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  • Japan's Support for the Indo-US Nuclear Deal: A Step Towards a Safer World
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   25 Jan, 2007    ·    #2194    ·    Commentary    
      The visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Japan in December 2006 marks the beginning of a joint partnership for global and strategic cooperation. This is a significant development as the two largest democracies of Asia will now j...
  • Managing Arms and Armies in Nepal: Need for Caution
    P G Rajamohan    ·   22 Jan, 2007    ·    #2193    ·    Commentary    
    After the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the Maoists in Nepal, 11 years of political chaos and security instability appear to have come to an end. Unlike attempts at peace in the past decade, the ongoing peace settleme...
  • China Successfully Tests Anti-Satellite Weapon
    Ajay Lele    ·   22 Jan, 2007    ·    #2192    ·    Commentary    
    China celebrated the 50th anniversary of its space progress in 2006 by essentially propounding the peaceful uses of the outer space. However, come 2007, the Chinese stance seems to have gone through a somersault of sorts. Last week, they success...
  • The Mirwaiz Hurriyat: 'Hurrying' to Resolve Kashmir
    Priyashree Andley    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2191    ·    Commentary    
    The leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) have discussed their forthcoming Pakistan visit with Kashmiri Pandits, intellectuals and politicians in Jammu. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, APHC chief, and his team begin their Pakistan visit thi...
  • Emergency in Bangladesh: What Next?
    Supriya Singh    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2190    ·    Commentary    
             "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" said Marcellus in Hamlet. The present situation in Bangladesh is no different what with the declaration of emergency and the fate of the ninth...
  • Semiotics of Terrorism: A 'Symbolic' Understanding of the LTTE
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Jan, 2007    ·    #2189    ·    Commentary    
    Understanding terrorism is not complete without comprehending its symbolisms. Terrorist or militant groups use various symbols to convey their ideologies and goals. These symbols are usually drawn from the cultures in which these groups operate ...
  • India-United States Understanding on Civil Nuclear Cooperation: The Way Ahead
       ·   13 Jan, 2007    ·    #2188    ·    Commentary    
    Excerpts from a talk by Shyam Saran, Special Envoy of the Prime Minister on 10 January 2007. The talk was organized by the Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses at the India Habitat Centre Shyam Saran The Indo-US Nuclear deal has gener...
  • Debating the Nuclear Deal
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   12 Jan, 2007    ·    #2187    ·    Commentary    
    The recent Indo-US nuclear deal is pregnant with several many epoch-making implications for the bilateral relationship between the two countries. Most significantly, the deal is being seen as marking a major policy shift in the United States'...
  • India and Japan - Towards Permanent Interests
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2186    ·    Commentary    
    India's economic growth in recent years and America's sudden interest in New Delhi have caused Japan to sit up and take serious note of India. It was Yoshiro Mori and Atal Behari Vajpayee, who set the ball rolling for Indo-Japanese relat...
  • The PM's Japan Visit
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   09 Jan, 2007    ·    #2185    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh undertook a four-day official visit to Japan from 13-16 December. The implications of the visit may be assessed across bilateral, regional and global issues - all of which necessarily overlap. On the bilateral ...
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