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  • Will the US Adopt a Pre-emptive Nuclear Policy?
    Ajay Lele    ·   27 Sep, 2005    ·    #1848    ·    Commentary    
    In the recent UN General Assembly Session, Secretary-General Kofi Annan expressed deep regret over the fate of non-proliferation agenda. The year 2005 could be seen as a 'watershed' for non-proliferation. First, the reluctance of the US ...
  • North Korea Nuclear Accord: A Game Of Diplomacy
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   27 Sep, 2005    ·    #1847    ·    Commentary    
    After a hiatus of three years and four rounds of intensive deliberations by the Six Party negotiators on the issue of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, an agreement has finally evolved whereby North Korea has pledged to dismantle its nuc...
  • Afghanistan, Resurgent Taliban and India
    Happymon Jacob    ·   20 Sep, 2005    ·    #1846    ·    Commentary    
    Elections to Afghanistan's 249-member Lower House and 34 provincial councils have just been conducted. Despite strict warnings from the resurgent Taliban and other splinter groups fighting the Karzai regime, it is widely held that these elec...
  • A Positive Gesture to Afghanistan
    Mridusmita Borah    ·   20 Sep, 2005    ·    #1845    ·    Commentary    
    The visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh to Afghanistan from 27-28 September 2005 demonstrated New Delhi's commitment to "work wholeheartedly" with Kabul, thereby making a strat...
  • The Meaning of Koizumi's Victory
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   19 Sep, 2005    ·    #1844    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document Junichiro Koizumi led his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to a decisive victory in the 11 September elections to the Japanese Diet's Lower House. The Japanese public rewarded Koizumi's risk-taking and party purges...
  • Blasts in London: Tremors in Pakistan
       ·   19 Sep, 2005    ·    #1843    ·    Commentary    
    Recent weeks have seen the repercussions of the London bombings reverberating across Pakistan. General Musharraf, bent on convincing the international community of his unswerving commitment to rid his country of all that nurtures terrorism, is o...
  • Balochistan Still Simmering
    Alok Bansal    ·   19 Sep, 2005    ·    #1842    ·    Commentary    
    The insurgency in Balochistan is far from over. Apart from a series of bomb blasts and attacks on gas pipelines, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claims that it shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter aircraft on 10 September. During t...
  • China's Oceanic Offensive: India's Policy Options
    Smita    ·   17 Sep, 2005    ·    #1841    ·    Commentary    
    China, already the largest power in Asia, is gradually emerging as a major global player and will acquire strong military and economic capabilities in the coming decades. This comprehensive transformation has important implications for India. In...
  • Maritime Terrorism Or Piracy - Is India Prepared?
    Rohit Honawar    ·   17 Sep, 2005    ·    #1840    ·    Commentary    
    A 1,000 Twenty Foot Unit (TEU) feeder container vessel docks at Ballard pier in Mumbai after returning from a port in the Persian Gulf. Shortly after its arrival into the city, a blast from one of the containers rocks the Gateway of India, the T...
  • Who Rules Manipur's Streets?
    Oken Jeet Sandham    ·   15 Sep, 2005    ·    #1839    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document In post-Independent India, Manipur state is afflicted by one of the oldest insurgencies. Even after 33 years of statehood, there appears to be no hope in future. The present scene in this once princely state, is of anarc...
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