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  • Is Pakistan next? Implications and Options (Pakistan Media Survey: March 2003)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1009    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: "" } There has been a lot of focus on whether Pakistan will become the next target. A government spokesman was quoted by The News (18 March 2003) deny...
  • American Interests through Pakistani Eyes (Pakistan Media Survey: March 2003)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1008    ·    Commentary    
    P { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: "" } What are the American interests in Iraq? Why did they start Gul...
  • Preparing for Iraq War: What Role for Pakistan? (Pakistan Media Survey: February 2003)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1007    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: "" } Asking for an active role in the War against Iraq, The Nation, in its editorial (“War cloudsÃ...
  • Coping With the Enemy (Pakistan Media Survey: February 2003)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1006    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: "" } P.MsoBodyText { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } In the last few months, there is a shift in Pa...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – VIII: Sixth Round: It’s Alive and On
    N Manoharan    ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1005    ·    Commentary    
    Venue Hakone (80 km west of Tokyo), Japan. Date 18-21 March 2003. Negotiating Teams Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof G. L. Peris (Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Peace). Other members: Milinda Moragoda (Ec...
  • War on Iraq and American Global Interests
       ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1004    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } P.MsoBodyText { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } SPAN....
  • Kashmir & Palestine: The Fallacy of Analogy
       ·   13 Apr, 2003    ·    #1003    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } The recently concluded...
  • Election Verdicts in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura: Mandates for Peace?
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   21 Mar, 2003    ·    #1002    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-parent: "" } That North East India needs peace is obvious. Equally apparent is the fact that insurgency stands in the way of realizing peace and development i...
  • Tigresses of Lanka: From Girls to Guerillas
    N Manoharan    ·   21 Mar, 2003    ·    #1001    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial"; mso-style-parent: "" } Given the patriarchal structure of Tamil society, one wonders what factors make young Sri Lankan Tamil women to enroll themselves into the LTTE...
  • Iraq: Bush versus Saddam
    PR Chari    ·   21 Mar, 2003    ·    #1000    ·    Commentary    
    There was inevitability about this war. The assembled 300,000-strong force could not have come back home without testing their new weapons, tactics and operational philosophy. It was therefore necessary for the United States to cast the issues i...
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