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  • 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...
  • The Hope Continues (Kashmir Urdu Media Survey 1-30 September 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   13 Oct, 2004    ·    #1523    ·    Commentary    
    Alsafa (24 September) gave prominence to the statement of Pakistan President, Pervez Musharraf that "For a bright future, Past must not be recalled."  After addressing the UN General Assembly, Musharraf, in an interview with...
  • Suicide Attacks in September 2004 - The Asian Ring of Fire
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Oct, 2004    ·    #1522    ·    Commentary    
    Suicide attacks in September 2004 continued with the same intensity as witnessed in the previous two months. There were six suicide attacks spanning over three countries - Israel, Iraq and Indonesia. Available data suggests that suicide te...
  • For a Paradigm Shift
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1521    ·    Commentary    
    In a recent article 'Securing India' in the EPW, a noted critic of the defense establishment, Gautam Naulakha pegs the budget allocation for 'defence' at Rs. 101,128 crores after adding a proportion earmarked for space, atomic en...
  • Homeland Dreams, Terror tactics
    Rani Pathak    ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1520    ·    Commentary    
    In a span of less than 72 hours last weekend (2-4October),  insurgents have transformed India's northeastern frontier into a bleeding warfront. Not surprisingly, the rebels have decided to kick-off their fresh orgy of violence on yet an...
  • Japan and the Nuclear Issue
       ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1519    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: HE Mr. Yasukuni Enoki, Japan's Ambassador Chair: Butshikan Singh, Acting Director General, ICWA The Chair initiated the lecture by saying that India and Japan have shown warmth and understanding in their relations since the 195...
  • Beyond the Korean Kimchi: India-South Korean Relations
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1518    ·    Commentary    
    India-South Korea diplomatic relations, ever since its establishment three decades ago, has been on the upswing except for minor snags. The Joint Commission of both countries has had regular institutionalized discussions on political, economic, ...
  • Preventing Proliferation - Bottling the Nuclear Genie
       ·   08 Oct, 2004    ·    #1517    ·    Commentary    
    Three years after the attack on the World Trade Centre, the War Against Terror is in crisis. The initial and overwhelming support to the US in its hour of tragedy has passed. Today, perhaps a necessary War has become a very complex and a divisiv...
  • Buying Security In Iraq: The Japanese Way
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   05 Oct, 2004    ·    #1516    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has assured Mr Iyad Allawi, the interim Iraqi Prime Minister that the Japanese Self Defense Forces (SDF) would continue with their assigned mission of reconstruction of the war-torn country. Their current deploym...
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