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  • From Ayodhya to London - I: Terror In Our Backyard
    Rohit Honawar    ·   13 Jul, 2005    ·    #1790    ·    Commentary    
    Last week saw the unfolding of atrocious acts of terrorism in two different countries, thousands of kilometres apart. Yet, the similarities and differences were surprisingly congruent. An attack on the makeshift Ram Mandir in Ayodhya left five t...
  • Sino-Indian relations: Economy over Politics?
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   13 Jul, 2005    ·    #1789    ·    Commentary    
    A series of economic agreements signed between India and China bear significant political and military connotations. A five-year plan envisages the two-way growth of bilateral trade to $30 billion by 2010. A group formed during former Prime Mini...
  • Indo-US Strategic Cooperation: Constraints, Limitations
    PR Chari    ·   13 Jul, 2005    ·    #1788    ·    Commentary    
    The framework agreement envisaging a defence relationship between India and the United States, signed in Washington by Pranab Mukherjee and Donald Rumsfeld on 28 June, 2005, has started unravelling. This is unsurprising since it did not apprecia...
  • Cautious Pragmatism: The Iran-Pakistan-India Pipeline
    Todd Armstrong    ·   13 Jul, 2005    ·    #1787    ·    Commentary    
    Over a decade after it was proposed, a natural gas pipeline linking Iran, Pakistan, and India appears to be in the offing. The Indian petroleum ministry has begun preliminary discussions with representatives from Tehran and Islamabad. The Irania...
  • Siachen Conflict and the Indo-Pak Rapprochement
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   12 Jul, 2005    ·    #1786    ·    Commentary    
    Despite all the recent parleys, Indo-Pak relations are still stuck in the quagmire of deeply ingrained mistrust and a politico-diplomatic mindset. Though much was expected after General Musharraf's visit to New Delhi in March 2005, the defen...
  • Discourse on Bioweapons Non-Proliferation
    KS Manjunath    ·   12 Jul, 2005    ·    #1785    ·    Commentary    
    The prevailing negotiations on non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are fraught with contending views and priorities. This was evident during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon) held in May 2005....
  • Siachen (Saltoro) - Towards Resolution
       ·   09 Jul, 2005    ·    #1784    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen D Banerjee (Retd) Panelists: PR Chari, C Raja Mohan, Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi (Retd), Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy (Retd) and BG Verghese Gen Banerjee: Introduction The objective of the discussion is to explore ...
  • Gwadar - Port of Hope or Despair?
    Alok Bansal    ·   08 Jul, 2005    ·    #1783    ·    Commentary    
    The Pakistan government has declared that the first phase of the Gwadar Port to be complete. It was not inaugurated by the Chinese Prime Minister as scheduled 'due to various reasons'. This fact is significant and indicates further deter...
  • Indo-US Defence Agreement: Impact on India's Neighbourhood
       ·   07 Jul, 2005    ·    #1782    ·    Commentary    
      The Defense Agreement signed by India and the US on 28 June 2005 is of historic significance. Known as the New Framework for US-India Defense Relationship (NFDR), it extends the Agreed Minute on Defense Relations signed between t...
  • Nuclear Bunker-Busters
    Ajay Lele    ·   06 Jul, 2005    ·    #1781    ·    Commentary    
    US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld offers a very interesting argument as the rationale for continuing with the research on 'bunker-buster nuclear device'. According to him, the US is presently in possession of very large, very dirty, b...
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