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  • 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 ...
  • Profiling the Fidayeen Attacks: Suicide and Suicidal Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
    D Suba Chandran    ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1713    ·    Commentary    
    Suicide terrorism has increased manifold in the recent years, especially after the American occupation in Iraq. A particular group always managed to be in the limelight in a given period in terms of suicide attacks. There have been two exception...
  • Premier Jiabao's Visit: From Rivals to Partners?
    Satyabrat Sinha    ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1712    ·    Commentary    
    Premier Wen Jiabao concluded his four day visit to India on 12 April 2005. It was part of his eight day South Asia visit, which included Bangladesh and Pakistan. The focus of the Chinese delegation was economics but without losing sight of the v...
  • India-China Strategic Partnership: Implications for US and Pakistan
    Mallika Joseph    ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1711    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India is definitely significant within the context of Sino-Indian relations. Before his arrival it was believed that the visit would merely formalize many processes that were already in place. The 19...
  • Indo-US Arms Sale: Who Wins?
       ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1710    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee (Retd.),Speakers: Air Marshal Vinod Patney(Retd) Professor K.P. Vijayalakshmi Air Marshal Vinod Patney The hype about Musharraf's visit to India is media-centric. In contrast to earlier ...
  • Maldives: Inching Towards Multiparty Democracy
    Alok Bansal    ·   23 Apr, 2005    ·    #1709    ·    Commentary    
    The recent visit of President Gayoom has brought the focus back on happenings in Maldives. When tsunami hit the smallest state of South Asia, on 26 December 2004, it not only put brakes on the fastest growing economy in the region, but also led ...
  • China's Aggressive Nationalism and Sino-Japanese Relations
    Abanti Bhattacharya    ·   23 Apr, 2005    ·    #1708    ·    Commentary    
    The Sino-Japanese relationship has long been a hostage of historical acrimony. The recent protests in April 2005 by Chinese students over the approval by Japan's Ministry of Education to printing a school textbook that glosses over Japanese ...
  • Political Stability in Pakistan
    AM Vohra    ·   21 Apr, 2005    ·    #1707    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistani's political situation has been a matter of serious concern for some years particularly since the latest military take over of the country by General Musharraf on 12 October 1999. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's clumsy attempt to ...
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