COMMENTARIES
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Kashmir: Musharraf's Self Rule and NC's Autonomy
Ranjeet Kalra · 18 Feb, 2006 · #1943 · Commentary
Recent statements by the Pakistan's President Gen Pervez Musharraf with regard to self-governance, demilitarization and joint-management of India and Pakistan over Kashmir have once again cast a shadow of doubt on the hitherto well managed I...
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Suicide Terrorism in Afghanistan: Taliban's New Game Plan
Supriya Singh · 17 Feb, 2006 · #1942 · Commentary
Suicide attacks now are becoming frequent in Afghanistan, which has been embattling
insurgency since the US military operations in 2001. The first warning of suicide
attacks came in the form of an audiotape message in February 20...
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Iran's Nuclear Weapon Ambitions
Ajay Lele · 17 Feb, 2006 · #1941 · Commentary
The recent voting at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in Vienna indicates that the P-5 countries have cornered Iran for its nuclear transgressions. However, concerns are being raised in certain quarters regarding the effecti...
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Civilian Nuclear Power Cooperation: The French Connection
· 15 Feb, 2006 · #1940 · Commentary
The Indo-French civilian nuclear cooperation is back on the skids. With roughly a week to go before President Jacque Chirac's visit to India, it seems the "strategic partnership" (partenariat stratégique) has hit a few roadb...
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Interpreting China's Grand Strategy at Gwadar
Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy · 14 Feb, 2006 · #1939 · Commentary
China is flexing its muscles to enhance its influence in South Asia. Triggered by a roaring economy, propelled by swelling confidence and funded by chequebook diplomacy, China is projecting its new might across the sub-continent through its stra...
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US and South Asia
· 12 Feb, 2006 · #1938 · Commentary
Speaker: Dennis
Kux, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC
Ambassador Dennis Kux
How
does the world look from Washington? The view is a troubled one. The US has
come a long way since 2003 when the US administration won the first bat...
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FDI in Retail: A Rebuttal
Surabhi Sharma · 10 Feb, 2006 · #1937 · Commentary
This essay is in response to the article titled "FDI in Retail" written by R Ramasubramanian and published earlier on the website. First, any argument against allowing foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail needs to consider the fol...
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Strait Talk in Malacca
Amit Kumar · 06 Feb, 2006 · #1936 · Commentary
After years of reluctance, India is now preparing to initiate a new multilateral security arrangement along the strategic Malacca Straits. Unlike its traditional focus on bilateral channels, India has now significantly shifted focus to multilate...
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FDI in Retail: Survival of The Fittest or Revival of The Caveat?
R Ramasubramanian · 05 Feb, 2006 · #1935 · Commentary
The news is unclear, but India's policy decision to open single-brand retailing to 51 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) has initiated yet another sensitive debate. US ambassador David Mulford's remarks on favoring FDI in retail ha...
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AQ Khan Network: Alive & Still Working
· 25 Jan, 2006 · #1934 · Commentary
Those who believe that the nuclear black market chain run by Dr AQ Khan has been shut down could be in for greater shocks in the future. First, it will be folly to believe that Dr AQ Khan was alone in his venture of buying and selling nuclear te...
