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  • The Indian Economy
    Surabhi Sharma    ·   22 Dec, 2005    ·    #1910    ·    Commentary    
    Everyone wants a slice of the India pie. The reasons are not far to seek. India has just achieved an 8 per cent growth rate for the year so far, making it almost certain that growth in the full financial year will exceed the forecasted 7.5 per c...
  • Indo-Russian Relations: Unfolding a New Chapter
    Mridusmita Borah    ·   21 Dec, 2005    ·    #1909    ·    Commentary    
    Manmohan Singh's summit-level visit to Moscow from 4-6 December 2005 for the sixth Indo-Russian bilateral meet took place exactly 50 years after Jawaharlal Nehru's landmark visit. This visit opens a new leaf in the strategic relationship...
  • America and India: An Emerging Strategic Partnership
       ·   21 Dec, 2005    ·    #1908    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Ram Narayanan Chair: Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee: It is a great pleasure to welcome Ram Narayanan to India. Settled in the US, he is extensively experienced on issues relating to the US. He has s...
  • Bangladesh: A New Front for Al Qaeda?
    Supriya Singh    ·   17 Dec, 2005    ·    #1907    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document Democracy provides space for dissent; in Bangladesh, terrorists and fundamentalists are increasingly occupying this space. Ever since the first suicide attack on 29 November 2005 in Ghazipur and Chittagong, that killed n...
  • India-China Relations
       ·   17 Dec, 2005    ·    #1906    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee ((Director, IPCS) Opening Remarks Maj Gen Banerjee: India-China relations have been growing in a substantive manner in recent years. India and China are two growing economies and emerging powers. Chin...
  • China-India-Germany Strategic Dialogue
       ·   10 Dec, 2005    ·    #1905    ·    Commentary    
      An IPCS delegation led by the Director, IPCS, visited China from 21-27 November to participate in the Third Round of China-India-Germany Strategic Dialogue. The Konrad Adenauer Foundation supported the visit and the China Instit...
  • NATO Troops in Pakistan: Implications for South Asia
       ·   09 Dec, 2005    ·    #1904    ·    Commentary    
    NATO's arrival in Pakistan's quake-hit areas for relief assistance has set alarm bells ringing in the strategic circles in South Asia, portending the angst over NATO presence in the sub-continent for the first time. The uneasiness, parti...
  • Pakistan: Current Political Process and the Future of Democracy
       ·   09 Dec, 2005    ·    #1903    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Prof. Mohammad Waseem (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad) Chair: Prof. Aswini Ray (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) Prof. Aswini Ray: Opening the proceedings of the seminar, it must be stated that it is good time to ...
  • Naxal Movement in Orissa
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   06 Dec, 2005    ·    #1902    ·    Commentary    
    Led by the maverick Nagbhushan Pattnaik, the echoes of Spring Thunder was felt in different pockets of Orissa as early as 1968. However, it is during the past two decades that the Naxal movement gained momentum and strengthened its position. Pri...
  • Maniappan's Killing: A Political Murder?
    Anil Kamboj    ·   06 Dec, 2005    ·    #1901    ·    Commentary    
    The kidnapping and brutal murder of Maniappan Raman Kutty, of the Border Roads Organizations (BRO) by the Taliban in Afghanistan has shocked India as it is the first time in many years that an Indian national was kidnapped and killed by terroris...
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