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  • Bajaur Attack: Musharraf's Preempts; Militants' React
    Priyashree Andley    ·   23 Nov, 2006    ·    #2154    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 October 2006, the day the government was expected to sign a peace agreement with militants in Bajaur similar to the one signed in North Waziristan, missiles were fired on a madrassa in Damadola village in Bajaur agency. Later government re...
  • In the Line of Fire: Pakistan Army
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   21 Nov, 2006    ·    #2153    ·    Commentary    
    Pervez Musharraf's memoir 'In the Line of Fire' has deservedly drawn critical fire. The excuse is that he has been candid in keeping with his commando image. The resulting publicity has helped sell his book. Missing in the controvers...
  • Hu Jintao's Visit: Building a Cooperative Strategic Partnership
       ·   19 Nov, 2006    ·    #2152    ·    Commentary    
    (Excerpts of Interview with Ambassador CV Ranganathan by D Suba Chandran and Urvashi Aneja) I. POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC ISSUES It is important to realize that the ASEAN group of countries would like to leverage the growth of Ind...
  • Dhiren Barot's Conviction: Are the Rules of the Game changing?
    Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay    ·   19 Nov, 2006    ·    #2151    ·    Commentary    
    Last week a British court awarded the life sentence to Dhiren Barot, an important Al Qaeda operative in Britain. Those who have observed the terror scenario unfolding in Europe and the responses of national governments in the last few years will...
  • Hasba Bill and Electoral Democracy: Lessons from the NWFP in Pakistan
    Samrat Sinha    ·   19 Nov, 2006    ·    #2150    ·    Commentary    
    The passage of the "Hasba" [Accountability] Bill in the NWFP by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal [MMA] dominated provincial legislature on 13 November 2006 raising questions about electoral democracy in Pakistan. The bill found support amon...
  • Collateral Victims: Allan Rock's Mission on Child Soldiering in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan    ·   18 Nov, 2006    ·    #2149    ·    Commentary    
    Allan Rock, special advisor to the UN Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, visited Sri Lanka recently to ascertain the ground situation in the conflict zones, especially compliance with the Action Plan for Children Affected by War by t...
  • Hu Jintao's India Visit: Implications for Bilateral Relations
       ·   17 Nov, 2006    ·    #2148    ·    Commentary    
    Rukmani Gupta Hu Jintao's visit has to be examined in the context of the strategic developments of the last ten years. The slow incremental pattern of cooperation between the countries was set with P.M Rajiv Gandhi's visit in 1988. ...
  • The US-Iran and the Indo-US trade-offs: Demolishing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
    Amit Singh    ·   13 Nov, 2006    ·    #2147    ·    Commentary    
    The nuclear non-proliferation regime has been wanting in terms of universality, reciprocity and adherence to norms, guidelines and procedures. Its norms have regularly been violated and the nuclear test by North Korea has rendered the regime o...
  • Bangladesh Elections 2007: Problems Ahead
    Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj    ·   12 Nov, 2006    ·    #2146    ·    Commentary    
    Ongoing political developments in Bangladesh reflect two trends in the national politics. First, a popular demand for free and fair elections to form the next government. Second, vitiation of the political climate marked by erosion of tolerance,...
  • Reforming the Police and Policing
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   08 Nov, 2006    ·    #2145    ·    Commentary    
    While we have felt the need for and independent and sensitive police force for better enforcement of the law of the land and protection of the common citizens' rights, this has remained pious thoughts, nostrums from the rostrums. Many police...
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