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  • Tackling Terrorism
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   01 Mar, 2007    ·    #2225    ·    Commentary    
    The concept of security has undergone several changes over the years. In this era of globalization, when complex interdependence and enhanced multilateral cooperation should have led to greater coordination and enhanced security, the nation-stat...
  • Pak-Afghan Border Issue - Sitting on the Fence
    Swapna Kona    ·   01 Mar, 2007    ·    #2224    ·    Commentary    
    The growing friction between Pakistan and Afghanistan involves multiple facets. As the relations between the two neighbors go from bad to worse, the border issue is one that requires immediate consideration. There are two dimensions involved - f...
  • Iran's Space Ventures
    Srinjoy Bose    ·   28 Feb, 2007    ·    #2223    ·    Commentary    
    On 25 February, Iran announced to the world that it had launched a research rocket that attained a suborbital altitude, a test that appears to move the country closer toward its aim of putting indigenous satellites into space. Officials from the...
  • The EU-India Strategic Partnership: What's New?
    David Crous Duran    ·   27 Feb, 2007    ·    #2222    ·    Commentary    
    Today, both India and the European Union have arisen as global economic powers and are aiming to consolidate their role and boost their leadership in political and security issues of regional and global concern. The context is well-known: the co...
  • Iran-India Energy Relations: Strategic Dimensions
       ·   27 Feb, 2007    ·    #2221    ·    Commentary    
    Opening Remarks Ambassador Lalit Mansingh Iran is an enigma in the Asian region and a key player in the Middle East vis-a-vis the Palestine-Israel, Lebanon, and Iraq crises. India and Iran share civilizational bonds dating back to ...
  • The North Korean Agreement
    Amit Sisir Gupta    ·   27 Feb, 2007    ·    #2220    ·    Commentary    
    The new agreement with North Korea has led to pessimistic and optimistic responses in the United States. The pessimists point out that it gives North Korea too much and gets little in return - unlike South Africa, North Korea will not be dismant...
  • Sri Lanka: Five Years of the Ceasefire Agreement
    N Manoharan    ·   26 Feb, 2007    ·    #2219    ·    Commentary    
    The Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) in Sri Lanka completed five years on 22 February 2007. At this juncture it is pertinent to look at whether the CFA has achieved its stated objectives of "bringing an end to the hostilities, improving the living...
  • Afghan Refugees in Pakistan: An Uncertain Future
    Srinjoy Bose    ·   23 Feb, 2007    ·    #2218    ·    Commentary    
    The 9/11 attacks in the United States and its subsequent war on terror has forced the international community to focus again on the Afghan refugee issue - a dismal crisis which has witnessed refugees crossing into Pakistan many times since 1979....
  • Terrorism: The Dilemma of Definition
    Prakash Chandra Jha    ·   23 Feb, 2007    ·    #2217    ·    Commentary    
    Defining terrorism has always been a difficult exercise. Past work on a general definition of terrorism has often been controversial, and no consensual definition has emerged at the international level. Without a definition, it is difficult to d...
  • India ASEAN FTA: Problems and Prospects
    Yogendra Singh    ·   23 Feb, 2007    ·    #2216    ·    Commentary    
    In 2003, India and ASEAN agreed to start negotiations for establishing a FTA. Three years later, the FTA is far from reality. While there are problems, the Fifth ASEAN-India Summit kept alive hopes for future negotiation because both sides showe...
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