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  • India and the Afro-Asian Summit
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   30 Apr, 2005    ·    #1723    ·    Commentary    
      'If you want to settle a thing, you see your opponent and talk it over with him. The last thing to do is write him a letter' said Lloyd George as a precursor to Summit level meetings. The word 'Summit' gained political...
  • Sino-Japanese Tensions: Asian Balance of Power in Flux
    Harsh V Pant    ·   30 Apr, 2005    ·    #1722    ·    Commentary    
    After weeks of escalating tensions, China and Japan have finally decided to bury their hatchet, at least for now. Chinese President, Hu Jintao and Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi met on the sidelines of the Afro-Asian summit held to c...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Trust, but Verify
    Kanchan Lakshman    ·   28 Apr, 2005    ·    #1721    ·    Commentary    
    Since the India-Pakistan rapprochement began in April 2003, there have been many positives on the conventional indicators of the Jammu and Kashmir conflict. Terrorist violence has witnessed a secular decline, cross-border infiltration is down, t...
  • Tigers with Wings - Air Power of the LTTE
    N Manoharan    ·   28 Apr, 2005    ·    #1720    ·    Commentary    
    LTTE is the only militant group after the Nicaraguan 'Contras' to acquire air power. Unlike the 'Contras', the Tigers have developed their air wing without any external state support. Why would the LTTE need an air wing? What is ...
  • Prospects for Peace in South Asia
       ·   28 Apr, 2005    ·    #1719    ·    Commentary    
    Discussant: Dr. Rafiq Dossani (Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of the South Asia Program at the Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University) Chair: Major General Dipankar Banerjee (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee Gener...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Engage Him Until a Better Option Arises
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1718    ·    Commentary    
    Should India trust Musharraf to deal with Pakistan? If he is not trustworthy, should India stop dealing with him? For India there are major security interests in Pakistan: a peace process that could be sustained; an understanding on Kashmir to k...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - He is Bidding his Time to Strike
    Wilson John    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1717    ·    Commentary    
    The decision to trust President Musharraf should rest on facts. He is the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan that has been targeting India since 1947; has engaged in bloody conflicts with India; and continues to anchor his strategic doctrine and tr...
  • How Did Bangladesh Become an Epicenter of Islamic Terrorism?
    Satish Kumar    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1716    ·    Commentary    
    Unprecedented mayhem under the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and Jamaat against religious and ethnic minorities has continued unabated. Besides numerous cases of dacoity, 305 serious cases of minority attacks were reported in the last few ...
  • The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus Service: Is the Cart Pulling the Horse?
    Mallika Joseph    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1715    ·    Commentary    
    On 21 April, the second Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus left for its destination without the media hype and coverage the first one had. This followed the successful visit Musharraf had to Delhi where he declared, "the peace process was now irreve...
  • Landmine Treaty and Bangladesh
    Anand Kumar    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1714    ·    Commentary    
    Landmines have been the scourge of humanity in modern times. Hence the international community has been making efforts to rid the world of this menace. This effort resulted in the Landmines Treaty (the Ottawa Convention) or the Mines Ban Treaty ...
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