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  • Proxy War in Kashmir & Pakistan's Economy
    Dr. Subhash Kapila.    ·   10 May, 2000    ·    #352    ·    Commentary    
    General Background Pakistan  has always faced economic difficulties due to several  reasons – a basically agrarian economy, lack of industrial infrastructure and the sizeable diversion of  financial resources to the ...
  • Pakistan – The Impact of India’s New Strategic Initiatives
    Subhash Kapila.    ·   26 Jun, 2000    ·    #378    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan has gone through a chain of unsettling events in the last one year, namely: 1.                   The Kargil misadventure in mid-1999 when ...
  • Isolating Pakistan
    PR Chari.    ·   12 Jun, 2000    ·    #364    ·    Commentary    
    That India should be angered with Pakistan is undeniable. Its yeoman efforts to get Pakistan expelled from several multilateral assemblages informs that this constitutes a new thrust for Indian foreign policy. Thus Pakistan ha ...
  • Musharraf's Visit to China
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh.    ·   02 Feb, 2000    ·    #319    ·    Commentary    
    That China and Pakistan enjoy the best of relation is well known and beyond doubt. What is interesting is that both the countries belong to two different civilizations, culture and indeed two different worlds. Ideology and religion we ...
  • Pakistan's Afghan Policy: Towards a Change?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   23 Dec, 1999    ·    #300    ·    Commentary    
    The Chief Executive of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf in his address to the nation on 17 October declared that Pakistan "shall continue (its) efforts to achieve a just and peaceful solution in Afghanistan … (and) wish t ...
  • The Coup in Pakistan: A zero sum scenario
    Kanchan Lakshman.    ·   30 Nov, 1999    ·    #296    ·    Commentary    
    The contrasting political structures that have emerged in India and Pakistan is an indication of the new direction in which conflict resolution would proceed in the South Asian region. This new direction would require political and di ...
  • Developments in Pakistan II: Report of IPCS Seminar
    Sushil J Aaron.    ·   17 Nov, 1999    ·    #287    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Mr. Vivek Katju     Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs     Date of Seminar: 12 November 99     Mr. Vivek Katju began by stating that the nature of the Pakistan ...
  • Developments in Pakistan I: Report of IPCS Seminar
    Sonika Gupta.    ·   29 Nov, 1999    ·    #292    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers: Gen. A. M. Vohra & Mr. P. R. Chari     Date of Seminar: 15 October 99         The discussion centered on a causal and predictive analysis of the coup in Pakistan ...
  • The Internal Challenges Facing Gen. Musharraf
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   03 Nov, 1999    ·    #281    ·    Commentary    
    Where does the military rule in Pakistan stand three weeks after the October coup? Gen. Pervez Musharraf, whose military coup was generally welcomed by the Pakistani people, has taken certain significant measures towards governing the country ...
  • A Rationale for the Pakistan Coup
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   03 Nov, 1999    ·    #280    ·    Commentary    
    The military take over in Pakistan on October 12 marked the end of yet another phase of democratically elected governments in Pakistan . None of the democratic governments completed their term of five years, but the two thirds majority ...
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