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  • Indo-Pak Relations: The State of the Game
       ·   10 Oct, 2005    ·    #1860    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema and Amb. IP Khosla Chair: Prof. PR Chari P R Chari In analyzing the state of Indo-Pak relations, two points of view generally emerge. One that laments the pace of improving relations as glacial, and...
  • India-UK Strategic Defence Relationship: Challenges and Opportunities
       ·   08 Oct, 2005    ·    #1859    ·    Commentary    
    I am delighted to be able to address you on my first visit to India since becoming Secretary of State for Defence, especially as it follows on from the extremely successful Summit between Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Tony Blair. ...
  • The IAEA Resolution: A Cretan Labyrinth?
    Arun Vishwanathan    ·   08 Oct, 2005    ·    #1858    ·    Commentary    
        Labels of Success and Failure are fickle in diplomacy. The Manmohan Singh government has understood this rule of international relations, following its condemnation from all quarters on the stand it took on the Iranian...
  • Truce in Manipur: Popular Perceptions
    Oken Jeet Sandham    ·   08 Oct, 2005    ·    #1857    ·    Commentary    
    Manipur is undoubtedly the only State in India besieged by nearly 30 militant organizations. The power of the State administration does not run beyond a few kilometers from the capital. The situation in Manipur has become one of the m...
  • Women Suicide Bombers: Unchartered Territory
    Rohit Honawar    ·   08 Oct, 2005    ·    #1856    ·    Commentary    
    Last week marked another bloody chapter in the violence that has marred Iraq's new found 'liberation'. That there were a spate of suicide bombings which left more than 120 people dead came as no surprise for a country which has wit...
  • Is Bangladesh heading for trouble?
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   06 Oct, 2005    ·    #1855    ·    Commentary    
    Bangladesh's liberal cultural history has been cited as a natural anti-dote to the growth of terrorism in that country. However, each passing incident that has posed fundamental challenge to the country's body politik, leading to many ...
  • INDRA 2005: From Sea to the Desert
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   05 Oct, 2005    ·    #1854    ·    Commentary    
    On September 20, 2005, a squadron of five warships and one nuclear submarine of the Russian Pacific Fleet sailed for the Indian Ocean. The squadron is programmed to carry out joint exercises code named INDRA 2005 from October 7 to 19 with th...
  • Consolidating India's Military-Industrial complex
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   04 Oct, 2005    ·    #1853    ·    Commentary    
    India?s military industrial complex (MIC) is poised for change. If recent decisions are any indication, private players will have new opportunities in defence production. The trade unions, on the other hand, have been sounding the alarm. Apparen...
  • Resurgent Naxal Movement in Bihar
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   03 Oct, 2005    ·    #1852    ·    Commentary    
          The seeds of the Naxal movement in Bihar were sown as early as 1967 in Ekwari village in the Sahar Block of Bhojpur district. Jagdish Mahato, a local schoolteacher who had alleged links with naxal leaders from West...
  • Would the EU ban LTTE?
    Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay    ·   03 Oct, 2005    ·    #1851    ·    Commentary    
    The European Union (EU) in a strongly-worded declaration on 26 September 2005 condemned the violent and terrorist activities of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The EU announced its active consideration to formally enlist LTTE ...
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