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  • Pakistan-China-India Nuclear and Strategic Issues
       ·   22 Jun, 2006    ·    #2044    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen Dipanker Banerjee Speaker: Rear Adml Raja Menon Opening Remarks Maj Gen Dipanker Banerjee China's emergence is of importance to the international community but has particular significance for us as a neighbour. In t...
  • Military Applications of India's Space Program: The Military Surveillance and Reconnaissance System
    Jacob Chriqui    ·   20 Jun, 2006    ·    #2043    ·    Commentary    
    Advances in India's space program are a symbol of the country's sophisticated technological abilities and its growing regional and global prestige. While India's space program focuses largely on scientific and commercial uses of spac...
  • The SCO: Challenging US pre-eminence?
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   20 Jun, 2006    ·    #2042    ·    Commentary    
    The Shanghai summit in June 20006 marked the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which has six member states - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and four observer states - India, Pakist...
  • Naxal Ban in Orissa: Testing Times Ahead
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   18 Jun, 2006    ·    #2041    ·    Commentary    
    On June 9, 2006, the Government of Orissa imposed a ban on the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and seven of its front organizations under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908. The front organizations declared unlawful are: Daman Pratirodh Manc...
  • CBM on LoC: Need of the Hour
       ·   18 Jun, 2006    ·    #2040    ·    Commentary    
    The official level talks on the Siachen and the Sir Creek, held in May 2006, have predictably ended in no agreement. It is obvious that neither side wants to climb down from their oft-stated positions. These issues were included in the Composite...
  • Khyber Agency : Indigenous Taliban, Illegal Radio Stations and Ineffective Administration
    D Suba Chandran    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2039    ·    Commentary    
    Bara sub region in Khyber Agency has been in news due to continuing violence between two rival religious groups. Since December 2005, both groups led by Mufti Munir Shakir and Pir Saifur Rehman, have been fighting a bloody battle. More than 40 l...
  • Abu Musab Al - Zarqawi: Iraq upshot
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2038    ·    Commentary    
    It's unlikely Goethe would have predicted today's terror theatre when he remarked "Patriotism ruins History". However history is shaped by numerous events and the death of Abu Musab Al - Zarqawi is one of them. Whether he can l...
  • India, China and Asian Security
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2037    ·    Commentary    
      If the recent proceedings of the London based International Institute of Strategic Studies sponsored conference, popularly known as the Shangri La Dialogue, are any indication, India is gradually being recognised as a core state ...
  • Oslo Meetings and the Future of Ceasefire Monitoring in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan    ·   15 Jun, 2006    ·    #2036    ·    Commentary    
    Despite the presence of delegates at the venue of the talks in Oslo, their inability to meet each other, and particularly the stand taken by the LTTE has put the future of ceasefire monitoring in Sri Lanka in serious doubt. The hopes of a peace ...
  • Indo-US Military Cooperation: US Perceptions
    L Venkateshwaran    ·   10 Jun, 2006    ·    #2035    ·    Commentary    
    The basic document guiding the Indo-US defence relationship is the 'Agreed Minute of Defence Relations of 1995'. However, the relationship has since acquired new dimensions and reached a progressively higher level. The initial steps were...
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