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  • Democracy in Maldives: Troubles of Transition
    Alok Bansal    ·   25 Oct, 2005    ·    #1870    ·    Commentary    
    The recent arrests of Opposition leaders in Maldives has severely jeopardized the island nation's planned transition to democracy and dented the credibility of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. These events question President Gayoom's comm...
  • Kashmir, India and Pakistan: From Massive Calamity To A New Opportunity?
       ·   25 Oct, 2005    ·    #1869    ·    Commentary    
    The 8 October 2005 earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale had its epicentre 100 km north of Islamabad. The worst affected areas are in PoK, where the death toll has crossed 50,000 as on 21 October. The perennially bickering sub-continenta...
  • Post-Quake Political Efforts: Time for Bolder Steps
    D Suba Chandran    ·   24 Oct, 2005    ·    #1868    ·    Commentary    
    Two weeks after a devastating earthquake in Kashmir and the NWFP, India and Pakistan have taken bold steps based mainly on humanitarian concerns overcoming narrow (in)sensitivities. Is this a new beginning? Has a natural disaster at last made bo...
  • Challenges to the Peace Process in J&K: A Kashmiri Perspective
    Mushtaq Ahmad    ·   23 Oct, 2005    ·    #1867    ·    Commentary    
    The genesis of the present peace process in Jammu & Kashmir can be traced to the historic Musharaf-Vajpayee meeting in Islamabad on 6 January 2004. The Islamabad declaration became a reference point to all statements made thereafter. The peo...
  • China's Manned Space Mission
    Ajay Lele    ·   19 Oct, 2005    ·    #1866    ·    Commentary    
    China successfully completed its second manned space mission with the safe landing of the Shenzhou 6 crew capsule in Inner Mongolia on 17 October 2005. The success of this five-day mission is the latest chapter in China's ambitious drive to ...
  • The Glorification of Suicide Terrorism
    Rohit Honawar    ·   19 Oct, 2005    ·    #1865    ·    Commentary    
      Few things grab a reader's attention more than a headline that reads "Woman suicide bomber blown to pieces". Whether it has something to do with our morbid fascination for all things violent or the sheer intrigue th...
  • Multilateralism: Reinventing the Wheel
    KS Manjunath    ·   18 Oct, 2005    ·    #1864    ·    Commentary    
    Diplomatic manoeuvres by India, China, and the European Union are increasingly seeking wider global connectivity to secure their national demands relating to energy, defence procurement, trade and technology. The aggressive bidding by India and ...
  • Kashmir Earthquake: A Chance For Peace?
       ·   17 Oct, 2005    ·    #1863    ·    Commentary    
    The earthquake struck with a ferocity not witnessed in a hundred years. A 7.6 intensity on the Richter Scale forebodes disaster anywhere, but is possibly the worst when it strikes in the high Himalayas and when the winter is lurking around the c...
  • Changing Equations in Kashmir
    Ranjeet Kalra    ·   17 Oct, 2005    ·    #1862    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document Political leaders from both sides of the LoC in Kashmir held two rounds of talks heralded as "Heart To Heart" in September 2005. Undoubtedly, this was a historic event. It was the first time ever that intra-Kas...
  • Indo-Pak Conflicts: Ripe to Resolve?
       ·   10 Oct, 2005    ·    #1861    ·    Commentary    
    Discussants: Dr. D. Suba Chandran & Amb. IP Khosla Chair: Prof. PR Chari D. Suba Chandran The inspiration for the book, Indo-Pak Conflicts - Ripe to Resolve, written jointly with Rizwan Zeb came from the works of Professor Chari, St...
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