COMMENTARIES
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Megawati, Sharia and the Crisis in Indonesian Politics
· 18 Mar, 2004 · #1343 · Commentary
Megawati Sukarnoputri seems to be playing an old-fashioned game to garner support in the upcoming presidential elections in Indonesia – trying to pacify Islamic zealots by engaging in a tirade ...
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The Crisis in Nepal and India’s Response II
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 18 Mar, 2004 · #1342 · Commentary
The Current Environment
The political situation remains murky. The King compares his role to a stand-by generator; required in an emergency and which will switch off the moment electricity returns. But, there is no real chance of an early...
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The Crisis in Nepal and India’s Response I
Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee · 18 Mar, 2004 · #1341 · Commentary
The Backdrop
Sandwiched between China and India, Nepal occupies a strategic location in South Asia astride the high Himalayan ranges. It had little contact with China in the past. Its ties with India have been intimate and long, developed over ...
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Terror De ja vu: The Eleventh Day Itch and Spain
Animesh Roul · 18 Mar, 2004 · #1340 · Commentary
It seems like yesterday. Another eleventh day of a month goes into the history of infamy with yet another synchronized terrorist attack that shook a country from its edifice. On 11 March 2004 (3/11), at least ten powerful bombs exploded in three...
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Kashmir: A Way Forward
· 18 Mar, 2004 · #1339 · Commentary
Panelists:
Howard B. Schaeffer
Teresita Schaeffer
The
current India-Pakistan peace process has raised a...
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Deepening Indo-US Military Relations
Bobby Sharma · 15 Mar, 2004 · #1338 · Commentary
â??Indo-US Military Relations; Expectations and Perceptions,â?? a study by the US defense department has raised some very pertinent questions about Indo-US military relations.? The report, a 17...
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Recent Insights on the Threat of Climate Change
Col. PK Gautam · 15 Mar, 2004 · #1337 · Commentary
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) of 1992 had the objective of “stabilization of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate s...
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Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Their Post-9/11 Developments in Repatriation
R Ramasubramanian · 15 Mar, 2004 · #1336 · Commentary
Present-day Pakistan has been a haven for refugees from ancient times and many peoples have passed through this land, Afghans have been the single largest group. Afghan refugees had fled to Pakistan in 1978, after a communist government seized p...
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Split in the Stripes: Rebellion within the LTTE
N Manoharan · 11 Mar, 2004 · #1335 · Commentary
The latest rebellion in the higher levels of the LTTE brings to the fore its undemocratic nature. The rift was over, now deposed, LTTE commander of Amparai and Batticaloa, “Col” Karuna Amman’s letter to the LTTE chief seeking o...
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Nuclear Impasse in the Korean Peninsula
Reshmi Kazi · 11 Mar, 2004 · #1334 · Commentary
The Six-Party Talks held in Beijing from 25-28 February 2004 provided the best diplomatic route to resolve the seventeen month-old nuclear impasse in the Korean Peninsula. Hosted by China, the negotiations involved the United States, Japan, Russ...
