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  • Pakistan-Israel Relations: A New Beginning?
    Beryl Anand    ·   26 Oct, 2005    ·    #1873    ·    Commentary    
    The 1 September meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpart Khurshid Mahmoud Kasuri - described by many observers as historic - was carved out of secret efforts by the pro-Islamic and pro-American Turkish...
  • Russia-China Military Exercises: Diplomatic and Security Implications
       ·   26 Oct, 2005    ·    #1872    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Srikant Kondapalli & Dr. Madhu Bhalla Chair: Major General Dipankar Banerjee Dipankar Banerjee The joint military exercises held last August were a significant development in Asia and has important implications ...
  • National Safeguards Against Biological Weapons: Are They Effective?
    KS Manjunath    ·   25 Oct, 2005    ·    #1871    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document The Biological Weapons Convention held its experts' meet on 'Code of Conducts' in June, 2005. Along with India, countries like Australia, Argentina, Canada, United Kingdom, Iran, Germany, Japan, China, South ...
  • 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 ...
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