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  • Nuclear Disarmament: An Indian View
       ·   16 Mar, 1998    ·    #71    ·    Commentary    
    The Oxford Research Group seminar on Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament held its wrap up session at the USI auditorium on 6 March '98. In addition to a presentation of the Workshop findings, there were a few keynote speeches. The more imp...
  • Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament: An Overview
       ·   16 Mar, 1998    ·    #70    ·    Commentary    
    A workshop of Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament was held from 2-6 Mar 98 under the auspices of the Oxford Research Group (ORG) and the United Services Institution (USI), India . It was held at the Neemrana Palace Hotel, Rajasthan, some...
  • Consequences of India Going Nuclear
    Munir Ahmad Khan    ·   15 Mar, 1998    ·    #69    ·    Commentary    
    India 's BJP government was voted into power on the basis of a manifesto that called for the open development of nuclear weapons and associated missile delivery systems. Now that the BJP is in office, will it deliver on its nuclear promi...
  • China’s Nuclear Policy
       ·   15 Mar, 1998    ·    #68    ·    Commentary    
    Mr Sha Zukang, former Chinese Disarmament Ambassador at Geneva , and currently the Director General of the Disarmament Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a presentation on a "Chinese View on Nuclear Weapons Elimination&quo...
  • THE FUTURE OF US NUCLEAR POLICY
    Aarti S    ·   15 Mar, 1998    ·    #67    ·    Commentary    
    A seminar was held by the IPCS with a visiting group from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to discuss their report "The Future of U.S. Nuclear Policy". The visiting NAS group included John P.Holdren, Director, Program in Sci...
  • Selig Harrison: Some Reflections
    Kiran Doshi    ·   28 Feb, 1998    ·    #64    ·    Commentary    
    Selig Harrisons recent study is the most serious attempt to date  to find a way out of the dead-end in which the USA and India find themselves on the nuclear issue. For many years now the USA has striven to curb the nu...
  • BJP and Indian Nuclear Policy
       ·   28 Feb, 1998    ·    #61    ·    Commentary    
    As the country gears up for the counting of votes in early March, questions are already being raised on the policies of a future government. The BJP is clearly in the lead and is the party that is likely to win the maximum seats. Will it be able t...
  • BJP’s Nuclear Agenda
    PR Chari    ·   20 Feb, 1998    ·    #60    ·    Commentary    
    In its election manifesto the BJP has declared that it would: -     ·                     Re-evaluate the country&rs...
  • The Huntington thesis
    PR Chari    ·   09 Feb, 1998    ·    #58    ·    Commentary    
    It is beguilingly simple. Samuel Huntington—the Harvard guru of civilizational politics—notes that India has three options in the post-Cold War world. Ally with the United States ; remain neutral following the tradition ...
  • Chirac comes calling
       ·   04 Feb, 1998    ·    #57    ·    Commentary    
    The honoured guest at the Republic Day parade on the 50th year of Indian independence was President Jacques Chirac of France . When many world leaders declined to visit India due to the terminal state of its current polit...
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