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  • US-Iran: Blowing Hot, Blowing Cold
       ·   07 Mar, 2005    ·    #1665    ·    Commentary    
    In a clear departure from its initial position, the United States is now willing to join its European allies - Britain, France and Germany - in offering Tehran incentives to halt its nuclear program. To recall, the November 2004 'deal' b...
  • Kyoto: A First Step towards Environmental Security
    Ajay Lele    ·   07 Mar, 2005    ·    #1664    ·    Commentary    
    The root cause for many violent conflicts throughout history indicates that on a number of occasions, conflicts have transpired because of various non-military reasons. The fight amongst the states for resources is not a rare phenomenon. T...
  • India as an Emerging Power in Asia: EU - India Dialogue
       ·   04 Mar, 2005    ·    #1663    ·    Commentary    
    Members of the European Parliamentary delegation: Herr Gunther Rinsche Elmar Brok Hartmut Nassauer Hans-Gert Pottering Karl von Wogau Falk-Ulrich von Hoff In his welcome address, Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee delineated the scope of a ve...
  • On Record: Who Said What on Srinagar-Muzafarrabad Bus Service
    N Manoharan    ·   03 Mar, 2005    ·    #1662    ·    Commentary    
    Opinions from various quarters on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus are worth documenting for the insight they offer on how the related issues are perceived in both countries. Would the supporters be consistent in their views five years down the lin...
  • Non-Proliferation Regime under Stress: Time for India to Rise to the Challenge
    Harsh V Pant    ·   03 Mar, 2005    ·    #1661    ·    Commentary    
    Nuclear Non-proliferation regime has come under tremendous strain in the last few months and it is not clear if it can be salvaged unblemished. The strains had come into sharp relief ever since India and Pakistan tested their nuclear devices in ...
  • Bridging the Barrier? - Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus Service
    N Manoharan    ·   03 Mar, 2005    ·    #1660    ·    Commentary    
    After decades of discontinuity and months of negotiations, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service is scheduled to resume on 7 April 2005. How could one situate this in the Indo-Pak peace process? What impact will it have on the Kashmir issue? Is ...
  • Talks with the UNLF: A Non-starter
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   03 Mar, 2005    ·    #1659    ·    Commentary    
    The United National Liberation Front's (UNLF) 2 February proposal for ending the decade long conflict has been welcomed by several houses. Governor S S Sidhu on 24 February described the move positive and a good development. Chief Minister I...
  • Peace with NDFB: Remnants of an Ill Diagnosis
    Bidhan S Laishram    ·   28 Feb, 2005    ·    #1658    ·    Commentary    
    An exhausted-meaning syndrome seems to have afflicted the Government of India (GOI) in its peace talks with the insurgencies of Northeast India. The delay in translating the unilateral ceasefire by the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB...
  • Fighting India's War against Terrorism
       ·   28 Feb, 2005    ·    #1657    ·    Commentary    
    India has been fighting insurgency and terrorism since its days of independence. However, it was the attacks of 11 September which thrust the 'war on terror' into the international sphere and essentially turned the formerly nationalistic...
  • China: Democracy, Development and International Relations
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   23 Feb, 2005    ·    #1656    ·    Commentary    
    When the purged leader Zhao Ziyang died on 17 January, the international media brought China again under the democracy scanner. Memories of the Tiananmen resistance of 1989 arose afresh with expectations that another democratic movement would em...
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