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  • Elections in Kashmir – III The APHC and Kashmir Elections
       ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #771    ·    Commentary    
    The All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) ever since its formation in 1993, has boycotted all the elections held in the state, despite calling itself as the “sole and genuine representative” of the people in the state.    ...
  • Is Development a Riposte to Insurgency?
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #770    ·    Commentary    
    Will development of the Northeast region lead to an end to the cycle of insurgent violence? Some analysts seem to believe so. They argue that once the results of development start percolating to the lower strata of society, people will cease to ta...
  • The 1999 Indo-Pak Nuclear Crisis
    Arpit Rajain    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #769    ·    Commentary    
    Bruce Riedel, the President’s Special Assistant for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs in the National Security Council of the Clinton Administration, has reported that during the Kargil crisis the US intelligence had information “th...
  • Limited War against the Nuclear Backdrop
    PR Chari    ·   18 Jun, 2002    ·    #768    ·    Commentary    
    George Fernandes has expressed confidence in winning a limited conflict with Pakistan even if the nuclear threshold was crossed since: “We could take a strike, survive and then hit back. Pakistan would be finished. I do not r...
  • Drugs Trade: Reading between the Reports
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #767    ·    Commentary    
    A hair-raising 119.3 Kgs of high quality heroin worth Rs.120 crores (US $ 25 million) in the international market, 6885.4 Kgs of Ganja worth Rs. 275.5 lakhs, 111.8 Kgs of Charas, 12 Kgs of opium and a packet of Brown Sugar have reportedly been sei...
  • Education System in Sri Lanka – I: The Problems
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #766    ·    Commentary    
    Sri Lanka stands as an island amidst the “anti-education societies” of the Third World . Its literacy rate is over 93 per cent with females not lagging behind at 87 per cent. The education index is 0.84; combined gross e...
  • US and South Asia: Policy Continuities and Discontinuities Since 9/11
       ·   30 May, 2002    ·    #762    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers:      Robert Wirsing, J Mohan Malik and Paul J. Smith     Asia Pacific Centre for Strategic Studies, Hawaii .     Chairperson’s introductory ...
  • Elections in Kashmir - II An Argument for International Observation
    D Suba Chandran    ·   29 May, 2002    ·    #761    ·    Commentary    
    Farooq Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has promised elections to the State Legislative Assembly this October. Whereas parties such as the National Conference, BJP, Congress and other minor parties are sure to participate,...
  • Assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone What Lies Beneath
    D Suba Chandran    ·   29 May, 2002    ·    #760    ·    Commentary    
    Abdul Ghani Lone, a senior leader of the APHC and Founder-President of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference was assassinated in Srinagar on 21 May 2002. He was paying homage to Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, father of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, a young le...
  • Naga Talks: Landmarks and Little Else
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   23 May, 2002    ·    #759    ·    Commentary    
    It now appears that the Naga negotiation process is resulting in the establishment of landmark events but little else. The August 1997 ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was considered a landm...
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