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  • South India: A Potential Terrorist Target
       ·   06 Nov, 2006    ·    #2144    ·    Commentary    
    With the arrest of Mohammad Fahad and Mohammad Ali Hussian, two Pakistan nationals, in Mysore on 27th October, the contours of a plan by the Al-Badr terrorist group to attack the State Secretariat and its Annexe, the Vikas Soudha in Bangalore an...
  • The 'Taliban' Factor in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
    Shanthie Mariet D'Souza    ·   06 Nov, 2006    ·    #2143    ·    Commentary    
    Bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are presently marked by heightened mistrust and acrimony. This is essentially a consequence of the increased levels of Taliban related violence and instability in Afghanistan. Since May 2006, ...
  • CCOMPOSA: A Mirage or a Reality?
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   31 Oct, 2006    ·    #2142    ·    Commentary    
    In the last week of August, the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) successfully concluded its fourth conference at an undisclosed location in Nepal. The conference was attended by the Proletarian ...
  • ULFA: The Deadlocked Talks and The Road Ahead
    Rani Pathak    ·   29 Oct, 2006    ·    #2141    ·    Commentary    
      The main question in Assam today is whether the Government and the ULFA are actually interested in talking peace to find a solution? This question is relevant as the unprecedented peace initiative was derailed after merely a s...
  • French Special Forces in Afghanistan: Implications of an Exit
    Constance Roger    ·   26 Oct, 2006    ·    #2140    ·    Commentary    
    The French Foreign Minister, in his January 2006 statement at the London Conference on Afghanistan, justified the presence of NATO in Afghanistan. The current discussion in France about reducing and reshaping French involvement is based, however...
  • North Korea's Nuclear Test
       ·   26 Oct, 2006    ·    #2139    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the discussion held in the IPCS Conference Room on 16 October, 2006. Speakers: PR Chari, Vyjanyanti Raghavan, Jabin T. Jacob, and Alex Stolar. PR Chari  The implications of North Korea's first nuclear test need to...
  • North Korean Nuclear Test: Implications for Non-proliferation System
    PR Chari    ·   24 Oct, 2006    ·    #2138    ·    Commentary    
    Endism being in fashion-recollect the Francis Fukuyama thesis which postulated that the end of the Cold War heralded the end of history-the nuclear test conducted by North Korea on October 9 has been proclaimed by doomsday prophets to portend th...
  • North Korea's Nuclear Test: Lessons for International Politics
       ·   19 Oct, 2006    ·    #2137    ·    Commentary    
    . Kim Jong Il, the reclusive dictator of North Korea, finally called the bluff of the international community last week with a nuclear test. The test constitutes a grave challenge to the global nuclear nonproliferation regime, led by the Unite...
  • Is Afghanistan the Next Afghanistan?
    Alex Stolar    ·   16 Oct, 2006    ·    #2136    ·    Commentary    
    In August, the Council on Global Terrorism released a report which posited that Afghanistan may become the next Afghanistan. Their paradoxical question implies that present day Afghanistan may again become a terrorist sanctuary, just as it was b...
  • Emerging Changes in Japan: Impact on Indo-Japan Relations
       ·   14 Oct, 2006    ·    #2135    ·    Commentary    
    (Report of the IPCS Panel Discussion held on 6 October 2006 at The Oberoi, New Delhi. The panel comprised of Arjun Asrani, Takio Yamada and C Rajamohan. The discussion was chaired by Eric Gonsalves) Arjun Asrani The Past in Indo-Japan R...
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