COMMENTARIES
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Recent Trends in Indo-US Relations
Arvind Kumar · 09 Mar, 1999 · #174 · Commentary
The need to improve Indo-US relations was felt immediately after the nuclear tests conducted by
India
last summer. There have been eight rounds of talks between
India
and the
US
since then.
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Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States
· 25 Feb, 1999 · #173 · Commentary
A meeting of the Friday Group was held in IPCS on February 11 on the “Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States”. It was led by Muchkund Dubey, former Foreign Secretary. ...
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Indo-Pak Power Deal and Confidence Building
D Suba Chandran · 12 Feb, 1999 · #172 · Commentary
Three rounds of discussions held at the technical level on the sale of electricity by
Pakistan
to
India
since November 98 have focussed on the following:
a) Quantum of Power that
Pakistan
is to s...
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Integration of Defence Apparatus
· 30 Jan, 1999 · #171 · Commentary
Mr. P.R. Chari initiated the discussion questioning the Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes’ determination to integrate the three Services and the defence ministry within a month. Fernandes had also made a statement that six milit...
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Eliminating Anti-Personnel Landmines
· 15 Jan, 1999 · #170 · Commentary
Unheralded and barely noticed a significant disarmament treaty comes into force from March 1, 1999. It is the Ottawa Treaty banning the "use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmine (APM) and their destruction".&n...
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India's Relations with USA: Post Pokhran-II
· 12 Jan, 1999 · #169 · Commentary
(Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Mr. P.R.Chari. The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and Prof. Ramesh Thakur on India-Japan relations can be found in...
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India's Relations with Japan: Post Pokhran-II
· 12 Jan, 1999 · #168 · Commentary
(Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Prof. Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector, United Nations University. The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and P.R. Chari on India-...
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India's Relations with China: Post Pokhran-II
· 12 Jan, 1999 · #167 · Commentary
(Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Mr. C.V.Ranganathan, Former Indian Ambassador to
China
. The report of other presentations in the seminar by Prof. Ramesh Thakur on India-Japan relations and P.R. Chari on ...
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Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: Strategic Considerations Reconsidered
Stephen P Cohen · 12 Jan, 1999 · #166 · Commentary
Prof. Cohen started by reviewing the debate in
India
on its nuclear stance that alternated between `continuing ambiguity’ and `overt weaponization’ over the years.
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Six months after Pokhran-II: Where do we go from here?
· 07 Jan, 1999 · #165 · Commentary
The following is a report of the seminar organized by the IPCS on 18 December 1988. The speakers were P.R. Chari and Dr. Kanti Bajpai.
Chari
brought out the difference and comparison of options before
India
...