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  • The National Missile Defence System: To back or not to back!
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #500    ·    Commentary    
    The ‘Cold Peace’ of the early post Cold War era has been replaced by a ‘Cold Conflict’; its challenges are more complex  The US foreign policy has a major role to play in this regard.     On 1st...
  • China’s Intelligence Agency Operations in India
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #499    ·    Commentary    
    India ’s national security threat perceptions focus on Pakistan and China and a combination of the two.  Both these countries have a conflictual record with India .  Contemporary developments would indicate ...
  • Asia Pacific Security: Australia’s Security Re-Defined
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #498    ·    Commentary    
    General Background     Australia ’s threat perceptions and security architecture is predominantly determined by the overall security environment prevailing in the Asia Pacific.  It also needs to be recalle...
  • A Meeting with Al Badr Group at Lahore
       ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #497    ·    Commentary    
    Al Badr was recognized in September 1999 as one of the nine major militant groups operating in the Valley. A delegation of retired soldiers from the India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, which had visited Pakistan recently, ...
  • Land Reclamation: Indo-Bangladesh Maritime Dispute
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #496    ·    Commentary    
    Land reclamation is the process of claiming back submerged land from water bodies like oceans, sea, bays and rivers. The emergence of land is a natural phenomenon in water bodies through siltation and sedimentation over the years. It leads to disp...
  • Impressions of a Visit to Pakistan
       ·   23 May, 2001    ·    #495    ·    Commentary    
    Panel Adml. L. Ramdas,  Air Marshal Kuldip Rai,  Col. VS Verma  Lt. Gen MM Walia     The speakers were part of the India-Pakistan Soldiers&Atild...
  • Border Clash between India and Bangladesh: Analysing the Bangladeshi Reaction
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   11 May, 2001    ·    #494    ·    Commentary    
    Elections in South Asian countries bring out jingoism in the masses, the ruling and opposition parties. It provides the nation an opportunity to commit itself to a host of basic issues, whilst some of them are utilized to whip up patriotic passion...
  • India and Bangladesh: Enclaves Dispute
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   06 May, 2001    ·    #493    ·    Commentary    
    India and Bangladesh share a 4096 km-long border. Of this, 180 kms lies along the river line. The delimitation of the Indo-Bangladesh border is not complete as 6.5km stretch near Comilla in on the Tripura border is yet to be demarc...
  • Defence Budget: More Money Less Hardware
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   06 May, 2001    ·    #492    ·    Commentary    
    This year’s budgetary allocation of Rs 62,000 crores for the armed forces is 14 per cent higher than last year’s revised allocations. Adjusted against an inflation rate of 8 per cent, the allocation show a real time hike of 7.9 per cen...
  • India and China: Will the Taliban turn foes into Friends?
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   06 May, 2001    ·    #491    ·    Commentary    
    Since 1962, India and China have not been the best of friends. Chinese military support to Pakistan has placed a greater distance between them. However, the importance of breaking the ice  is realised by  them. Th...
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