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  • Hurriyat, J&K and Pakistan: Perspectives from Jammu
    Ranjeet Kalra    ·   23 Jun, 2005    ·    #1773    ·    Commentary    
    The recent statement by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf declaring the visiting leaders of the Hurriyat Conference as the true representatives of the people of Kashmir and the subsequent silence by Indian foreign ministry has once again under...
  • European
       ·   22 Jun, 2005    ·    #1772    ·    Commentary    
    In the early 1960s, India was among the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the former European Economic Community (ECC). If trade has always been a driving force and economic relations have rapidly progressed, even this domai...
  • NPT Review Conference
       ·   22 Jun, 2005    ·    #1771    ·    Commentary    
    Discussants: Dr Rajesh Rajgopalan, Amb Arundhati Ghose, Mr Munish Puri Chair: PR Chari PR Chari Any post mortem of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) would keep in mind the following two statements. F...
  • Indo-Pak Water Disputes
       ·   21 Jun, 2005    ·    #1770    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: George Verghese Chair: PR Chari PR Chari Water sharing is increasingly becoming a source of tension that will grow as demands increase and supplies decrease. There is a growing consciousness of the scarcity of water as i...
  • Cooperation or Confrontation?
       ·   17 Jun, 2005    ·    #1769    ·    Commentary    
    Review of "USA and the Muslim World: Cooperation and Confrontation" edited by Riyaz Punjabi This is a well-timed volume in which some of India's well-known academics have chosen to address the extremely crucial and contemporary ...
  • Architects of Violence: Illegal Immigrants and Communalization in Assam
    Bidhan S Laishram    ·   16 Jun, 2005    ·    #1768    ·    Commentary    
    Election time in democracies throws light on many political puzzles. In Assam, however, electoral logic of numbers has cast the society in communal architecture. Politics outside of this frame is becoming increasingly impossible. In the break up...
  • Skardu: The Key To Tap Pakistan's Waters?
    Seema Sridhar    ·   16 Jun, 2005    ·    #1767    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan's recent hysteria over India violating the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and cutting off its lifeline must be examined and understood within the context of its internal struggle for water resources. Pakistan has an acute need to harness...
  • The Insignificant Other
       ·   16 Jun, 2005    ·    #1766    ·    Commentary    
    We hang our head in shame and embarrassed silence, and hope for a miracle that can liberate enlightened moderation from the curse of religious bigots. What are we witnessing in this pious land? The democratic course Pakistan had set sails to is ...
  • The NPT Review Conference Fails: Non-Proliferation Regime in Disarray
    Harsh V Pant    ·   15 Jun, 2005    ·    #1765    ·    Commentary    
    They came, they talked, and they went - that's how one can essentially sum up the proceedings of the month-long seventh quinquennial review conference of the 35-year old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that was held last month in New ...
  • Beijing Courts Taiwanese Opposition
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   14 Jun, 2005    ·    #1764    ·    Commentary    
    Taiwanese opposition leaders, Lien Chan of the Guomindang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP), were hosted by China with great fanfare between April to mid-May. China has thus enhanced its encroachment in Taiwanese domestic pol...
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