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  • 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...
  • Kashmiri Response to Pakistani Scribes' Visit to the Valley
    Noor Ahmad Baba    ·   13 Nov, 2004    ·    #1560    ·    Commentary    
    The political experiences of the Kashmiris for the last more than five decades has moulded their psychological attitudes towards India and Pakistan. The division of the state and thereby the division of its people, has only helped to promote a f...
  • News from the Northeast (Regional Media Survey, October 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   13 Nov, 2004    ·    #1559    ·    Commentary    
    Ceasefire with NDFB Commenting on the decision of the NDFB to observe a unilateral ceasefire with effect from 15 October, The Assam Tribune (11 October) in its editorial 'Welcome Move' said, "With the NDFB expressing its willin...
  • Merger of Naxal Groups: Threat or Opportunity
       ·   13 Nov, 2004    ·    #1558    ·    Commentary    
    On the eve of the peace talks with the Andhra Pradesh government the two largest Naxalite groups in the country, Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (People's War) and the Maoist Communist Centre of India (MCCI) merged to create the co...
  • F-22: The Next Generation Fighter
    Ajay Lele    ·   13 Nov, 2004    ·    #1557    ·    Commentary    
    The American Air Force is scheduled to fly one of the costliest aircraft in the history of airpower. The F/A-22 (or F-22) fighter, priced at $258 million, and codenamed 'Raptor', is being inducted into the US Air Force (USAF). Lockheed M...
  • What Would be Acceptable in Jammu and Kashmir?: A Kashmiri Perspective
    Arjimand Hussain Talib    ·   13 Nov, 2004    ·    #1556    ·    Commentary    
    The latest statement of the Pakistani President General Parvez Musharraf, proposing a way for solving the Kashmir problem, has predictably sparked public and private debates in Kashmir about his unilateral offer. There is both disquiet and amuse...
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