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  • This is not the road to peace in Kashmir
    Amit Jain    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #510    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian government's peace offensive in Kashmir has failed. After stubbornly refusing to talk to Pakistan - the Indian government finally gave in and invited General Musharraf for talks. Although the Indian government’s abrupt turna...
  • Indo-Nepal Relations: Differing Perspective
    Brig. SP Sinha    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #509    ·    Commentary    
    In recent years there have been perceptible strains in Indo-Nepal relations. The growth of the ISI’s activities in Nepal detrimental to India ’s internal security has caused great concern and alarm not only in the Governmen...
  • Indian Annual Defence Report : Chinese Criticism
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #508    ·    Commentary    
    The Ministry of Defence’s annual report for 2000-2001, a mundane yearly exercise of self praise would not have come to prominence, had it not attracted the flak from Beijing . Its opening  chapter usually deals with the national ...
  • The Palace Tragedy of June 2001
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #507    ·    Commentary    
    The history of Nepal has witnessed turbulent developments. Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founding father of unified Nepal has been compared with William the Conqueror in ruthlessness, callous disregard of human sufferings and committin...
  • Naga Cease-Fire Extension
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   16 Jun, 2001    ·    #506    ·    Commentary    
    With the extension of the four year old cease-fire between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) for one more year, the doubts hovering over the minds of the policy makers seem to have disappe...
  • Genes Warfare: The Dreaded Possibilty Coming True
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   16 Jun, 2001    ·    #505    ·    Commentary    
    With the dawn of the new millenium comes the awe-inspiring news of cracking of the genetic code and widely speculated beginning of what is called the  “genome age.”Undoubtedly, the technology could be used for the good of mankind,...
  • The Need for a Chief of Defence Staff
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   31 May, 2001    ·    #504    ·    Commentary    
    India needs cohesion between the political will emanating from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the military strength of the armed forces. Each Service, especially during peacetime, pursues an independent role, thus inviting the bureaucracy of ...
  • The Oman-India Gas Pipeline Project: Need to Resurrect Again
    Om Prakash    ·   30 May, 2001    ·    #503    ·    Commentary    
    The much hyped and decade old proposal for the Indo-Oman gas pipeline has not been implemented due to lack of political will and on account of several geo-political factors considering its potential to fill the huge demand-supply gap of natural ga...
  • A Chief of Defence Staff for Three Services!
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #502    ·    Commentary    
    While the decision of  by the Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) to integrate the three Service headquarters with the Ministry of Defence is timely, reasons given for postponing creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) are no...
  • Some Sino-Indian Areas of Environmental Cooperation and Concern
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #501    ·    Commentary    
    There are some common environmental interests between India and China . Comprehensive security suggests that these be discussed and deliberated upon to develop cooperative approach.     Kyoto Protocol...
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