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  • Case for an IDP Database for India’s Northeast
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   17 Jan, 2004    ·    #1283    ·    Commentary    
    Estimates regarding internally displaced persons (IDP) in the northeast due to prolonged insurgency remain scarce. Even though literature on the dynamics and impact of conflict has been substantial, objective research in terms of assessing induc...
  • Arms Buildup in Nepal (Nepal Media Survey December 1-31 2003)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   17 Jan, 2004    ·    #1282    ·    Commentary    
    Arms Race and Conflict The Nepali Times (19-25 December) in its headline “Present Arms” said “the army and the Maoists are engaged in a lethal arms race” and revealed the changing face of Royal Nepal Army (RNA) &ldqu...
  • Kashmir and Jihad (Pakistan Media Analysis 1-7 January 2004)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   16 Jan, 2004    ·    #1281    ·    Commentary    
    An analysis of the articles in the last couple of years would reveal the changing perceptions of Pakistani writers on Kashmir. To a large extent there is a realization, which has been amply expressed in the national English media, that Pakistan&...
  • The Price of Malgovernance
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1280    ·    Commentary    
    James Michael Lyndoh is not known to mince words. With a lifetime of association with politicians and keen insight obtained as CEC he pronounced that Indian democracy was in poor health. He was doubtless informed by the ‘sting operations&r...
  • SAARC Summit: Pakistani Perceptions
    Saira Yamin    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1279    ·    Commentary    
    It has not been long since Pakistan and India proffered the mutual olive branch by signing Lahore declaration and getting together at Agra. Lahore and Agra came to naught.  Come 2004 and India and Pakistan started all over again. The settin...
  • Looking for Solutions in Kashmir: Pakistan’s Perceptions
    D Suba Chandran    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1278    ·    Commentary    
    Integration with India: Impossibility What are the possible solutions in Pakistani perceptions to the Kashmiri conflict? First, there is a unanimous approval in Pakistan that India will not be able to integrate Kashmiris into the Indian sta...
  • Pakistan, Nuclear Weapons and Militancy in Kashmir
    D Suba Chandran    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1277    ·    Commentary    
    How severe is the linkage between Pakistan’s nuclear programme and Kashmir? The report believes: While that (nuclear) programme (of Pakistan) was originally a response to India’s, confrontation over Kashmir has had much to do with th...
  • Pakistan’s Defence Expenditure and Kashmir
    D Suba Chandran    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1276    ·    Commentary    
    An important observation of the report is the linkages between defence expenditure and Kashmir conflict. The report comments: “The Kashmir conflict is also used by the military to justify high defence expenditures, including Pakistan&rsquo...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted?: Pakistan’s Military and Kashmir
    D Suba Chandran    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1275    ·    Commentary    
    General Musharraf in his famous 12 January speech mentioned that Kashmir runs in Pakistan’s blood. A small correction is necessary. It runs in Pakistani military’s blood. The report is candid on the importance of Kashmir for Pakistan...
  • Pakistan’s Kashmir Policy: Internal Aspects
    D Suba Chandran    ·   15 Jan, 2004    ·    #1274    ·    Commentary    
    The International Crisis Group brought out a series of reports in Kashmir from different perspectives. The ICG should be commended especially for its report expressing Pakistan’s perceptions titled Kashmir: the View from Islamabad (ICG Asi...
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