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  • Recent Developments in Sri Lanka & Nepal
    .    ·   30 May, 2006    ·    #2028    ·    Commentary    
    Recent Developments in Sri Lanka Dr N Manoharan Senior Research Fellow, IPCS The situation in Sri Lanka is complex and violence has escalated to a new high and is characterised by attacks ranging from claymore mines to shootouts. This ...
  • Democracy & Development In Maldives
    .    ·   10 May, 2006    ·    #2011    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Hon. Ibrahim Hussain Zaki (Vice-President and Shadow Foreign Minister of the Maldivian Democratic Party) Discussant: Amb. Lalit Mansingh Lalit Mansingh Ibrahim Zaki has been the principle interlocutor between India and Maldive ...
  • Peace Process in Sri Lanka
    AM Vohra.    ·   06 May, 2006    ·    #2004    ·    Commentary    
    After four years of truce, the Sri Lankan peace process is under severe strain. The Sri Lankan elections of November 2005 brought the United People's Freedom Alliance into power with the support of the hardliners. Mahinda Rakapakse was sworn in ...
  • Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project
    .    ·   12 Apr, 2006    ·    #1988    ·    Commentary    
    The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government approved Rs 2,427 crore for the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project (SSCP) in June 2005. On 2 July 2005, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid its foundation in Madurai and this project is expected to be c ...
  • Sri Lankan Ceasefire: The Geneva Talks
    N Manoharan.    ·   04 Mar, 2006    ·    #1954    ·    Commentary    
    Much expected talks at Geneva between the LTTE and the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is over. It is exactly after four years of signing the ceasefire agreement (CFA) that both parties met on 22-23 February to deliberate on its "smooth impleme ...
  • Sri Lanka: Significance of Geneva Talks
    N Manoharan.    ·   20 Feb, 2006    ·    #1945    ·    Commentary    
      It is exactly four years after the coming into force of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) on 22 February 2002 that the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have agreed to sit together for talks at Genev ...
  • SLMM: Challenges to Ceasefire Monitoring in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan.    ·   25 Jan, 2006    ·    #1932    ·    Commentary    
    Sri Lankan refugees trickling into Indian coasts denote that all is not well in the island. Despite the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA) and a Monitoring Mission to oversee it, violence has escalated to significant proportions, especially after the LTTE&# ...
  • Consolidating Bilateral Ties: Rajapakse's India Visit
    N Manoharan.    ·   06 Jan, 2006    ·    #1920    ·    Commentary    
    The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's four-day (27-30 December 2005) official visit to India was more than a mere ritual. The fact that Mahinda chose India for his maiden foreign tour after assuming executive presidency on 18 November 20 ...
  • Sri Lanka After Elections: New President, Old Challenges
    N Manoharan.    ·   24 Nov, 2005    ·    #1893    ·    Commentary    
    Mahinda Rajapakse, the newly elected President of Sri Lanka followed Sri Lanka's political tradition of reining Prime Ministers becoming Presidents. Thanks to the poll boycott by the Tamil community in the North, 'Mahinda Chintana' will ...
  • Democracy in Maldives: Troubles of Transition
    Alok Bansal.    ·   25 Oct, 2005    ·    #1870    ·    Commentary    
    The recent arrests of Opposition leaders in Maldives has severely jeopardized the island nation's planned transition to democracy and dented the credibility of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. These events question President Gayoom's commitm ...
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