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  • Nuristan: The Second Front in the Afghan Insurgency
    Raghav Sharma    ·   16 Oct, 2011    ·    #3476    ·    Commentary    
    Much has been written about the US surge, much of it being directed towards mounting military offenses against the Taliban in its traditional strongholds in the south. NATO generals too have laid tall claims at having made ‘credible’...
  • China in Space: A Threat?
    Gunjan Singh    ·   05 Oct, 2011    ·    #3475    ·    Commentary    
    In the past few decades the Chinese space programme has achieved a number of milestones which have placed it amongst the leading space powers in the world. China was the third country to have successfully put a human in space. China completed a ...
  • On India-South Korea Relations
    Jinwoog Kim    ·   04 Oct, 2011    ·    #3474    ·    Commentary    
    India-South Korea relations date back many centuries to the time when the princess of Ayodhya married Kim Suro, the King of Gaya. Their descendants are still known to visit Ayodhya every year to pay homage to their ancestral maternal roots. Budd...
  • Reading Pakistan: What if US-Pak Ties Break?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Oct, 2011    ·    #3473    ·    Commentary    
    A bill has already been introduced in the US Congress to cut aid to Pakistan, following the accusation that the Haqqani network has been functioning as a ‘veritable arm’ of the ISI in Afghanistan. Pakistan has retorted that such accu...
  • Russian Politicking on the Korean Peninsula
    Ruhee Neog    ·   30 Sep, 2011    ·    #3472    ·    Commentary    
    Kim Jong-il met Russian President Medvedev in August this year, in the former’s first visit to the country in nine years. It was primarily a diplomatic and economic strengthening exercise, and a variety of issues, from North Korean proclam...
  • The Direction of India’s Deterrent
    Ali Ahmed    ·   30 Sep, 2011    ·    #3471    ·    Commentary    
    Vipin Narang’s timely reminder, ‘Indian Nuclear Posture: Confusing Signals from DRDO’, (http://bit.ly/qqpFSo) on discipline as an index of institutionalization of the nuclear deterrent is welcome. He takes umbrage at the DRDO&r...
  • Reincarnation of Living Buddhas: A Zone of Sino-Tibetan Conflict
    Jigme Yeshe Lama    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3470    ·    Commentary    
    The Dalai Lama had recently announced his resolve to discuss the reincarnation dilemma in the upcoming 11th meeting of the Tibetan religious heads scheduled for the month of September in Dharamsala, India. The reincarnation issue is very crucial...
  • Reading Pakistan: Why is the Haqqani Network so Important?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3469    ·    Commentary    
    Why is Pakistan, in particular the ISI, willing to risk its relations with the US and worsen its already tarred international image by continuing the linkages with the Haqqani network? Is supporting the Haqqani network more important for Pakista...
  • China’s Ballistic Missile Defence Counter-Measures
    Debalina Chatterjee    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3468    ·    Commentary    
    In 2002 the Janes Missiles and Rockets Report announced that China conducted tests of counter-measures on CSS-5 Ballistic Missiles. China’s ballistic missiles possess counter-measures against BMD by penetrating into an enemy’s territ...
  • Free Expression on Weibo: An Alternate to Facebook, Twitter?
    Alpana Verma    ·   26 Sep, 2011    ·    #3467    ·    Commentary    
    China has the highest number of Internet users worldwide (485 Million). The introduction of social networking sites (SNS) since 2009 has given impetus to the usage of internet in China. People are flocking the weibo to be in vogue and keep up to...
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