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  • India-Pakistan Composite Dialogue 2004: A Status Report
    N Manoharan    ·   22 Sep, 2004    ·    #1505    ·    Commentary    
            The first round of talks on the Composite Dialogue between India and Pakistan culminated with the Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi on 5-6 Septe...
  • Nepal Media Survey (1-31 August 2004)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   22 Sep, 2004    ·    #1504    ·    Commentary    
    Kathmandu Under Threat The Himal Khabarpatrika (31 July-15 August) in its report said that the Maoist strategy to strangle Kathmandu with a military buildup in the surrounding districts has suffered setbacks, because of the increased effica...
  • South Korean Nuclear Expose
    Ajay Lele    ·   17 Sep, 2004    ·    #1503    ·    Commentary    
    It was unexpected. But, probably the IAEA inspectors compelled the South Koreans to voluntarily declare their nuclear experimentations. The scientists at a government laboratory had performed two months of tests in early 2000 that enriched tiny ...
  • A More Robust Response Against Terrorism Required
       ·   17 Sep, 2004    ·    #1502    ·    Commentary    
    It did not take an anniversary to remind us of the horrors of terrorism. The terrorists decided to take up that responsibility. There have been at least 30 major terrorist strikes around the world since that fateful day in September 2001, when a...
  • Nepal: Maoists hold State and People to Ransom
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   17 Sep, 2004    ·    #1501    ·    Commentary    
    The writ of the Royal Government of Nepal runs only in Kathmandu. It has virtually no control over territories outside the state capital. But when Maoists in that country launched their blockade of Kathmandu on 18 August they showed to the world...
  • Lessons Learnt: China's Use of Force
       ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1500    ·    Commentary    
    Andrew Scobell categorized his presentation into:The 'Use of Force' War does not necessarily have to be "formally declared" or involve combat to qualify as 'use of force'. The testing of missiles, holding military exercises, or construc...
  • Iran's Nuclear Weapons Programme: Why the US urge for a Security Council Role?
    Garima Singh    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1499    ·    Commentary    
    United States has been pressurizing the IAEA Board of Governors to refer Iran for its violation of the NPT to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It has also been lobbying within the European Union for the same, besides imposing economic...
  • Facets of Hostage-taking in Iraq
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1498    ·    Commentary    
    The capture and release of three Indians after 42 days in captivity has highlighted the serious issue of hostage-taking in Iraq. Interestingly, 'hostage-taking' is a new trend there, though not new to the Middle East. It was wide-s...
  • Addressing the 'Central' Issue
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1497    ·    Commentary    
    Interestingly both India and Pakistan claimed a bloodless victory at the end of Operation Parakram by convincing themselves that the other's bluff had been called. With that satisfaction, both states agreed at the Musharraf-Vajpayee meeting,...
  • ULFA: Rocked By a Killer Blast?
    Rani Pathak    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1496    ·    Commentary    
    Majority of Assam's 26 million people were shocked at the Independence Day blast in Dhemaji that killed 13 people, including six schoolchildren. The ULFA, accused of carrying out the explosion, responded to the public outcry by carrying out ...
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