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  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Yes, the Atmosphere is Conducive
    AM Vohra.    ·   10 May, 2005    ·    #1734    ·    Commentary    
    Peace is the key to socio-economic development. Poverty, illiteracy, health care and the unemployment are problems for both India and Pakistan, and require immediate corrective measures. However, there is no dearth of people obsessed with suspicion ...
  • Peace Bus on a Bumpy Road
    .    ·   03 May, 2005    ·    #1726    ·    Commentary    
    Almost three weeks after the resumption of the bus service across the LoC connecting the divided families of Pakistan-held-Kashmir and Indian Kashmir, as the bonhomie and the euphoria attached with this bus seems to settle down slowly, the time is ...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Trust, but Verify
    Kanchan Lakshman.    ·   28 Apr, 2005    ·    #1721    ·    Commentary    
    Since the India-Pakistan rapprochement began in April 2003, there have been many positives on the conventional indicators of the Jammu and Kashmir conflict. Terrorist violence has witnessed a secular decline, cross-border infiltration is down, the ...
  • Prospects for Peace in South Asia
    .    ·   28 Apr, 2005    ·    #1719    ·    Commentary    
    Discussant: Dr. Rafiq Dossani (Senior Research Scholar and Executive Director of the South Asia Program at the Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University) Chair: Major General Dipankar Banerjee (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee General ...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Engage Him Until a Better Option Arises
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1718    ·    Commentary    
    Should India trust Musharraf to deal with Pakistan? If he is not trustworthy, should India stop dealing with him? For India there are major security interests in Pakistan: a peace process that could be sustained; an understanding on Kashmir to keep ...
  • Can Musharraf be Trusted? - He is Bidding his Time to Strike
    Wilson John.    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1717    ·    Commentary    
    The decision to trust President Musharraf should rest on facts. He is the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan that has been targeting India since 1947; has engaged in bloody conflicts with India; and continues to anchor his strategic doctrine and train ...
  • The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus Service: Is the Cart Pulling the Horse?
    Mallika Joseph.    ·   27 Apr, 2005    ·    #1715    ·    Commentary    
    On 21 April, the second Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus left for its destination without the media hype and coverage the first one had. This followed the successful visit Musharraf had to Delhi where he declared, "the peace process was now irreversi ...
  • Profiling the Fidayeen Attacks: Suicide and Suicidal Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1713    ·    Commentary    
    Suicide terrorism has increased manifold in the recent years, especially after the American occupation in Iraq. A particular group always managed to be in the limelight in a given period in terms of suicide attacks. There have been two exceptions; ...
  • India-China Strategic Partnership: Implications for US and Pakistan
    Mallika Joseph.    ·   25 Apr, 2005    ·    #1711    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India is definitely significant within the context of Sino-Indian relations. Before his arrival it was believed that the visit would merely formalize many processes that were already in place. The 1993 ...
  • Political Stability in Pakistan
    AM Vohra.    ·   21 Apr, 2005    ·    #1707    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistani's political situation has been a matter of serious concern for some years particularly since the latest military take over of the country by General Musharraf on 12 October 1999. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's clumsy attempt to pre ...
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