COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan-Taliban Nexus
Parama Sinha Palit · 25 Jan, 2001 · #455 · Commentary
Indians would remember the last week of the last millennium for several years to come. The hijacking of a New Delhi-bound Indian Airlines aircraft from
Kathmandu
by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) on the eve of Christmas, subjected the nati...
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Government’s Stand on CTBT - Cavalier Approach to National Security
Sarath Ramkumar · 30 Jul, 2000 · #454 · Commentary
Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, while intervening in a debate in the Rajya Sabha on November 23, said that India had placed a voluntary moratorium on conducting further tests, but the inherent right to conduct them was ââ‚...
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Japan: The Emerging Defence Debate
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 23 Jan, 2001 · #453 · Commentary
Japan
had a ?Peace Constitution? imposed on it by the
United States
in the aftermath of World War II.? Article 9 of this Constitution banned
Japan
from waging war to settle international disputes.?
Japan
was also no...
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Li Peng's Visit to India
Sonika Gupta · 18 Jan, 2001 · #452 · Commentary
The visit of
China
’s National People’s Congress Chairman, Mr. Li Peng, to
India
is essentially a feel good exercise. However, in view of recent tension between the two countries, this exercise is significant. Li Peng ha...
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Cease the Fire and Catch the Peace
N Manoharan · 18 Jan, 2001 · #451 · Commentary
To the surprise of all, the LTTE announced a unilateral ceasefire on December 21, 2000 stating its “sincere desire for peace and a negotiated settlement” of the ethnic conflict. The announcement was sudden, but not unexpected.
&nbs...
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Indian Industries and the Threat of Chinese Imports
Arundhati Ghose · 16 Jan, 2001 · #450 · Commentary
Chinese exports are competing with goods produced by industries in several countries including
India
. Many of
India
’s small-scale industries are either under threat or facing stiff competition of cheap imports from
China
...
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India Between America and Russia: Need to Tilt Towards U.S.
Satish Kumar · 16 Jan, 2001 · #449 · Commentary
Indian foreign policy makers are trying to establish a delicate balance between
Russia
and
America
. The two different poles of the Cold War are coming closer to
India
and desiring a strategic partnership with it. One is a t...
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Russian Foreign and Security Policies at the Juncture of the Millennium
· 16 Jan, 2001 · #448 · Commentary
Speaker: Prof. Grigori Sergeevich Khozin
(Dept. of Foreign Policy and International Relations, Russian Diplomatic Academy,
Moscow
)
5 January 2001
The speake...
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Leading Towards Sino-Indian Detente
· 30 Dec, 2000 · #447 · Commentary
The Chinese are reported to have sent their maps of the Sino-Indian border to the MEA. This is a sequel to the earlier agreements on the LAC and CBMs of 1993 and 1996. It is also learnt that while the Chinese accept the 1914 MacMahon line for the ...
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Plebiscite to Engagement: The New U.S Outlook Towards Kashmir
Parama Sinha Palit · 30 Dec, 2000 · #446 · Commentary
Since the partition of the Indian subcontinent,
Kashmir has been a source of friction between
India and
Pakistan . The mutual conflict over the issue spread beyond the confines of South Asia becoming one of the several points of ...