COMMENTARIES
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India-China Relations: Time to Consolidate?
· 07 Apr, 2005 · #1693 · Commentary
Discussants:
Mira Sinha Bhattacharjea (Institute of Chinese Studies)
Srikant Kondapalli
(Institute of Defence Studies and Ana...
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Thirty years of BTWC
Ajay Lele · 06 Apr, 2005 · #1692 · Commentary
March 2005 was significant for the issue of biological weapons for two reasons. The largest assembly of Interpol's senior officials and experts from 155 countries met in France in the first week of March to discuss the major threat faced by ...
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India-Nepal Relations- Where Do We Go from Here?
· 04 Apr, 2005 · #1691 · Commentary
Chair:
Lt Gen AM Vohra (Retd)
Speakers:
Ambassador KV Rajan
(Former Indian Ambassador to Nepal)
KP Singh
(Former Director General Intelligence Bureau, India)
Maj Gen Dipankar
Banerjee (Retd)
Director, IPCS
KV Rajan
The a...
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Crime Soaring in Cyber India
Prafulla Ketkar · 02 Apr, 2005 · #1690 · Commentary
Cellular phones, electronic mail, Internet surfing, websites and e-commerce are the buzzwords of today's urban life. Computer networks and personal computers (PC's) have become an essential part of our daily life. India is emerging as an...
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Iran Oil, US Spoil, India Foil: Burgeoning India-Iran relations
Beryl Anand · 01 Apr, 2005 · #1689 · Commentary
"Among the many peoples and races who have come in contact with and influenced India's life and culture, the oldest and most persistent have been the Iranians," wrote Nehru in his Discovery of India. It is through statesmanship tha...
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Debating Defence Expenditure
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 31 Mar, 2005 · #1688 · Commentary
India's defence expenditure has always been an emotional issue. Debate, if any, has been one sided and there has rarely been any space for perspectives. This year was no exception. As the annual budget approached, a series of articles appear...
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Arunachal Pradesh: The Chakma-Hajong Refugee Crisis
M Amarjeet Singh · 30 Mar, 2005 · #1687 · Commentary
The Arunachalese are getting increasingly worried about the future of their tribal identities, in view of the threat posed by the Chakma-Hajong refugees. They have been demanding their deportation, alleging they were dumped by the Government of ...
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Virtual Reality: What Cyber Terrorism is all about?
N Manoharan · 30 Mar, 2005 · #1686 · Commentary
Cyber space is vulnerable to terrorism in two ways:
1. As a means: Cyber space is used by terrorist groups for propaganda, communication (with other terrorists and sympathizers) through encryption, transfer of funds, fundraising, intell...
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China's Anti-Secession Law: The View from Taiwan
Jabin T Jacob · 29 Mar, 2005 · #1685 · Commentary
The anti-secession law (ASL) passed by the Chinese National People's Congress on 14 March 2005 has elicited a range of opinion in Taiwan - from life-goes-on-as-usual to furious condemnation. Views that straddle the middle ground include the ...
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North Korea and China's Predicaments
Reshmi Kazi · 29 Mar, 2005 · #1684 · Commentary
North Korea's declaration on 10 February 2005 that it has "manufactured nukes" for self-defence and subsequent withdrawal from the six-party talks has put China in a quandary. Pyongyang has apparently become the world's ninth n...
