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  • Suicide Terrorism - Iraq 2006
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   19 Feb, 2007    ·    #2212    ·    Commentary    
    The suicide bombing campaign in Iraq became more lethal and frequent during 2006 as the Sunni-led insurgency and Al-Qaeda affiliated jihadist groups intensified their attacks on US-led troops, Iraq's Shia-dominated government, oil in...
  • Suicide Terrorism - South Asia 2006
    P G Rajamohan    ·   19 Feb, 2007    ·    #2211    ·    Commentary    
    In the year 2006, four countries in the South Asian region witnessed more suicide attacks than anywhere in the world, next to Iraq. Compared to the previous year, the rate of suicide attacks significantly increased particularly in Afghanis...
  • 'Zero Tolerance' for Fake Encounters: A Reality Check in J&K
    Priyashree Andley    ·   17 Feb, 2007    ·    #2210    ·    Commentary    
    In early February 2007, the J&K state authorities exhumed the body of a carpenter killed in an alleged 'fake' encounter. This was followed by massive street protests in Sumbal (Baramulla district) demanding a judicial probe into the ...
  • The North Korean Accord: A Step Towards Nuclear Disarmament
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   17 Feb, 2007    ·    #2209    ·    Commentary    
    The Third session of the Fifth Round of the Six-Party talks finally resulted in North Korea agreeing to undertake nuclear disarmament in a landmark international accord signed between China, ROK, Japan, DPRK, Russia and the United States on 13 F...
  • India-Russia Relations after Putin's Visit
       ·   15 Feb, 2007    ·    #2208    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Amb K Raghunath Lt Gen RS Nagra Prof Arun K Mohanty After the Soviet Union disintegrated in the 1990s, India-Russia relations declined with Moscow turning towards Europe. Relations revived, however, during President ...
  • India-Russia Nuclear Cooperation: A Balance of Interests
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   14 Feb, 2007    ·    #2207    ·    Commentary    
    The Russian President, Vladimir Putin's visit to India during its fifty-seventh Republic Day celebrations in January 2007 was his first after the signing of Indo-US nuclear deal. During the summit meeting held in New Delhi, the two nations s...
  • India's Aerospace Command
    Ashok Sharma    ·   14 Feb, 2007    ·    #2205    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to establish a tri-service Aerospace Command to protect both the territorial and space assets of India. This was confirmed at the International Aerospace Power Seminar held at New Delhi from 4-5 February 20...
  • Hu's Visit to Africa and Implications for India
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   07 Feb, 2007    ·    #2204    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese President Hu Jintao's ongoing tour to Africa may have come as a surprise to several members of the strategic community in India. In Hu's programme, none of the other countries barring South Africa is important in the internat...
  • Destination Karnataka: Multiple Terror Threats
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   07 Feb, 2007    ·    #2203    ·    Commentary    
    After being widely known as the IT hub of India, Karnataka in general and Bangalore in particular has now become the destination point for a number of terrorist organizations. Adding to its agony is the fact that a lot of underground Maoist exer...
  • Joint Operations in the Mountains
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   06 Feb, 2007    ·    #2202    ·    Commentary    
    The role of modern armed forces is to prevent conflict through deterrence and if it does break out, to fight and win - on the adversary's territory. In any future war that the armed forces are called upon to fight in the mountains against ei...
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