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  • The Myth of Kashmir as Nuclear Flash Point
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   21 Feb, 2000    ·    #327    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir as a nuclear flashpoint in South Asia is a myth perpetuated since the 1980s by the United States and its "strategic ally of long standing", namely Pakistan . This myth is played up in India by...
  • Japan and India: Imperatives for a Comprehensive Security Dialogue
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   21 Feb, 2000    ·    #326    ·    Commentary    
    Imperatives for a deep and powerful political relationship between Japan and India existed right from the 1950s, soon after the Korean war. However, Japan at that time was too closely tied to the United States take independ...
  • Nuclear Arms: Strategic and Regional
       ·   15 Feb, 2000    ·    #325    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Ernest W. Lefever      Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center .      Dr. Ernest Lefever began by assessing the reactions to India 's nu...
  • Situation in Kashmir
       ·   15 Feb, 2000    ·    #324    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers: Dr. Amitabh Mattoo, Mr. Prem Shankar Jha & Prof. Riyaz Punjabi      The views of the panelists concerning the present situation in Kashmir were:      · &nbs...
  • Religious Organisations in Tibet: A Profile
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   12 Feb, 2000    ·    #323    ·    Commentary    
    Lamaistic Buddhism has been the main reservoir of energy, ideas and ideals to successive generations of the Tibetan people. Buddhism entered Tibet in the fifth century, but for the first two hundred years its impact was not strong. It was ...
  • Psychotronic Terrorism: Digital hacking of the human brain
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   09 Feb, 2000    ·    #322    ·    Commentary    
    I came across the term 'Psychotronic' in late 1998. I was surfing infowar-dot-com and saw a piece on "Psychotronic War: IW (information warfare) & Bioeffects of DEWs (Directed Energy Weapons)" I believe the term owes its orig...
  • The Uniqueness of LTTE's Suicide Bombers
    Sabil Francis    ·   02 Feb, 2000    ·    #321    ·    Commentary    
    It is an irony that those on death row for the Rajiv Gandhi assassination had a peripheral role in the act. It was carried out by the Black Tigers, the suicide squads of the LTTE, a shadowy group within the terrorist organisation. Other organisati...
  • Prospects of a Limited War in South Asia
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   02 Feb, 2000    ·    #320    ·    Commentary    
    General Pervez Musharraf’s threat to teach India a lesson is a highly irresponsible statement coming from Pakistan's Chief Executive. That successive generations of the Pakistani leadership...
  • Musharraf's Visit to China
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   02 Feb, 2000    ·    #319    ·    Commentary    
    That China and Pakistan enjoy the best of relation is well known and beyond doubt. What is interesting is that both the countries belong to two different civilizations, culture and indeed two different worlds. Ideology and religion...
  • Cryogenic Boost to Indian Space Commerce
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   31 Jan, 2000    ·    #318    ·    Commentary    
    The scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), using a low- key, low cost approach have  fabricated a series of satellites and their launch vehicles. They are hoping to repeat the feat by  testing a cryogenic upper stag...
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