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  • Kashmir: The Way Ahead – V
       ·   07 Oct, 2001    ·    #598    ·    Commentary    
    Where does Kashmir stand today, in the aftermath of the Agra Summit , with Pakistan making it very clear that without any progress on Kashmir , there can be no progress elsewhere?     ...
  • Primacy of Air Power in Conduct of Warfare
       ·   07 Oct, 2001    ·    #597    ·    Commentary    
    The role of air power will be crucial in the coming weeks if the US and its allies start pounding Taliban targets and Osama bin Laden’s hideouts in Afghanistan by hitting them with the latest cave buster bombs. To achieve victory...
  • Productivity of Water and Environmental Security
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   07 Oct, 2001    ·    #596    ·    Commentary    
    The annual precipitation over India by rain and snow is 4,000 cubic kilometers (cu.km). Out of this, the annual run off is 1869 cu.km. Out of this run off, it is estimated that 690 cu.km of surface and 432 cu.km of ground water or a total of...
  • Negotiating with Terror: The Case of ULFA
       ·   07 Oct, 2001    ·    #595    ·    Commentary    
    The peacemakers and proponents of a military solution to insurgency in Assam would agree on a negotiated settlement to the problem, although they might differ on the timing of this process. While the peacemakers would seek to talk their way ...
  • Reassessing Pakistan
       ·   29 Sep, 2001    ·    #594    ·    Commentary    
    Re-assessing Pakistan by Anand K Verma provides a well reasoned analysis into the continuing animosity between India and Pakistan . This book is ideal for the reader who is looking for a concise work to understand Pakist...
  • Telling Flaws in Understanding Rubrics of Terror
    Maj Gen Deva    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #593    ·    Commentary    
    Professor Samuel Huntington’s thesis on “Clash of Civilizationsâ€Â...
  • The Looming Threat of Bioterrorism
    Maj Gen Deva    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #592    ·    Commentary    
    A two-day workshop was organized last week under the aegis of Indian Institute of Communicable Diseases on developing “surveillance mechanisms for pathogens with biological warfare potentialÃ&ce...
  • Terrorism in America
       ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #591    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists:         T Anantha Chari   Anand Verma   PR Chari     Chair:             Lt Gen VK Nayyar...
  • Pakistan’s Response to America’s War against Terrorism
    Chintamani Mahapatra    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #590    ·    Commentary    
    As terrorism struck the symbol of power – the Pentagon, and the symbol of wealth – the World Trade Centre, in Washington DC and New...
  • The Intelligence Secret
    Dr. Bhashyam Kasturi    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #589    ·    Commentary    
    The most secret organs of government deal with intelligence. The Indian government took this logic to the extreme; whilst publishing the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on Reforming National Security, it left completely blank the relevan...
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