COMMENTARIES
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Bru National Liberation Front – Redrawing Faultlines in Mizoram
Shivaji Mukherjee · 17 Sep, 2001 · #578 · Commentary
This is the season for negotiating with militants in the North East. After the denouement of the NSCN-IM cease-fire extension, it was the turn of Bodo Liberation Tigers (BLT) to hold talks with the Union government in August, followed by the first...
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Jehad against America
Brig Sharma · 17 Sep, 2001 · #577 · Commentary
The dramatic and nerve-shattering terrorist attack on
New York and
Washington on September 11, 2001 have once again established the ability and the freedom of terrorists to strike at will in any part of the world. By targeting the migh...
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US Sanctions against China and Pakistan- Who stands to gain?
Sonika Gupta · 12 Sep, 2001 · #576 · Commentary
The recent
US
sanctions on
China
and
Pakistan
due to missile technology transfer by
China
to
Pakistan
display the
US
anxiety about damage to the non proliferation regime. Neither does this China-Pak ...
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Insurgency in Tripura: Wake-up Call for the Political Establishment
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 12 Sep, 2001 · #575 · Commentary
The recent spate of attacks on the tribal leaders of the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) by the insurgent outfit, the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is a grim reminder of similar attacks last year. These attacks appear to be...
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Indo-Pak Trade
D Suba Chandran · 12 Sep, 2001 · #574 · Commentary
Improving the trade relations between
India
and
Pakistan
has always been discussed in the various summits between the leaders of both the countries at the highest levels. A cursory look at the bilateral trade statistics will reveal...
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Border Management: A Rebuttal to Brig Chandel’s A Border Guards Organization for Anti-Terrorist Operations
Mallika Joseph · 10 Sep, 2001 · #573 · Commentary
Brig Chandel’s suggestions on better border management in his article, “A Border Guards Organization for Anti-Terrorist Operations” candidly portray the Army’s views on the paramilitary forces. His proposition on engaging/r...
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Kashmir: The Way Ahead - IV
D Suba Chandran · 10 Sep, 2001 · #572 · Commentary
Interview with Ram Mohan Rao, former Public Information Officer and Advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Government
Where does
Kashmir
stand in Indo-Pak relations in the aftermath of the
...
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Kashmir: The Way Ahead - III
D Suba Chandran · 10 Sep, 2001 · #571 · Commentary
Interview with Prof Amitabh Mattoo,
Jawaharlal
Nehru
University
Where does
Kashmir
stand today in the aftermath of the
Agra
summit?
Today there is a...
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The Growing Dimension of ISI
Brig Chandra B Khanduri · 05 Sep, 2001 · #570 · Commentary
Pakistan
’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) seems to have become a synonym for international terrorism. Combining its philosophy of “jehad” with espionage, subversion, sabotage and psychological warfare, it has acquired n...
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Kashmir: Issues and Actors
D Suba Chandran · 04 Sep, 2001 · #569 · Commentary
Kashmir became an issue between India and Pakistan in 1947, when Pakistan sent tribesmen and its own troops to capture Kashmir, which was then ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh. Muzafarabad was captured on 22 October 1947. When the troops from neighb...
