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  • Bangladesh through the Media (June- August, 2002)
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #878    ·    Commentary    
      A brief scan of media reports on Bangladesh for the months of June-August 2002 shows that the country is struggling to maintain internal law and order. Political rivalry between the ruling Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and the oppo...
  • The Earth Summit: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   26 Sep, 2002    ·    #877    ·    Commentary    
      How to continue material development but avoid destroying the living condition in this planet is one of the perennial problems of our time. The climatic changes attempted over the last few years made the Earth Summit on Sustainable D...
  • Elections in Kashmir - XIV: How People Across the Border See It
    D Suba Chandran    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #876    ·    Commentary    
      All the newspapers in Pakistan observed that the first phase of elections conducted in Kashmir by India was marked by a low turnout and that the Indian security forces forced the Kashmiris to vote. Dawn mentioned (“Elections in...
  • Lackluster Elections (Pak Media Survey, 16-22 Sept 2002)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Oct, 2002    ·    #875    ·    Commentary    
      Dawn reported (16 September 2002) that, according to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), 72 million are eligible to cast their votes in the forthcoming elections. It was also reported (“Over 8000, in the r...
  • Kashmir before Elections (A Survey of Kashmir Urdu Media, 09-15 Sep 2002)
       ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #874    ·    Commentary    
       The pre-election period has witnessed mixed feelings about the Assembly elections in the Urdu press in Kashmir. The incidents of violence, killing of J&K Law Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Lone, and the campaigning by various political ...
  • Impending Elections in Pakistan
       ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #873    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Salman Haider Former Foreign Secretary Panelists:  SK Singh Former Foreign Secretary ...
  • Post 9/11: Continuities and Discontinuities
    Arpit Rajain    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #872    ·    Commentary    
       Attempts to evaluate any forward movement since 9/11 can be located in the anarchic nature of the international system and its realist foundations. Nations, at all times, will choose national interest to maximise power over their in...
  • September 11 and Definitions of Terrorism
    Sonika Gupta    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #871    ·    Commentary    
       A year after 9/11, it is time to take stock of the changes effected in global politics by this incident. Apparently, the world has united to combat and root out terrorism. The US with its on-going military campaign in Afghanistan an...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – II: Some FAQs
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #870    ·    Commentary    
    How different is the present peace process from earlier ones? External compulsions made the difference. The pressures range from war fatigue, economic crisis, international resentment, change in the government at Colombo, strong urge of th...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – I: A Fact Sheet
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Sep, 2002    ·    #869    ·    Commentary    
    Status First Round Venue Sattahip Naval Base, Thailand Date   16-18 September 2002 Negotiating Teams   Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof G. L. Peris, Minister for Constitu...
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