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India's Thermonuclear Test: Bombed?
Ali Ahmed · 29 Aug, 2009 · #2959 · Commentary
A controversy has erupted over the Pokhran II tests with a former DRDO scientist and Director General of the prestigious IDSA, Dr K Santhanam, observing that the thermonuclear test was a ‘fizzle’. The timing of the controversy is of sig ...
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The ‘Pause’ in India-Pakistan Dialogue
Ali Ahmed · 13 Oct, 2009 · #2983 · Commentary
India-Pakistan relations are once again in a trough, perhaps this is fallout of the terror unleashed by the jihadis on 26/11. While cutting off of the dialogue can be seen as fallout of their action, persisting with the ‘pause’ has move ...
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The Illogic of ‘Unacceptable Damage’
Ali Ahmed · 30 Oct, 2009 · #2991 · Commentary
India’s official nuclear doctrine of January 2003 has rightly been critiqued for including the term ‘massive’ in its formulation: ‘Nuclear retaliation to a first strike will be massive and designed to inflict unacceptable da ...
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The Obama Decision Making Model
Ali Ahmed · 07 Dec, 2009 · #3019 · Commentary
Obama has been criticized not only for what he has decided but also for the manner he arrived at his decision. In both cases the major critique is on the time element. His decision has been faulted for the deadline set for beginning the troop pullo ...
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The Logic of the 'Sundarji Doctrine'
Ali Ahmed · 22 Dec, 2009 · #3029 · Commentary
Deterrence theory has understandably been imported into South Asia with the onset of nuclearization in the late eighties. It, having contributed to keeping the Cold War ‘cold’, has much to offer on how the nuclear equation is to be ma ...
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India and Pakistan: Losing time
Ali Ahmed · 10 Feb, 2010 · #3061 · Commentary
The offer of two dates to Pakistan for a meeting of Foreign Secretaries this February has come not a day too early. That the preceding muscle flexing by General Kayani in a power point presentation on the Pakistani Army’s world view to journa ...
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The Pro-Talks Argument
Ali Ahmed · 03 Mar, 2010 · #3066 · Commentary
India and Pakistan are talking again. If that is taken as good enough, then the fact that little progress was made in the latest round of talks is not taken amiss.
Those happy with the outcome argue that since Pakistan has not obliged India in ...
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The New Chief and Transformation
Ali Ahmed · 01 Apr, 2010 · #3080 · Commentary
The new Indian Army Chief expectedly, has much on his agenda. The most significant item is how to progress “transformation” in the million-strong army. He led a study into this issue, over the past year and he is best placed to implemen ...
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India-Pakistan Dialogue: Going Beyond Thimpu
Ali Ahmed · 03 May, 2010 · #3107 · Commentary
Another opportunity for traction on the India-Pakistan front in the form of the just concluded SAARC summit appears to have been lost. The two states are to have the foreign ministers, aided by their foreign secretaries, review current straits in t ...