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  • Pakistan-Taliban Nexus
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   25 Jan, 2001    ·    #455    ·    Commentary    
    Indians would remember the last week of the last millennium for several years to come. The hijacking of a New Delhi-bound Indian Airlines aircraft from Kathmandu by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) on the eve of Christmas, subjected the nati...
  • Government’s Stand on CTBT - Cavalier Approach to National Security
    Sarath Ramkumar    ·   30 Jul, 2000    ·    #454    ·    Commentary    
    Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, while intervening in a debate in the Rajya Sabha on November 23, said that India had placed a voluntary moratorium on conducting further tests, but the inherent right to conduct them was ââ‚...
  • Japan: The Emerging Defence Debate
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   23 Jan, 2001    ·    #453    ·    Commentary    
    Japan had a ?Peace Constitution? imposed on it by the United States in the aftermath of World War II.? Article 9 of this Constitution banned Japan from waging war to settle international disputes.? Japan was also no...
  • Li Peng's Visit to India
    Sonika Gupta    ·   18 Jan, 2001    ·    #452    ·    Commentary    
    The visit of China ’s National People’s Congress Chairman, Mr. Li Peng, to India is essentially a feel good exercise. However, in view of recent tension between the two countries, this exercise is significant. Li Peng ha...
  • Cease the Fire and Catch the Peace
    N Manoharan    ·   18 Jan, 2001    ·    #451    ·    Commentary    
    To the surprise of all, the LTTE announced a unilateral ceasefire on December 21, 2000 stating its “sincere desire for peace and a negotiated settlement” of the ethnic conflict. The announcement was sudden, but not unexpected. &nbs...
  • Indian Industries and the Threat of Chinese Imports
    Arundhati Ghose    ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #450    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese exports are competing with goods produced by industries in several countries including India . Many of India ’s small-scale industries are either under threat or facing stiff competition of cheap imports from China ...
  • India Between America and Russia: Need to Tilt Towards U.S.
    Satish Kumar    ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #449    ·    Commentary    
    Indian foreign policy makers are trying to establish a delicate balance between Russia and America . The two different poles of the Cold War are coming closer to India and desiring a strategic partnership with it. One is a t...
  • Russian Foreign and Security Policies at the Juncture of the Millennium
       ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #448    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Prof. Grigori Sergeevich Khozin     (Dept. of Foreign Policy and International Relations, Russian Diplomatic Academy, Moscow )     5 January 2001     The speake...
  • Leading Towards Sino-Indian Detente
       ·   30 Dec, 2000    ·    #447    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese are reported to have sent their maps of the Sino-Indian border to the MEA. This is a sequel to the earlier agreements on the LAC and CBMs of 1993 and 1996. It is also learnt that while the Chinese accept the 1914 MacMahon line for the ...
  • Plebiscite to Engagement: The New U.S Outlook Towards Kashmir
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   30 Dec, 2000    ·    #446    ·    Commentary    
    Since the partition of the Indian subcontinent, Kashmir has been a source of friction between India and Pakistan . The mutual conflict over the issue spread beyond the confines of South Asia becoming one of the several points of ...
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