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  • Reassessing Pakistan
    .    ·   29 Sep, 2001    ·    #594    ·    Commentary    
    Re-assessing Pakistan by Anand K Verma provides a well reasoned analysis into the continuing animosity between India and Pakistan . This book is ideal for the reader who is looking for a concise work to understand Pakistan ...
  • Pakistan and the United States Military Presence: Implications
    Dr. Subhash Kapila.    ·   07 Jan, 2002    ·    #691    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan has been designated by US policy planners and decision-makers as an “enduring strategic ally of long standing”. Military-to-military relationships of these strategic allies apart, Pakistan’s strategic and military a ...
  • Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s Speech of 12 January 2002
    .    ·   28 Jan, 2002    ·    #684    ·    Commentary    
    Chair:   PR Chari, Director IPCS   List of Participants:    PR Chari, KK Mitra, AK Verma, AK Dave, Maj Gen Ashok Krishna (retd), Maj Gen Ra ...
  • President Musharraf’s Address: What’s New?
    PR Chari.    ·   19 Jan, 2002    ·    #681    ·    Commentary    
    The media hype and incessant chatter on the idiot box had unconsciously raised expectations sky high that President Musharraf would chart a new direction for Indo-Pak relations. It was unrealistic to assume that he could have reversed the direction s ...
  • Pakistan: A Nation at the Crossroads
    Amit Jain.    ·   15 Dec, 2001    ·    #662    ·    Commentary    
    No one feels the sense of loss that Pakistan is suffering today.     There is an eerie silence on the streets of Karachi . The large and violent rallies in several parts of the country have disappeared. It is no ...
  • Pakistan Post-September 11, 2001: A Divided Nation
    Subhash Kapila.    ·   31 Oct, 2001    ·    #628    ·    Commentary    
    September 11, 2001 was a day of infamy when the world watched with horror the vivid images of the citadels of the United States being subjected to terrorist attacks. The global focus turned towards the locii of Islamic Jehadi terrorism, namel ...
  • Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policies in Tatters
    Dr. Subhash Kapila.    ·   10 Oct, 2001    ·    #603    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan ’s policies towards Afghanistan have been shaped by its own strategic aims arising from its security perceptions and the demands of the Pakhtun people within Pakistan for independence.     ...
  • Pakistan’s Role in War against Terrorism: Costs and Benefits
    Chintamani Mahapatra.    ·   26 Nov, 2001    ·    #647    ·    Commentary    
    The US-led international coalition’s war efforts against terrorism have destroyed the military machine of the Taliban forces in Afghanistan , but the ouster of the Taliban from the seat of power has raised several questions about the cou ...
  • International Terrorism: The Pakistan Connection
    Dr. Subhash Kapila.    ·   10 Oct, 2001    ·    #602    ·    Commentary    
    International terrorism in its most diabolical manifestation found expression on 11September 2001 when Islamic Jehadis wreaked vengeance and terror in New York and Washington. Their vicious attacks were aimed at two symbolic targets of the mighties ...
  • Inside Pakistan I: Threat from the Military and Militants
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #803    ·    Commentary    
       Last week (14-21 July 2002), two significant things happened inside Pakistan. Both, if carried out, will have serious implications for the social and political security of Pakistan. One was the introduction of the second constitutional ...
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