COMMENTARIES
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East Asia Diary - April 2005: Reading the Past in the Present Tense
Jabin T Jacob · 13 May, 2005 · #1743 · Commentary
The South Korea-Japan acrimony over history and territory in March proved a prelude to the China-Japan clash over similar issues in April. That despite close economic ties, old disputes keep cropping up with new overtones such as energy rights o...
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Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty: Challenges and Dilemmas
· 13 May, 2005 · #1742 · Commentary
Has the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) met the objectives it set out to achieve? The emergence of amorphous entities and 'private' nuclear networks and their links to the nuclear programmes in Iran, Libya and North Korea have raised seri...
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Kalabagh, Bhasha or Skardu - Pakistan's Quest for Mega Dams
Alok Bansal · 13 May, 2005 · #1741 · Commentary
Of late the realization has dawned in Pakistan that the Tarbela Dam has more than done its job. It is fast silting and has lost 30 percent of its storage capacity. Desilting the reservoir could be a solution, but that would cost a huge fortune. ...
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India's Security against Bio-weapons Attack: Mission Possible?
KS Manjunath · 12 May, 2005 · #1740 · Commentary
Taking a leaf out of pop-fiction to show how life imitates art, in the movie 'Mission Impossible II', wherein a deadly virus is up for sale in the international market and the perpetrators of the crime are not looking for cash but paymen...
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China-Taiwan - Between Mainland and the Island
· 12 May, 2005 · #1739 · Commentary
As with most things Chinese, the recent visit to the mainland by leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, Lien Chan, is yielding multiple meanings. Analysts interpret the significance of the visit in a variety of ways. It was th...
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Bolton and the United Nations
Ajay Lele · 12 May, 2005 · #1738 · Commentary
The controversy over the nomination of John Bolton to be the US ambassador to the United Nations is refusing to die down with fresh allegations being made about his 'attitude problem' forcing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committ...
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Will ULFA Wilt Under US Heat?
Wasbir Hussain · 11 May, 2005 · #1737 · Commentary
The United States has at last declared the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) a terrorist organization, twenty six years after this Northeast Indian separatist group's formation and nearly five years after Washington has taken the lead i...
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Sidelining the Baglihar: Overlooking a Critical CBM?
Seema Sridhar · 10 May, 2005 · #1736 · Commentary
President Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their high profile 'cricket diplomacy' could not reach an understanding on Baglihar issue. India prefers a bilateral process to resolve the problem; but this progress has been ...
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Nepal- Future Steps
· 10 May, 2005 · #1735 · Commentary
Speaker:
Dr Rhoderick Chalmers, International Crisis
Group Chair: Maj
Gen Dipankar Banerjee
Dipankar Banerjee:
The seminar on Nepal is a continuation of IPCS's study of the
developments in Nepal. The key is to focus on the larger iss...
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Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Yes, the Atmosphere is Conducive
AM Vohra · 10 May, 2005 · #1734 · Commentary
Peace is the key to socio-economic development. Poverty, illiteracy, health care and the unemployment are problems for both India and Pakistan, and require immediate corrective measures. However, there is no dearth of people obsessed with suspic...
