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  • Limited War and Escalation Control - I*
    Gen. VP Malik    ·   30 Nov, 2004    ·    #1570    ·    Commentary    
    Clausewitz may be out of fashion and less relevant today but no one can question his evergreen noting, “Each age has had its own peculiar forms of war.... Each, therefore, would also keep its own theory of war.” As someone who ...
  • The Parechu Lake Incident: A Preliminary Analysis
       ·   30 Nov, 2004    ·    #1569    ·    Commentary    
    Introduction In early November 2004, the Ministry of External Affairs informed the Himachal Pradesh government to scale down the three month long high alert across the Sutlej valley. Briefly to recall, in the beginning of August 2004, 35 ki...
  • A Glimmer of Hope (Kashmir Urdu Media Survey, October 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   30 Nov, 2004    ·    #1568    ·    Commentary    
    In its editorial, 'Bungling of government funds', Alsafa (22 October 2004) commented on the large-scale bungling being unearthed in various departments. "State police's crime branch has unearthed a scandal of 33 lakh in sales ta...
  • Strategic and Strengthened partnership: Recent Initiatives in EU- India Relations
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   30 Nov, 2004    ·    #1567    ·    Commentary    
    There are many predictions as to how many and which are to be the poles of this future world structure, but none seems to challenge that the EU will be an important one among them. As Dr. Jean-Luc Racine puts, "this expectation is not based...
  • Escalation Control In a Nuclear Environment
       ·   22 Nov, 2004    ·    #1566    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers:Michael Krepon Ved Prakash Malik P R ChariB M KapurRajesh RajagopalanGurmeet Kanwal Chair:Dipankar Banerjee Introductory Remarks: Dipankar Banerjee When nations with deep grievances acquire nuclear weapons, tensions between t...
  • War on Terror and Revival of Drug Trade in Afghanistan
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   30 Nov, 2004    ·    #1565    ·    Commentary    
    The War on Terror launched by the US in Afghanistan after the attack on the twin towers managed to change the regime in that country. It also improved the security situation in South Asia and the neighbouring regions but has failed to establish ...
  • The Road From Falluja
    Mohan K Tikku    ·   21 Nov, 2004    ·    #1564    ·    Commentary    
    The Iraq war may go down in the annals of journalism as having given birth to the generic curiosity called an “embedded journalistâ€Â...
  • Indo-Myanmar Economic Relations and Northeast Insurgency
    Anand Kumar    ·   21 Nov, 2004    ·    #1563    ·    Commentary    
    There has been a drastic change in India's policy towards Myanmar in recent years. India decided to engage Myanmar through bilateral as well as multi-lateral means as its policy of boycott after the military takeover in the country in 1988 f...
  • Political Issues in Nepal ( Nepal Media Survey - October 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   17 Nov, 2004    ·    #1562    ·    Commentary    
    Political Dilemma Deshantar (3 October) in its report severely indicted the Communist Party of Nepal (UML) leader, Madhav Kumar Nepal's changing statements on the issue of unilateral ceasefire during the Dashain and Tihar festival perio...
  • East Asia Diary - October 2004: Japan's
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   18 Nov, 2004    ·    #1561    ·    Commentary    
    On 4 October 2004, a private, advisorial body to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, submitted a report titled "The Vision for Future National Security and Defense Capabilities". Consisting of corporate heads, diplomats and acad...
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