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  • Recent Trends in Indo-US Relations
    Arvind Kumar    ·   09 Mar, 1999    ·    #174    ·    Commentary    
    The need to improve Indo-US relations was felt immediately after the nuclear tests conducted by India last summer. There have been eight rounds of  talks between India and the US since then.     ...
  • Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States
       ·   25 Feb, 1999    ·    #173    ·    Commentary    
          A meeting of the Friday Group was held in IPCS on  February 11 on the “Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States”. It was led by Muchkund Dubey, former Foreign Secretary. ...
  • Indo-Pak Power Deal and Confidence Building
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Feb, 1999    ·    #172    ·    Commentary    
    Three rounds of discussions held at the technical level on the sale of electricity by Pakistan to India since November 98 have focussed on the following:     a) Quantum of Power that Pakistan is to s...
  • Integration of Defence Apparatus
       ·   30 Jan, 1999    ·    #171    ·    Commentary    
    Mr. P.R. Chari initiated the discussion questioning the Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes’ determination to  integrate the three Services and the defence ministry within a month. Fernandes had also made a statement that six milit...
  • Eliminating Anti-Personnel Landmines
       ·   15 Jan, 1999    ·    #170    ·    Commentary    
    Unheralded and barely noticed a significant disarmament treaty comes into force from March 1, 1999. It is the Ottawa Treaty banning the "use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmine (APM) and their destruction".&n...
  • India's Relations with USA: Post Pokhran-II
       ·   12 Jan, 1999    ·    #169    ·    Commentary    
    (Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Mr. P.R.Chari.  The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and Prof. Ramesh Thakur on India-Japan relations can be found in...
  • India's Relations with Japan: Post Pokhran-II
       ·   12 Jan, 1999    ·    #168    ·    Commentary    
    (Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Prof. Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector, United Nations University. The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and P.R. Chari on India-...
  • India's Relations with China: Post Pokhran-II
       ·   12 Jan, 1999    ·    #167    ·    Commentary    
    (Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Mr. C.V.Ranganathan, Former Indian Ambassador to China . The report of other presentations in the seminar by Prof. Ramesh Thakur on India-Japan relations and P.R. Chari on ...
  • Nuclear Deterrence in South Asia: Strategic Considerations Reconsidered
    Stephen P Cohen    ·   12 Jan, 1999    ·    #166    ·    Commentary    
    Prof. Cohen started by reviewing the debate in India on its nuclear stance that alternated between `continuing ambiguity’ and `overt weaponization’ over the years.     ·    &nb...
  • Six months after Pokhran-II: Where do we go from here?
       ·   07 Jan, 1999    ·    #165    ·    Commentary    
    The following is a report of the seminar organized by the IPCS on 18 December 1988. The speakers were P.R. Chari and Dr. Kanti Bajpai.     Chari brought out the difference and comparison of options before India ...
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