COMMENTARIES
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Lhotsampa Refugees in Nepal
Zarein Ahmed · 29 Sep, 1999 · #266 · Commentary
The presence of the Lhotsampa refugees in
Nepal
numbering more than 100000 has become a bone of contention in Bhutan- Nepal relations. Since 1991, these Nepali speaking refugees from
Bhutan
have been living in seven UNHCR managed c...
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Peace Dividend in Indo-Pak Space Cooperation?
· 24 Sep, 1999 · #265 · Commentary
Increased co-operation between
India
and
Pakistan
in the use of space-based data could be one preventive device to offset conflict. Farmers and fishing communities in
Pakistan
will benefit from such space co-operation. Th...
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Sri Lankan Peace Process: Problems and Prospects
Zarein Ahmed · 23 Sep, 1999 · #264 · Commentary
Sixteen years of protracted violence has torn apart the very fabric of Sri Lankan state and society. As the conflict becomes more deeply entrenched, solutions seem all the more elusive.
Sri Lanka
is now a war-weary society, and people feel...
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Jaswant's Visit to Kathmandu Rejuvenating Indo-Nepal Ties?
Mollica Dastider · 20 Sep, 1999 · #263 · Commentary
India
’s External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh’s recent visit to
Kathmandu
, has been the first high-level official visit of an Indian delegation to
Nepal
, since the installation of a newly elected Nepali Co...
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Apocalypse: Portents of Nuclear Attack
Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.) · 20 Sep, 1999 · #262 · Commentary
Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr. A Q Khan's latest utterance unwittingly reveal a veiled doomsday wake up call– the nuclear weaponised Ghauri missile fired from Islamabad and Karachi can hit New Delhi and Mumbai respectively in a matter o...
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New Dimension of Violence in Kashmir
Brig. SS Chandel · 18 Sep, 1999 · #261 · Commentary
The irruption of fresh violence in Kashmir wherein in a BSF Headquarters at Bandipura a brigade HQ at Kupwara and murders of some civilian leaders have taken place, is in fact hopeful sign. For two reasons. First, it is not insurgency at all. In t...
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India and Pakistan Nuclear Doctrine: A Comparative Analysis
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 15 Sep, 1999 · #260 · Commentary
India
and
Pakistan
became overt nuclear weapons states in mid-1998. Since nuclear weapons have their own logic and are unique in terms of their use and effects, they call for separate strategic doctrines as distinct form convention...
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The Subrahmanyam Committee on Kargil
Bhashyam Kasturi · 12 Sep, 1999 · #259 · Commentary
The four member committee set up by the government to review the events leading up to Kargil headed by noted defence analysts and convenor of the National Security Council Advisory Board K. Subrahmanyam must consider the following military aspects...
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Militant Groups in Kashmir: An Analysis
D Suba Chandran · 06 Sep, 1999 · #258 · Commentary
There are at least three major militant groups active in
Kashmir
, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen and Hizbul Mujahideen besides a number of minor groups such as Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen, Al Badar, Al Barq, Al Jihad etc. Though these grou...
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Light Combat Aircraft : Unduly Long Wait
Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.) · 06 Sep, 1999 · #257 · Commentary
In the early 1980s, Indian defence planners visualized the need for an indigenously produced next generation multi-role combat aircraft which could replace the MiG-21 fleet, which is the backbone of the IAF combat arm after their obsolescence in t...