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  • Nathu La: The Road Ahead
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   29 Jun, 2006    ·    #2054    ·    Commentary    
    An influential theory in international relations, the theory of "expected trade gains", argues that positive expectations of future trade will lead interdependent states to assign a high expected value to continuation of peaceful tra...
  • Asserting the Internal Peace Process in J&K: The Second Round Table Conference
    Priyashree Andley    ·   28 Jun, 2006    ·    #2053    ·    Commentary    
    The second Round Table Conference (RTC) chaired by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, was held in Srinagar on 24-25 May 2006. The killing of over 125 people since May in the run up to the RTC underscored the volatility of the present security s...
  • Balochistan: Kalpars, Masuris and the Intra Bugti Clashes in Dera Bugti
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Jun, 2006    ·    #2052    ·    Commentary    
    Recent weeks have witnessed the return of the Kalpar sub-tribe of the Bugtis and armed clashes between the Bugtis and the Kalpars. The military regime's support for the returning Kalpars and the intra tribal armed clashes add a new component...
  • LTTE Operations and Attacks: A method to the madness
    RR Vinod    ·   26 Jun, 2006    ·    #2051    ·    Commentary    
      An analysis of the violent attacks involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka clearly brings out a pattern, be it in eliminating Tamil political leaders, militant opponents, Sri Lankan leaders or securit...
  • What Next in Sri Lanka: Five Questions and Two Sets of Responses
    N Manoharan    ·   24 Jun, 2006    ·    #2050    ·    Commentary    
    As the Oslo talks did not succeed, Norway was forced to 'go back to the basics' by asking the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the LTTE on 8 June 2006 to respond to five questions in 15 days: Will the parties stand committe...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Intense Lobbying
       ·   24 Jun, 2006    ·    #2049    ·    Commentary    
    The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal has reached its final stages and will be tabled before the Senate and House of Representative for voting to become an Act. Lobbying becomes prominent at this stage. Since it has been realized by India and Indian...
  • Waziristan: Taliban, State and Media
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2048    ·    Commentary    
    On 16 June 2006, Hayatullah Khan's body was found with gun shots in Mir Ali region of North Waziristan. A dead body in Waziristan does not make for major news in the recent years, but what is significant in this case is that Hayatullah is th...
  • US- Bangladesh Relations: Recent Developments
    L Venkateshwaran    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2047    ·    Commentary    
    The participation of Bangladeshi troops in the 1991 Gulf war coalition and in numerous UN peacekeeping operations has helped strengthen relations between the United States and Bangladesh. Clinton was the first US President to visit Bangladesh in...
  • Nathu La: Renewing the India-China Silk Route
    Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2046    ·    Commentary    
    After several rounds of negotiations, India and China have signed a historic agreement to resume border trade through the strategic Nathu La from 6 July, after four decades of closure. Nathu La Pass was once part of the flourishing Silk route, c...
  • Regional Responses to North Korea's Impending Missile Launch
    Jacob Chriqui    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2045    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea has repositioned itself in the global limelight following reports asserting its intent to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. The US, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand have given official warnings to Pyongyang against any lon...
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