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  • PWG’s Emerging ‘New’ Global Linkages
    P V Ramana    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1303    ·    Commentary    
    Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) have further expanded their external linkages. Recent evidence indicates that they have formed links with like-minded elements in the United Kingdom. This expansion is part of a well thought-out st...
  • National or International: Situating Pakistan’s Nuclear Quagmire
       ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1302    ·    Commentary    
    The 7 February statement by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Massod Khan, that the investigations regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology (PNWT) as an internal matter of Pakistan attract immediate attention. It can ...
  • Ricin: Return of Bioscare
    Animesh Roul    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1301    ·    Commentary    
    With the recent finding of deadly Ricin powders in the Capitol Hill, United States, a renewed bio-terror threat again brought the ‘American life’ to a standstill. This is the second incidence after the Anthrax attack of 2001, which u...
  • Halting the Nuclear Trade
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1300    ·    Commentary    
    The US interception, in early October 2003, of a German-registered ship headed for Libya through the Suez Canal and carrying thousands of parts of uranium centrifuges, demonstrated the mushrooming of the illegal nuclear trade. The intercepted sh...
  • Nuclear Jehad
    Bobby Sharma    ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1299    ·    Commentary    
    There have been two assassination attempts on the life of General Musharraf within the space of a fortnight in Dec 03. President Musharaaf faces a serious threat to his life. After four years of military rule, he has a long list of enemies who w...
  • Nuclear Proliferation from Pakistan
       ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1298    ·    Commentary    
      Speaker: Amb G Parthasarathy   Pakistan’s decision to go nuclear was taken in January 1972 at a secret meeting of Pakistan’s top scientists in Multan. Pakistani sc...
  • Kashmir, UNSC Resolutions and Indo-Pak Rapprochement (Pakistan Media Survey, 9-14 January 2004)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   09 Feb, 2004    ·    #1297    ·    Commentary    
    General Musharraf in January 2004 announced his willingness to set aside UN Security Council resolutions in order to reach an agreement on Kashmir with India. The UNSC resolutions primarily call for a plebiscite to determine the wishes of Kashmi...
  • Northeast Celebrates Republic Day (Regional Media Survey, 16-31 January 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   06 Feb, 2004    ·    #1296    ·    Commentary    
    The Northeast celebrates Republic Day Republic Day was celebrated in the northeast amidst calls for boycott of the celebrations by several militant outfits. The newspapers in the region provided prominent coverage to the incident along with...
  • Dialogue with Pakistan: An Assessment
       ·   06 Feb, 2004    ·    #1295    ·    Commentary    
      Speakers: Lt. Gen. A M Vohra Prof. Satish Kumar   Lt. Gen. A M Vohra and Prof. Satish Kumar, members of the Indian Neemrana Group visited Pakistan recently to participa...
  • From War to Peace: Will It Last?
    Rizwan Zeb    ·   04 Feb, 2004    ·    #1294    ·    Commentary    
    An eminent South Asian expert recently while delivering the keynote address in a regional workshop recently held in Shanghai, said that one can be sure of two things only when one is dead: one, whether deterrence works, and second whether heaven...
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