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  • NSCN-IM's Case for Federal Relations: A Feasibility Study
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   24 May, 2005    ·    #1753    ·    Commentary    
    In spite of the NSCN-IM general secretary Th Muivah's case for a federal relation between India and the State of Nagaland and non-insistence on independence, any prospect for a quick solution to the Naga imbroglio appears to be bleak until a...
  • Joint Mechanism for Tsunami Aid Victims in Sri Lanka: Look for an Alternative
    N Manoharan    ·   20 May, 2005    ·    #1752    ·    Commentary    
    There has been pandemonium over Joint Mechanism (JM) to distribute international aid (valuing $2 billion) to tsunami victims of Northeast of Sri Lanka. President Chandirka Kumaratunga is keen to have the JM distribute the international aid and s...
  • Japan-China Relations: Will the Sun Set on History?
       ·   20 May, 2005    ·    #1751    ·    Commentary    
    The recent tussle between China and Japan was one of the strongest outbursts of Chinese objection to Japanese interpretation of history. It started simmering over the question of the Japanese bid for a permanent seat in the UN Security Council. ...
  • Looking Beyond Bio-Weapons and Bio-Terrorism in South Asia
    D Suba Chandran    ·   20 May, 2005    ·    #1750    ·    Commentary    
    How real is the threat of bio-terrorism in South Asia? Are the terrorist groups in the region likely to use bio-weapons? Is there a need to look beyond bio-weapons and bio-terrorism so as to assess the real threats? If one is to go by histo...
  • India: A Responsible Nuclear Power
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   19 May, 2005    ·    #1749    ·    Commentary    
    On 13 May 2005, the Indian Parliament enacted the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery System (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Bill, 2005. The bill aims at providing a firm legal base to India's resolution of preventing prolife...
  • Container Security Initiative: Is India Serious About Its Maritime Trade?
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   19 May, 2005    ·    #1748    ·    Commentary    
    The port of Colombo in Sri Lanka will soon be the first South Asian port to be Container Security Initiative (CSI) compliant. The port will host United States Customs officials who will pre-screen all export and selected transshipment containers...
  • Iraq in Turmoil: Rising Insurgency, Lowering of Expectations
    Harsh V Pant    ·   19 May, 2005    ·    #1747    ·    Commentary    
    The violence in Iraq is at an all time high. After a brief lull in the immediate aftermath of the 30 January elections in Iraq, insurgency has once again raised its head with a vengeance, dashing US hopes of political stability in Iraq. In the t...
  • Revisiting Indo-Pak 2002 Border Confrontation - I: Why 13 December?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1746    ·    Commentary    
    Why did 13 December 2001 attack on Indian Parliament took place? Was it because the Agra summit failed? Was it because September 11 inspired the non-state actors in South Asia to carry out similar spectacular attacks in the region? Was it becaus...
  • Bio-Terrorism & Bio-Defence
       ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1745    ·    Commentary    
    Chair        : Amb A N Ram Panelists  : Amb Arundhati Ghose                 &nbs...
  • Situation in Nepal post-1 February (Nepal Media Survey - April 2005)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1744    ·    Commentary    
    Violating the Constitution In Drishti (April 5), former Member of Parliament Radheshyam Adhikary wrote that the Council of Ministers' Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) and imposition of emergency were unconstitutional an...
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