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  • Future of US Policy in South Asia: Controlling Pakistan
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #478    ·    Commentary    
    Prior to his departure for South Asia in March 2000, President Clinton summed up his views on the region by calling it ‘the most dangerous place’. South Asian observers could have hardly agreed more. After Pokhran and Chagai in...
  • Jihad, Pakistan and Indo-Pak Dialogue
    D Suba Chandran    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #477    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since the military coup and acquiring power, General Musharraf has been continuously expressing his desire for a dialogue with India at various platforms. One significant condition for any such dialogue from India ’s side...
  • Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) - II
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #476    ·    Commentary    
    The 1991 Gulf War demonstrated RMA in its initial effective form, although, the primary value of emerging technology had been substantiated during the England- Argentina Falkland war. While the NATO and the developed countries grappled with the pr...
  • Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) - I
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #475    ·    Commentary    
    The last decade of the twentieth century saw the unfolding of some important military events. In the 1970s three wars had far reaching effects: The Indo-Pak war created Bangladesh out of East Pakistan; Vietnam was unified and the world’s sup...
  • Sri Lankan Safari: Of the Violence, By the Violence and For the Violence
    N Manoharan    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #474    ·    Commentary    
    In its mild form, violence is defined as “an outrage, injury or act contrary to one’s feelings or principles”. Of late, the societies, both developed and developing, are afflicted with this endemic problem. The Sri Lankan society...
  • Pakistan Today - III: The Myth of Talibanisation
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Feb, 2001    ·    #473    ·    Commentary    
    Is Pakistan getting talibanised? What are the factors that underline such an assumption? Would the mere growth of the madrassas in numbers and the support received by the jihadi organisations from a section of the society be sufficient eno...
  • Pakistan Today - II: Economy: Stupid?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Feb, 2001    ·    #472    ·    Commentary    
    Many “political” and “security” analysts in India and elsewhere had been predicting an economic collapse of Pakistan for the last two years. Though the economy of Pakistan for the last couple of years had be...
  • Pakistan Today - I: Democracy: Chasing a Mirage?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Feb, 2001    ·    #471    ·    Commentary    
    Since the army took over in October 1999, the widely discussed subject, inside and outside Pakistan , is the return of democracy. How long will the Army stay in power? The return of democracy to Pakistan depends on three factors: Fi...
  • Political Violence in Assam: Three Trends
    Anindita Dasgupta    ·   27 Feb, 2001    ·    #470    ·    Commentary    
    The trend of rising violence in India 's North East demonstrates that Kashmir 's violence is minor compared to what is possible in this region. It is not Kashmir but Tripura which tops the country in terms of civilian cas...
  • Environment, Energy and Development
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   27 Feb, 2001    ·    #469    ·    Commentary    
    The 21st century is now witness to a new and emergent regional, national and international security issue – that of the environment. Though the environment is a recent discipline in mainstream security studies, it had always affected life on...
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