COMMENTARIES
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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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Japans’ Role in Sri Lanka’s Peace Process: India on the Back Foot?
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #999 · Commentary
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As the world’s attention remains focused on West Asia, a significant development is taking ...
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International Security and War in Iraq
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #998 · Commentary
Speaker
Gareth Evans
President,
International Crisis Group
Chair
Eric Gonsalves
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Assam: Retreat to Violence?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 21 Mar, 2003 · #997 · Commentary
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A new wave of violence has engulfed Assam. Mortar attacks have occurred on the Legislative assembly complex in Dispur, on two locations in the ...
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Indo-Iranian Relations: A New Phase
R Radhakrishnan · 21 Mar, 2003 · #996 · Commentary
The recent visit of the Iranian president Syed Mohammed Khatami to India has cemented their existing relations to foster mutual cooperation. In the New Delhi Declaration both nations agreed to strengthen their growing strategic convergence with ...
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War on Iraq: Will it secure American interests in the Gulf?
Pravin Kumar Kesu · 21 Mar, 2003 · #995 · Commentary
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The US has decided to go with its military offensive against Iraq unilaterally. Why? Ostensibly to protect American security interests in...
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Nuclear Command Authority and Strategic Forces Command
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #994 · Commentary
A panel discussion chaired by former member of the National
Security Advisory Board and former chief of Air Staff, SK Mehra was held on
8 February 2003. The
panelists were Mr PR Chari (Director IPCS), Admiral Raja Menon (policy analyst)
a...
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Bangladesh: Islamists come out in the open
Anand Kumar · 21 Mar, 2003 · #993 · Commentary
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India has been blaming Bangladesh for quite sometime now for sheltering terrorists operating in Indiaâ€â&b...
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Anti-War Protests: Who Cares?
Ajay Lele · 21 Mar, 2003 · #992 · Commentary
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Huge anti-war protests are taking place all over the world against the invasion of Iraq by the US. Several reasons underlie these protests ...
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MCC and Maoists: Expanding Naxal Violence in Bihar
Sanjay K Jha · 15 Mar, 2003 · #991 · Commentary
In the last week of February 2003, security agencies in Bihar unearthed a well-entrenched network of Nepalese Maoists in Patna. Five Maoists were arrested when a hideout of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) was busted in Patrakar colony on 25 Fe...
