COMMENTARIES
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Indo-Pak Talks on Terrorism and Drug Trafficking: A Long Way to go
Prafulla Ketkar · 21 Aug, 2004 · #1470 · Commentary
As
part of the Composite Dialogue between Pakistan and India, talks on combating
terrorism and dealing with the menace of narcotics and drug cartels were held on
10-11 August 2004 at Islamabad. On these sensitive issues very little could b...
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Critiquing Habibullah Report on Kashmir – I: ‘Political’ vs. ‘Militant’
D Suba Chandran · 21 Aug, 2004 · #1469 · Commentary
Wajahat Habibullah, “The Political Economy of the Kashmir Conflict:
Opportunities for Economic Peace Building and for US Policy,” USIP Special
Report 121, June 2004.
The
report falls into five headings &Atild...
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Relax! Outsourcing is Here to Stay
· 21 Aug, 2004 · #1468 · Commentary
With
both the US President George W Bush and Democrat candidate John Kerry seeing
tangible benefits in outsourcing, the captains of Indian industry must have
heaved a sigh of relief. There is no denying the fact that the outcry against
o...
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One Country Two Systems
Sonika Gupta · 21 Aug, 2004 · #1467 · Commentary
China’s
“one country two systems” is facing considerable challenge in Hong Kong. The
ongoing turmoil in Hong Kong and massive demonstrations demanding political
reform has attracted worldwide media attention and raised Be...
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Indo-Pak CBMs: Slow March to Peace
Gurmeet Kanwal · 17 Aug, 2004 · #1466 · Commentary
Since
the new Indian government took office in May 2004, the Foreign Ministers of
India and Pakistan have met three times on the sidelines of a multilateral
conference. The last such meeting was at the SAARC Foreign Ministers Conference
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Changing Face of Peace Talks (Kashmir Urdu Media Survey, July 2004)
Amin Masoodi · 17 Aug, 2004 · #1465 · Commentary
In its editorial, "Towards Peace", Alsafa (22
July 2004) observed that both India and Pakistan were moving forward in the
direction of peace. "Speaking on the occasion of 25th SAARC conference, Pakistan
Prime Minister, Chowd...
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The 9/11 Report: Lessons for India
PR Chari · 16 Aug, 2004 · #1464 · Commentary
The voluminous report of the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, popularly called the 9/11 Report, was
released on 22 July. It discusses why the U.S. intelligence agencies were unable
to anticipate the terror...
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Evaluating India-China Border Talks
· 16 Aug, 2004 · #1463 · Commentary
Chair :
Amb C V Ranganathan
Panelists
:
Amb Vijay Nambiar
Lt Gen R K Sawhney
Prof G P Deshpande...
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Tigers After a Tiger: Why the LTTE Wants to Eliminate Karuna?
N Manoharan · 16 Aug, 2004 · #1462 · Commentary
Since March 2004, the Karuna factor has emerged as a new dimension in the
messy ethnic conflict in
Sri Lanka. The LTTE is hunting
for Karuna, but the Sri Lankan government is covertly shielding him. For Tigers,
eliminating Karuna is vita...
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US-Pakistan Alliance: Implications for South Asia
Parama Sinha Palit · 16 Aug, 2004 · #1461 · Commentary
In
early August 2004, the Department of Homeland Security raised the terror alert
to 'Orange', the second highest level, for financial landmarks in New York and
Washington. This was subsequent to intelligence reports on al Qaeda...
