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  • Missile Defense Moves Forward
    Harsh V Pant    ·   27 Oct, 2004    ·    #1543    ·    Commentary    
    President Bush came to office promising that he would build a nationwide missile defense system to protect the US. He has slowly, but steadily, moved towards that objective. The US formally withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) tre...
  • The 'K' Factor in Sri Lankan Politics: Karuna's Traverse from Bullet to Ballot
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Oct, 2004    ·    #1542    ·    Commentary    
    To the list of already existing Sri Lankan Tamil political parties there is now a new addition in the form of Karuna's Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) - Tamileela People's Liberation Tigers. But the moot question is what is th...
  • What Would be Acceptable in Jammu and Kashmir?: An Indian Perspective
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Oct, 2004    ·    #1541    ·    Commentary    
    A section in India adheres by the 1994 Parliament resolution, demanding that J&K, including PoK and Northern Areas, be integrated. This section is led by the rightist forces viz. the Sangh Parivar, but is in a minority. Even within the Sangh...
  • East Asia Diary: Of a Grasshopper Challenging a Cock and Other Matters
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   23 Oct, 2004    ·    #1540    ·    Commentary    
    September 2004 saw Jiang Zemin taking what is apparently his last bow on the stage of Chinese politics. September will, however, also be remembered for Taiwanese Premier Yu Shyi-kun's "balance of terror" talk threatening attack on ...
  • Overshadowing Osama: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as Terror Master Mind
       ·   23 Oct, 2004    ·    #1539    ·    Commentary    
    "If they don't turn in al-Zarqawi and his group, we will carry out operations in Fallujah. We will not be lenient," Iyad Allawi, Prime Minster of Iraq said on 13 October 2004, issuing an ultimatum to the people in Sunni majority Fa...
  • AP-Naxalite Dialogue: The New Roadblock
    Richard Mahapatra    ·   23 Oct, 2004    ·    #1538    ·    Commentary    
    The first round of dialogue between the CPI (Maoist) and? Andhra Pradesh is failing over the issue of disarming the cadres of the former. Another roadblock is imminent: the Forest Conservation Act (FCA), 1980, which is turning out to be a hurdle...
  • Reflections on the Dalai Lama's interview with Time
    Tshering Chonzom    ·   21 Oct, 2004    ·    #1537    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 October 2004, Time [Asia]'s online edition carried an interview of the Dalai Lama by Alex Perry in which he said, "So if we remain within China, we might get a greater benefit, provided it respects our culture and beautiful enviro...
  • India-Nepal Linkage (Media Survey, September 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   21 Oct, 2004    ·    #1536    ·    Commentary    
    Communal Riots On 31 August 2004, the Islamist Army of Ansar-al-Sunna reportedly killed twelve Nepalese, who were taken as hostages in Iraq on 20 August. Following the brutal killings, massive riots occurred in Nepal against the Muslims, pr...
  • Indo-Pak Peace Process: What would Build/Destroy Confidence?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   21 Oct, 2004    ·    #1535    ·    Commentary    
    The meeting of Manmohan Singh and General Musharraf and their joint statement has further emphasized the slow but steady process set in motion since October last year. Both countries have been engaged in this process which has resulted in the ex...
  • US Arms to Nepal
    Anju Grover    ·   21 Oct, 2004    ·    #1534    ·    Commentary    
    The extraordinary generosity shown by the United States in supplying arms to Nepal for counter-insurgency operations has evoked mixed reactions from strategists and foreign affairs experts in India. Some say India should not get perturbed; other...
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