COMMENTARIES
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India, US and Israel: Setting up Tri-national Fund
Beryl Anand · 12 Jul, 2004 · #1433 · Commentary
Continuing a
long-standing relationship among India, United States, and Israel, Tel Aviv is
planning to host a first ever annual meeting of a Tri-National Accord on
important sectors. Emphasizing the need for greater cooperation between In...
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Northeast’s Anguish and Bliss (Regional Media Survey, June 2004)
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 09 Jul, 2004 · #1432 · Commentary
Resurgent ULFA
The
militant outfit, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)’s repeated attacks in
various districts of upper Assam dominated the headlines of the newspapers in
Ass...
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The Co-Existence of Globalization and Unipolarity
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1431 · Commentary
In
the emerging security environment, there is recognition by many of an abiding
tension between globalization and unipolarity. Primacists in the United States
highlight the lead-role of the United States as the common denominator. Critics...
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Indo-US Space Collaboration
Ajay Lele · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1430 · Commentary
This
year, India and the United States of America commemorate forty years of
cooperation in space science. In the days to come, significant cooperation
between these two countries is expected in civil nuclear, civil space, and
high-techn...
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Shaping Nuclear Confidence
Reshmi Kazi · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1429 · Commentary
India
and Pakistan got involved in a broad-based engagement on 19-20 June 2004 for
evolving nuclear CBMs aimed at reducing the risk of nuclear confrontation. Tariq
Osman Haider, Pakistan’s additional secretary in the Foreign Office, ...
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Perspectives on the Kashmir Conflict - Part II: Future Options
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1428 · Commentary
A
general approach to future options regarding the Kashmir conflict should
recognize that negotiations will be lengthy, that there is no “Grand Solution,”
and that the final resolution will have to be based on geography and not...
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Perspectives on the Kashmir Conflict - Part I: Current Situation
Maj. Gen. Ramesh C Chopra (Retd.) · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1427 · Commentary
The
genesis of the Kashmir problem, of late termed “dispute,” is over fifty years
old. Indo-Pak relations have been characterized by wars in 1947-48, 1965, 1971
and 1999. Since Pakistan’s efforts using convent...
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Can the Indo-Pak Peace Process be Saved?
Rizwan Zeb · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1426 · Commentary
People
in Gah, a village few miles away from the Pakistani city of Chakwal, are happy
that a “son of the soil” has become the Prime Minister of India. Manmohan Singh
and his family used to live here before Partition. Even in Is...
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Military Operation in South Waziristan: International Dimensions and Fallout (Part IV)
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1425 · Commentary
The
commander of the American coalition forces in Afghanistan David Barno has sent
messages of felicitation to the authorities in Pakistan after the killing of Nek
Mohammad who had emerged as the supreme leader of tribal militants. Even du...
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Military Operation in South Waziristan: Internal Dimensions (Part III)
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1424 · Commentary
Saner
elements among the authorities and a huge constituency of peace-loving tribals
and other citizens of Pakistan kept their fingers cross for the sustainability
and durability of the Shakai agreement (24 April-11 June 2004) which ...
