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  • India-Pakistan Relations - The Next Steps
       ·   20 Oct, 2004    ·    #1533    ·    Commentary    
    The Chair set the framework for the Panel Discussion by posing three questions: Where have we reached and what are the near term prospects? What are the systemic factors operating? As we look ahead to additional meetings and ...
  • How to Combat Car Suicide Bombings in Iraq?
    Eric Koo Peng Kuan    ·   20 Oct, 2004    ·    #1532    ·    Commentary    
    Suicide car bombings are increasing in troubled spots and most frequently in Iraq. In July 2004, one such bombing near a police recruiting center in Baqouba killed 70 and wounded at least 56. Six similar car bombs blew up in Baghdad and Mosul ch...
  • Theories of Conflict Resolution : An Analysis
    Meha Dixit    ·   20 Oct, 2004    ·    #1531    ·    Commentary    
    Conflict resolution as a discipline has developed theoretical insights into the nature and sources of conflict and how conflicts can be resolved through peaceful methods to effectuate durable settlements. Morton Deutsch: Cooperative Model ...
  • Financial Fodder - External Sources of LTTE Funds
    N Manoharan    ·   20 Oct, 2004    ·    #1530    ·    Commentary    
    It is the volume of funds from overseas that sustains Tiger activities. These external funds, constituting about four-fifths of the total revenue of the LTTE, come from three main sources: diaspora contributions, profits from commercial ventures...
  • Resolving Kashmir Conflict: A View from Kashmir
    Noor Ahmad Baba    ·   16 Oct, 2004    ·    #1529    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir is a very complex problem in terms of its origin, dimensions and manifestations. It is rooted in the multiplicity of objective historical factors and there are different layers of its manifestations. Internally, it is a problem of its pe...
  • Chen's October 10th Proposal: Mired in Controversy
    Sonika Gupta    ·   16 Oct, 2004    ·    #1528    ·    Commentary    
    On 10 October, Taiwan's National Day, President Chen Shui-bian laid out a framework for resuming cross-Strait talks which had been suspended since 1999 when former Taiwanese President, Lee Teng Hui referred to cross-Strait relations as "...
  • Financial Fodder - Internal Sources of LTTE Funds
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Oct, 2004    ·    #1527    ·    Commentary    
    Like any other activity, terrorism requires resources to function. Terrorists require money for recruitment, training and upkeep of its members, purchase of arms, propaganda, social welfare programmes, and so on. Indeed terrorist acts can be com...
  • The Iraq Survey (Duelfer) Report
    PR Chari    ·   15 Oct, 2004    ·    #1526    ·    Commentary    
    Ken Bingley's inhuman beheading in Iraq and the Presidential gladiatorial debates in the United States has deflected attention from the 1200 page Iraq Survey Report submitted by the CIA weapons inspector Charles Duelfer after a 17-mont...
  • China's Armed Forces in 2003: An Assessment
       ·   13 Oct, 2004    ·    #1525    ·    Commentary    
    Srikanth Kondapalli, a Research Fellow at the IDSA has been studying China's armed forces, military and defence posture and national security related issues for many years. Reviewing the state of China's armed forces in the past year, Kondap...
  • Issues before Northeast Travails (Regional Media Survey, September 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   13 Oct, 2004    ·    #1524    ·    Commentary    
    Talks with the ULFA The youth organisation, Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP), organised a two-day meet (mahasabha) in Guwahati to deliberate on a possible dialogue with the ULFA. The meet concluded with an overwhelming opini...
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