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  • The Legality of Bush Doctrine: An Overview
    Adil Hasan Khan    ·   22 Dec, 2004    ·    #1593    ·    Commentary    
    The 11 September 2001 (9/11) attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon transformed America's view of the world. In response to these unprecedented terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration devised the Bush Doctrine; a new military ...
  • Iran's Rising Influence in Iraq: Trouble for the US
    Harsh V Pant    ·   22 Dec, 2004    ·    #1592    ·    Commentary    
    Much to America's dismay, its worst nightmare is coming true in Iraq. Iran's influence in Iraq is growing and it is likely that the political regime that will emerge in Iraq after the 30 January elections will be dominated by conservativ...
  • Terrorists in Uniform: ULFA's Boastful Claims
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   22 Dec, 2004    ·    #1591    ·    Commentary    
    The ULFA commander-in-chief's 29 November claim that 150 of the outfit's cadres have been able to infiltrate into the country's security establishment created concern among learned circles. The threat turned out to be high on ...
  • Growing Maturity in India's Look East Policy
    Anand Kumar    ·   21 Dec, 2004    ·    #1590    ·    Commentary    
    After a hesitant start in the 1990s during the regime of then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao, India's 'Look East' policy seems to be gradually maturing. This became evident during the third India-ASEAN summit held in Vientiane, capital...
  • India's Army and Maritime Doctrines
       ·   16 Dec, 2004    ·    #1589    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Lt Gen V Oberoi (Retd), Vice Adm V Koithara (Retd) Chair: Maj Gen D Banerjee (Retd)] Indian Army Doctrine: Lt Gen V Oberoi A doctrine should offer basic guidelines for all arms and services. It should provide dire...
  • The New Army Doctrine in Limited War
       ·   14 Dec, 2004    ·    #1588    ·    Commentary    
    With a new doctrine officially promulgated in October this year, the Indian Army has recast its view of conventional war in South Asia. Media reports refer to a new strategy for offensive operations, called "Cold Start", which envision...
  • Uprising against Maoists (Nepal Media Survey, November 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   13 Dec, 2004    ·    #1587    ·    Commentary    
    Uprising against the Maoists As part of their campaign against the anti-People's War elements, Maoists killed three civilians including an eight-year-old boy in Salleri of Dailekh district on 20 November for daring to protest against th...
  • China-India Relations in a Regional Perspective
       ·   13 Dec, 2004    ·    #1586    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Zhang Guihong, Deputy Director of Institute of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Chair: Mira Sinha Bhattacharjea The seminar opened with a remark from the chair that in China study on India was pickin...
  • Barking, Biting, Barking... : Prabhaharan's Hero's Day Speech - 2004
    N Manoharan    ·   13 Dec, 2004    ·    #1585    ·    Commentary    
    In his 2004 Hero's Day speech, Prabhaharan touched upon various issues ranging from the present situation of the Tamils, peace talks with the previous UNF government, reasons for its stalemate, need for an interim set up in the Northeast, LT...
  • The Trial of Shankaracharya and Tamil Politics
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   13 Dec, 2004    ·    #1584    ·    Commentary    
    The arrest of the Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam on the night of the 10 November, on charges of murder was truly dramatic, in a Dravidian style with the masses and the political elites being equally befuddled. Rightly so, one of the mo...
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