pankaj Kumar Jha    ·   14 Apr, 2007    ·    #2264    ·    Commentary    
    The Tata group has set its sights on acquiring about 30 percent stake in two prominent thermal coal producers in Indonesia for US$1.1 billion. The two Indonesian coal companies are ranked among the three largest exporting coal mines in the world...
  • Central Asia in Indo-Russian Geopolitical Calculations
    Angira Sen Sarma    ·   13 Apr, 2007    ·    #2263    ·    Commentary    
    Since their independence in 1991, the five Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have become geo-strategically and geo-economically significant. The demise of the Soviet Union created a power ...
  • 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...
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