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  • Terrorism and Tourism
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #699    ·    Commentary    
    Political and religious leaders across the world expressed indignation at the Taliban’s decision to destroy the Buddhist statues in Bamiyan. Gen Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan Ã...
  • Afghanistan’s Resurrection from Islamic Fundamentalism
    Subhash Kapila    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #698    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan as a nation was snuffed out by the Taliban.  For six long years, the Taliban imposed the most savage and medieval form of Islamic fundamentalization on Afghanistan . In fact, it was so repressively brutalized by the...
  • Indian Youth Perceptions of the Kashmir Issue
       ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #697    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir is one factor that has led to tensions between India and Pakistan . For India , the Kashmir problem is not the core issue whereas, for Pakistan , its resolution is an essential prerequisite for im...
  • Chinese Perspectives on the Kashmir Dispute
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #696    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese perspectives on the Kashmir problem require attention for at least three reasons: First, China is occupying over 20 percent of the total area of the former Kashmir State . A large tract, around 38,000 sq ...
  • Bargaining in Crisis
    Arpit Rajain    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #695    ·    Commentary    
    Following the December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament, the Indian Government quickly mobilised its troops and, if reports are to be believed, even deployed its missiles. India placed a charter of demands on Pakistan – pro...
  • Nepal: The Road Ahead
       ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #694    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists:   Sangeetha Thapliyal     Maj Gen Ashok Krishna       Ambassador Rajan ...
  • Terror Hunt: Warehousing and Mining Data
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #693    ·    Commentary    
    The official announcement of every terrorist attack invariably concludes with a stock phrase, “Ghatna sthal ke nikat suraksha ke prabandh our kare kar diye gaye hain (security arrangements around the place of incident have been further stren...
  • Sino –Indian Relations
       ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #692    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers:   WPS Sidhu     Associate, International Peace Academy, New York     ...
  • Pakistan and the United States Military Presence: Implications
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   07 Jan, 2002    ·    #691    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan has been designated by US policy planners and decision-makers as an “enduring strategic ally of long standing”. Military-to-military relationships of these strategic allies apart, Pakistan’s strategic and militar...
  • LTTE Overtures to India: Is it Real or Virtual?
    S. Ramkumar    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #690    ·    Commentary    
    The LTTE’s request to the Government of India to allow it to hold talks with the Sri Lankan Government in South India , due to the ill-health of its London based Political Advisor, Anton Balasingham, is surprising. The outfit ...
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