COMMENTARIES
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Critiquing Habibullah Report on Kashmir – III: Importance of Delivery Mechanisms in Economic Building
D Suba Chandran · 23 Aug, 2004 · #1473 · Commentary
Various
mujahideen groups in Afghanistan received arms from the CIA-ISI opposing the
Soviet troops in the 1980s. Despite these arms being pumped into Pakistan in
large quantities through various routes, little was received on the other sid...
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India's Naval Aspirations
Reshmi Kazi · 23 Aug, 2004 · #1472 · Commentary
The Indian Navy unveiled
its naval doctrine on 26 April 2004 at Vishakapatnam envisaging the need for a
sea-based nuclear deterrent to inflict unacceptable damage on the adversary. The
naval doctrine, made public on 23 June 2004, advocat...
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Critiquing Habibullah Report on Kashmir II: Vested Economic Interests
D Suba Chandran · 21 Aug, 2004 · #1471 · Commentary
Economic
mismanagement and corruption has been the two major issues related to failure of
the governance process in Jammu and Kashmir. Where did the problem arise When
did the rot set in
Habibullah
states that it started with...
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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...
