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  • Peace Bus on a Bumpy Road
       ·   03 May, 2005    ·    #1726    ·    Commentary    
    Almost three weeks after the resumption of the bus service across the LoC connecting the divided families of Pakistan-held-Kashmir and Indian Kashmir, as the bonhomie and the euphoria attached with this bus seems to settle down slowly, the time ...
  • Unjust Wars - Blame it on Soldiers and Spies!
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   30 Apr, 2005    ·    #1725    ·    Commentary    
    The recently released report by the US Presidential Commission indicts the intelligence agencies for being "dead wrong" about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The other interesting development is the timely release of...
  • India-China: A Strategic and Cooperative Partnership
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   30 Apr, 2005    ·    #1724    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese premier's recent visit to India has been hailed as historic, elevating ties between the two states to the status of a strategic, cooperative partnership. Now that the self-congratulatory rhetoric following the visit has abated, t...
  • 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...
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