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  • Nuclear Sites under Attack
    Ajay Lele    ·   27 Aug, 2004    ·    #1475    ·    Commentary    
    Violence in Iraq refuses to subside. Oil prices are touching $50 a barrel and threat of sabotage to Iraqi oil structure looms larger than promises from the new Iraqi government to boost exports. The politics of Middle East is becoming murk...
  • China’s Reunification Deadline: an Analysis
    Abanti Bhattacharya    ·   23 Aug, 2004    ·    #1474    ·    Commentary    
    For the first time in July 2004, China has come out with a deadline to resolve the Taiwan question. A Hong Kong based report stated that Jiang Zemin would solve the Taiwan problem by 2020. It said, “solution of the Taiwan question ca...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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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