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  • Af-Pak Diary: Will Mullah Omar Negotiate? What is Taliban's End Game?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   05 Sep, 2011    ·    #3446    ·    Commentary    
    With the 2014 deadline approaching fast, both US and Pakistan have their end games unraveling in Afghanistan. While, both have been fooling the rest of the world in projecting a moderate, if not a good image of Taliban, it is important to analyze w ...
  • Af-Pak Diary: Should India Adapt to the Game, or Attempt to Change It?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   16 Jun, 2011    ·    #3406    ·    Commentary    
    In his recent article, C Raja Mohan has reviewed the situation in Af-Pak, and based on the premise that the game is changing for Pakistan, he has made four specific recommendations for India. Is the game really changing in Pakistan? Should the ...
  • Crying Wolf: Al Qaeda and the Nuclear Threat
    Alankrita Sinha.    ·   31 May, 2011    ·    #3392    ·    Commentary    
    The threat of nuclear terrorism has been around since the advent of the nuclear age, though it transformed into a real possibility only after the 9/11 attacks by the al Qaeda on the US mainland. This threat of nuclear terrorism has been used by the ...
  • Operation Geronimo: A Game Changer for Pakistan's Military?
    Arun Sahgal.    ·   10 May, 2011    ·    #3377    ·    Commentary    
    The killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad, 55km north of the capital of Pakistan has once again brought forth in stark terms the duplicity of the Pakistani establishment in negatively influencing the War on Terror. The fact that Osama bin Laden w ...
  • After Osama - VII: Should New Delhi Engage Pakistan or ‘Wait and Watch’?
    Firdaus Ahmed.    ·   05 May, 2011    ·    #3372    ·    Commentary    
    In wake of the Osama killing, the hawks have carried the day in India. In pointing towards possible Pakistani complicity in harbouring Osama, they make the point that the Indian initiative of reaching out to Pakistan that is currently unfolding wil ...
  • After Osama - VI: What will be the al Qaeda’s Game Plan?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   05 May, 2011    ·    #3371    ·    Commentary    
    What will be the game plan of the al Qaeda now? The primary issue is not who will take over the reins of the al Qaeda, now that Osama is dead, but how they will seek to respond. Succession is unlikely to be an issue. There appears a hierarchy wi ...
  • After Osama - V: End the War on Terror?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   05 May, 2011    ·    #3370    ·    Commentary    
    With the primary conspirator behind 9/11 finally killed, almost a decade after the beginning of the US led War on Terror, should the campaign finally come to an end? Has the war really ended? Does the war of terrorism led by the al Qaeda pose no th ...
  • After Osama - IV: What are the Global Implications?
    Siddharth Ramana.    ·   03 May, 2011    ·    #3368    ·    Commentary    
    The death of bin Laden holds a significant impact for several states. This article seeks to briefly elucidate on three regions - the US, West Asia and Pakistan. The US was declared public enemy number one by bin Laden, owing to alleged insults t ...
  • After Osama - III: Is Pakistan’s Army on a Tighter Rope?
    Ali Ahmed.    ·   03 May, 2011    ·    #3367    ·    Commentary    
    That a military operation by the US in the vicinity of military barracks has occurred to such effect as elimination of the world’s most wanted terrorist indicates either that the Pakistan Army was caught napping or was on board. If the former ...
  • After Osama - II: Full Marks to President Obama?
    Ashok Bhan.    ·   03 May, 2011    ·    #3366    ·    Commentary    
    The death of Osama bin Laden in a surgical operation carried out by the US Special Forces will be a subject of discussion among political and security analysts the world over for many weeks to come. However, the events leading to  this success ...
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