COMMENTARIES
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Iran and the IAEA: New Tensions
Manish Srivastava · 28 Jun, 2004 · #1423 · Commentary
The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution on 18 June 2004
calling upon Iran to accelerate its cooperation with the Agency and reveal the
scope and extent of its “secret” nuclear program. The resolution ...
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Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD): An Endeavour for Solving Common Problems
Mukul Kumar · 28 Jun, 2004 · #1422 · Commentary
Asia
is the largest continent in the world, and its problems are numerous. To solve
these gigantic socio-economic problems, some Asian nations have decided to adopt
a regional approach and cooperate among themselves. The regional group und...
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NRRCs and Nuclear Stability in South Asia – II: Structure, Goals, Functions of the NRRCs
Arun Vishwanathan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1421 · Commentary
The 1999 Lahore
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) envisaged measures that could prevent any
nuclear accident, detonation by state or non-state actors from escalating into a
situation that could result in a nuclear exchange.
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NRRCs and Nuclear Stability in South Asia – I: History of NRRCs
Arun Vishwanathan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1420 · Commentary
Against the recent
backdrop of nuclear CBM talks between India and Pakistan, an atmosphere of
cautious optimism has been building up. One suggestion that is doing the rounds
is that of setting up Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (NRRCs) in I...
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Feuding for Power (Nepal Media Survey, May 2004)
PG Rajamohan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1419 · Commentary
Three-way
Contention for Power
The Spotlight
(May 7-13) in its editorial said, ‘the vicious triangular contention to hold on,
to recapture or to seize the power between the three feuding factors has only
contribute...
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Why China Matters?
· 24 Jun, 2004 · #1418 · Commentary
Speaker:
Prof Robert Sutter
Georgetown University
Washington DC
Prof Sutter began by
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Al Qaeda and Bangladesh
Anand Kumar · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1417 · Commentary
Dhaka reacts furiously, even at the slightest hint of the presence of al-Qaeda
in its territory. But some recent incidents have put the Bangladeshi government
in a situation where it would be hard pressed to deny this allegation.
Banglades...
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Was Governance at Centre Stage?
Aisha Sultanat · 20 Jun, 2004 · #1416 · Commentary
Now
that the dust has settled on Elections 2004, the spin doctors, psephologists,
analysts, and virtually anybody who had any say in the matter had to work doubly
hard to justify why things happened the way they did. The verdict was as muc...
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Dialogue with the Dreaded
Aisha Sultanat · 20 Jun, 2004 · #1415 · Commentary
It
looks like the new Congress government in Andhra Pradesh headed by Y S
Rajasekhara Reddy means business. Perhaps he has learnt a lesson from his
predecessor, Chandrababu Naidu’s follies of ignoring or procrastinating about
what ...
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Politics of Social Justice
R Radhakrishnan · 20 Jun, 2004 · #1414 · Commentary
The
new government’s war cry on reservations in the private sector for the weaker
sections has become yet another scheme to fragment the social order. While
decrying the policies of the outgoing regime on issues like communalism and ...
