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  • Polls in the Proximity
    N Manoharan    ·   11 Oct, 2000    ·    #418    ·    Commentary    
    As Sri Lanka gears up for its parliamentary polls on October 10 many in India are interested in its outcome. What difference will it make? Why should New Delhi be concerned with the outcome? Certainly, a change of guard in ...
  • Intelligence: The Case of China
    Bhashyam Kasturi    ·   25 Sep, 2000    ·    #417    ·    Commentary    
    There is much intelligence activity in India regarding Pakistan , and concern over China . But there is little comprehension of the intelligence challenge which China presents to India .     ...
  • Pakistan: The Latest Military Reshuffle
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   25 Sep, 2000    ·    #416    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan 's latest military reshuffle has been made much of in some Indian media reports. These reports basically focus on the moving out of Lt. Gen. Aziz Khan from the appointment of Chief of General Staff at Pak Army's General Hea...
  • Sri Lankan General Elections: Issues and Problems
    N Manoharan    ·   02 Sep, 2000    ·    #415    ·    Commentary    
    As the focus shift from the battle field to ballot papers attention in Sri Lanka would be on the issues and problems that will dominate the October Parliamentary elections.      Issues     ...
  • A Face Saver or a Brave Face: Options Before India
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   02 Sep, 2000    ·    #414    ·    Commentary    
    Are India and Pakistan on collusion course once again? The abrupt collapse of the negotiations with the Hizb-Mujahideen and the renewed pledge of the Pakistan President of continuing support to the militancy (read-cross-border te...
  • Building a Case for US Supremacy
    Sonika Gupta    ·   31 Aug, 2000    ·    #413    ·    Commentary    
    In the current indignation regarding George Fernandes’ “endorsement “ of Humphrey Hawksley’s  Dragonfire,  more significant aspects of the book have been  ignored. Hawksley’s earlier book Dragonstrike, ...
  • Indo-Nepal Relations: Nepal's Perceptions and Problems
       ·   30 Aug, 2000    ·    #412    ·    Commentary    
    The Nepalese Prime Minister, Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala’s visit was the first one by a Nepali Prime Minister in the last four years. This was not a sudden development.  Both India and Nepal wanted to repair their relation...
  • Understanding Pakistan
       ·   30 Aug, 2000    ·    #411    ·    Commentary    
     Speakers     Shaukat Qadir, Director, IPRI, Islamabad &     Riffat Hussain, Quaid-e-Azam University , Islamabad     On 25th August ...
  • UN Security Council: A Permanent Seat for India
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   30 Aug, 2000    ·    #410    ·    Commentary    
    Tne of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s missions during his forthcoming visit to the US in September, 2000 may be lobbying India ’s case for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council. Reconstitution of the...
  • Future of Indo-US Relations
       ·   21 Aug, 2000    ·    #409    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Alok Prasad,      Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs         Initiating this Friday Group discussion the speaker stated that, undoubtedly a qualitative...
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