COMMENTARIES
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India: Budgeting for Defence
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 19 Mar, 2006 · #1973 · Commentary
The Finance Minister's dream budget has come as a dampener to the defence services. Against double digit expectations, the defence budget is up merely by 7.23 percent to Rs. 89,000 crore. This is insignificant due to inflation, rise in salar...
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Creating Conditions for Peace in Kashmir: Pugwash Conference in Islamabad
Happymon Jacob · 19 Mar, 2006 · #1972 · Commentary
The second meeting of the Pugwash Initiative on Kashmir was held from 10 to 12 March in Islamabad under the broad theme 'Prospects for Self-Governance in Jammu and Kashmir, and Present Status of Cooperation and Communications across the LOC&...
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The Indo-US Nuclear Agreement & the US Non-Proliferation Laws
Adil Hasan Khan · 19 Mar, 2006 · #1971 · Commentary
The momentous Indo-US Nuclear Agreement, amongst other things, could bring about some changes in the legal regime governing nuclear proliferation in the United States, since an obligation has been undertaken by the US to "seek agreement fro...
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India and Non-Proliferation: A Debate
David Albright's · 18 Mar, 2006 · #1970 · Commentary
(The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) carried an article on its web site by one of its interns Swapna Kona ("India and Nuclear Proliferation: A Reply to David Albright," Article no. 1966) responding to David Albright and ...
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Pact With Hope: A New Era in US-India Relations
Niharika Chibber Joe · 18 Mar, 2006 · #1969 · Commentary
Even as scores of protesters angrily awaited George W. Bush's arrival in India on March 1, 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh breached protocol to meet his guest at the airport-giving many reason to believe that Indo-U.S. relations would ve...
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India-US Civilian Nuclear Deal: Impact on Asian Balance of Power
Sameer Suryakant Patil · 17 Mar, 2006 · #1968 · Commentary
The historic visit of the President Bush to India from 2-4 March 2006 has placed bilateral relations in a higher orbit. The highlight of this visit was the March 2 India-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Agreement, a logical culmination of the July 18, 2005...
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Hijacking Train : The New Face of Red Terror
Rajat Kumar Kujur · 16 Mar, 2006 · #1967 · Commentary
In terms of terror tactics, naxalism went one step further when the armed cadres of the CPI (Maoist) hijacked the 628 down Barwadi-Mughalsarai train on 13 March. The incident took place near Hahegarah station in the Latehar district of Jharkhand...
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India and Nuclear Proliferation: A Reply to David Albright
Swapna Kona · 16 Mar, 2006 · #1966 · Commentary
On 10th March 2006 David Albright, head of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released a report, co-researched by Susan Basu titled "India's Gas Centrifuge Program: Stopping Illicit Procurement and the Leakage o...
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Danish Cartoons: Reactions in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
L Venkateshwaran · 14 Mar, 2006 · #1965 · Commentary
The reactions to publishing the satirical cartoons of Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper were largely muted among India's Muslim community. India had sought to be politically correct on issues relating to Islam. The Prime Minister's ...
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Indo-US Nuclear Deal: American Strategic Interests
Swapna Kona · 14 Mar, 2006 · #1964 · Commentary
The Clinton visit to India in 2000 unfurled a new American world view - one which accommodates Indian ambition and encourages it. The Indo-US nuclear deal displays remarkable policy continuity. What has prompted this initiative by the Americans....
