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  • 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...
  • Crisis of Governance in India
    saurabh    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #588    ·    Commentary    
    Democratic governance is measured by the level of people’s participation, free and fair elections, accountable elected representatives, availability of information, peopleââ&sb...
  • The Varieties of the American Mood and Motivation
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #587    ·    Commentary    
    President Bush has announced the nature and scope of the American response to the horrible terrorist attack. As anticipated, the US declared all out war on terrorism and its haven-givers. More precisely he identified Osama bin Laden and th...
  • India’s Options in American Tragedy
    Brig Sharma    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #586    ·    Commentary    
    “Black Tuesday” has altered forever the concept of security and warfare, which threatens to plunge the world into economic gloom. Post September 11, a new world is emerging – a worl...
  • Changing Equations in the War against Terrorism
    Arpit Rajain    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #585    ·    Commentary    
    The deliberate attacks on the World Trade Centre and Pentagon on 11 September have re-emphasised the issue of supreme national interests if international responses are any indication. As President Bush and his team of advisors set about the task o...
  • A Coalition against Terrorism?
    Sonika Gupta    ·   19 Sep, 2001    ·    #584    ·    Commentary    
    The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in the US raise many questions pertaining to terrorism. The outcome of a terrorist attack is the same worldwide; the loss of innocent lives and a serious disruption of normal life. How...
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