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  • US Initiative in Sri Lanka: In Search of Unambiguity
    Sarath Ramkumar    ·   04 Sep, 2001    ·    #568    ·    Commentary    
    Sri Lanka has been gripped by political uncertainty since mid-June, following the withdrawal of support to the ruling People’s Alliance (PA) government by the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress. President Chandrika has been resorting to vari...
  • International and Regional Security
    PR Chari    ·   03 Sep, 2001    ·    #567    ·    Commentary    
    It would be a truism to reiterate that international security is a seamless web. Regional and national security are parts thereof in a construction resembling the spider’s web. There is a central node, with skeins branching off in several di...
  • Pakistan's Cross Border Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #566    ·    Commentary    
    In the last decade, terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) have killed more than 30,000 civilians and 6000 defence personnel. The political parties have not been spared either. The National Conference has lost 205 members, Congres...
  • Violence in Manipur: What Went Wrong?
    Brig. SP Sinha    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #565    ·    Commentary    
    In the middle of June, Manipur went up in flames. The immediate provocation was the agreement signed by the Central Government with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Issac-Muivah) [NSCN (IM)] to extend the cease-fire by another year with...
  • India and WTO: Some Critical Concerns
    Satish Kumar    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #564    ·    Commentary    
    The forthcoming World Trade Organization (WTO ministerial conference at Doha in November has, like its previous meetings, opened the pandora-box once again. Developed and Developing countries are fighting a pitched battle over the contenti...
  • A Middle Path for the Kashmir Issue
    Col Virendra Sahai Verma    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #563    ·    Commentary    
    His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s statement on 5 August 2001, at the South Asia Peace Conference organized by Bhartiya Rachnatmak Samaj in Chennai, has invited unnecessary criticism. He had spoken after Mirwaiz Farooq of the All Party Hurriyat C...
  • Slow Rate of Growth and its Security Implications to India
    saurabh    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #562    ·    Commentary    
    India was economically weak when it became independent in 1947. Its foremost challenge was to eliminate poverty, deprivation and want by developing its stagnant economy. A growth-based strategy was adopted to achieve this end. Despite a hi...
  • Nuclear Weapons – Some Common Myths
    Lt. Gen. AM Vohra    ·   01 Sep, 2001    ·    #561    ·    Commentary    
    "Pak N-might bigger than India ’s, says US” – this headline on page one of the Times of India of 8 June 2000, caused considerable consternation. The Washington-datelined report states “the USA has reasse...
  • Pakistan Army’s Changing Profile: Analysis
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   28 Aug, 2001    ·    #560    ·    Commentary    
    What is the present nature and character of the Pakistan Army and what are its attitudes towards the question of Indo-Pak relations? Surprisingly, many former senior officials in India , both civil and military, maintain that the Pakistan A...
  • Implications of the Sino-Russian Friendship Treaty
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   28 Aug, 2001    ·    #559    ·    Commentary    
    A twenty years Treaty of Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation was signed between the Russian Federation and the Peoples Republic of China on 16 July 2001. Russia and China have signed a number of protocols and agreements in th...
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