COMMENTARIES
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Revisiting Kargil: Was it a Failure for Pakistan's Military?
D Suba Chandran · 08 Feb, 2005 · #1635 · Commentary
Was Kargil a failure for Pakistan's military? It is widely believed that Kargil war ended in a disaster for Pakistan for several reasons. The international community condemned Pakistan for initiating hostilities; no one believed that those w...
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Pugwash International Conference on Kashmir
· 03 Feb, 2005 · #1634 · Commentary
In the second week of December 2004, Pugwash International organized a conference at Kathmandu, Nepal, with a view to find common grounds for a resolution of the Kashmir dispute. It was the first time that Kashmiri representatives from both side...
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Pakistan's Nuclear Weapon Posture
AM Vohra · 03 Feb, 2005 · #1633 · Commentary
The Dawn of 5 October 1999 published an article authored jointly by Agha Shahi, Zulfigar Ali Khan and Abdul Sattar which discussed the exigency under which Islamabad may consider the use of nuclear weapons. They state, "if the enemy launche...
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Second Round of India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue - 2004: A Status Report
N Manoharan · 08 Feb, 2005 · #1632 · Commentary
According to the agreement reached between the Foreign Ministers of India and Pakistan in September 2004 following the first round of talks on the Composite Dialogue, the second round was held in December 2004.
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From 'Look East' to 'Think East'
Jabin T Jacob · 03 Feb, 2005 · #1631 · Commentary
Alexander the Great met his "Final Frontier" in the Indian subcontinent; it was, however, the start of several incursions from the West leading to the spread of Islam, the rise of the Mughals, arrival of the Portuguese, and takeover by...
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Between Monarchy and the Maoists (Nepal Media Survey, December, 2004)
P G Rajamohan · 03 Feb, 2005 · #1630 · Commentary
Nepal at crossroads
Himal (1-15 December) said that Nepal has been at the crossroads because the ideas of the King, political parties and the Maoists for a way out of the present crisis have only complicated matters. Expressing difficulties...
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Post-tsunami Sri Lanka: Divisions Remain
Mohan K Tikku · 02 Feb, 2005 · #1629 · Commentary
When the tsunami waves struck Sri Lanka on the morning after Christmas, it was felt that the sheer magnitude of the tragedy might help bring the two estranged parties in the ethnic imbroglio closer together. Such expectations were further enhanc...
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Robots Enter Iraq War
Ajay Lele · 01 Feb, 2005 · #1628 · Commentary
The ever increasing number of war casualties in Iraq is fast becoming increasingly unacceptable to many in the United States. However, Bush does not have much choice because no new nations are coming forward to deploy their troops in Iraq and ex...
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India's Tsunami diplomacy
R Ramasubramanian · 01 Feb, 2005 · #1627 · Commentary
"Nature cried in the wrath of waves. Flowers, withered, fell to the fathomless sea. The injured seagull wailing to the sky... Sleep well, my friends! We cherish for you a memory. We build for your progeny a life," wrote a Chinese leade...
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Norway in Sri Lanka: A 'Soft Superpower' Syndrome?
N Manoharan · 01 Feb, 2005 · #1626 · Commentary
Norway's Carvings
Norway has now emerged as a 'peace superpower' involved in brokering peace in some 15 conflicts across the world stretching from Columbia to the Philippines. Despite being a small Scandinavian state, what makes...
