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  • Samjhauta Express Blast Vs Mumbai Terror Attacks
    Radhavinod Raju    ·   10 Feb, 2011    ·    #3328    ·    Commentary    
    On the eve of Foreign Secretary-level talks in Thimphu, Pakistan on Saturday came out with a provocative statement saying that India's handling of the Samjhauta Express train bombing case showed that it lacked "courage to unearth culpabil...
  • WikiWrecks: The Kashmir Escalation Effect
    Radhavinod Raju    ·   08 Feb, 2011    ·    #3327    ·    Commentary    
    ‘Terror training camps, though not directly run by the Pakistan government, continue to operate along the India-Pakistan border creating potential for conflict with India and instability in the region, according to secret diplomatic cables r...
  • To a Guru (KS): A Personal Tribute
    Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee    ·   08 Feb, 2011    ·    #3326    ·    Commentary    
    We were at our Fifth Annual India-NATO Track II Dialogue when the sad news reached us of the demise of Shri K Subrahmanyam. The conference paused to pay a silent tribute to the doyen of Indian strategists. KS had inspired and taught generations ...
  • K.Subrahmanyam
    PR Chari    ·   05 Feb, 2011    ·    #3325    ·    Commentary    
    How does one spell out one’s recollections of an icon? When Andre Malraux passed away General de Gaulle said in Gaelic hyperbole, “Malraux is dead. France is widowed.” The obituaries pouring into the Indian newspapers echo simila...
  • Egypt's Revolution, China's Concerns
    Gunjan Singh    ·   03 Feb, 2011    ·    #3324    ·    Commentary    
    Whether it was the social networks that caused the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings this winter is far from clear. The People’s Republic of China, however, is not willing to wait to learn its lessons in a postscript. It has instead chosen t...
  • FMCT Negotiations: Games Pakistan Plays
    PR Chari    ·   31 Jan, 2011    ·    #3323    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan is at it again. Whenever it is in trouble, Pakistan turns up the volume of its anti-India rhetoric. Suicide terrorism is taking a daily toll of lives in Pakistan. Its Afghanistan policy is going nowhere. The Pakistan army is  ...
  • Alternative Strategies for J&K: Before Next Summer
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Jan, 2011    ·    #3322    ·    Commentary    
    One ought to applaud the State and Union governments for standing up to the BJP’s march to Lal Chowk in Srinagar to hoist the Indian flag. It was expected that the State government (with support from New Delhi) would allow the BJP yatra to...
  • Kashmir: A Hot Summer Ahead?
    Ali Ahmed    ·   28 Jan, 2011    ·    #3321    ·    Commentary    
    Events in Tunisia, Egypt and Lebanon have drawn widespread surprise since for the first time Arabs have turned out on the streets. After decades of domination by authoritarian regimes, supported by the West in most cases, democratic stirrings ha...
  • Alternative Strategies for Indo-Sri Lankan Relations: Passenger Ferry Service
    N Manoharan    ·   28 Jan, 2011    ·    #3320    ·    Commentary    
    With the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Passenger Transport by India and Sri Lanka on 7 January 2011, there is hope for a revival of the passenger ferry service between the two countries. The ferry service was suspended in 1...
  • Sino-Tajik Border: Settlement or Entrapment?
    Bhavna Singh    ·   28 Jan, 2011    ·    #3319    ·    Commentary    
    Pragmatism and realpolitik have paved the way for Tajikistan to cede territory to China in lieu of ascertaining its territorial integrity and sovereignty as well as addressing China’s irredentist claims in ‘Da Xia’ (the Central...
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