COMMENTARIES
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China-India: Return to Robust Relations?
Swaran Singh · 25 Oct, 2010 · #3266 · Commentary
The week lasting 18-23 October 2010 witnessed three major events that promise to inject a positive enthusiasm in China-India relations.First, the release of Regional Economic Outlook 2010 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Jakarta underli...
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Iran’s Role in the Taliban Negotiations: Q&A
Siddharth Ramana · 22 Oct, 2010 · #3265 · Commentary
The Afghan government has initiated negotiations with the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan’s political landscape. Iran, an important regional player has also been invited to the dialogue process. According to Richard Holbrooke- the U...
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Tantrums that Terrorists Throw: Ajmal Kasab vs. Murugan
Radhavinod Raju · 21 Oct, 2010 · #3264 · Commentary
Ajmal Kasab has appealed before the Mumbai High Court against the death sentenced awarded to him by the trial court. The Government spent crores on the Arthur Road high security prison in Mumbai to guard this terrorist against any attempt to eli...
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Af-Pak Diary: Will the Taliban Negotiate?
D Suba Chandran · 20 Oct, 2010 · #3263 · Commentary
Now a “Peace Council” is in place to negotiate with the Taliban. (See Af-Pak Diary V: Now a Peace Council to Negotiate with the Taliban) Reports mention, that the negotiations have already started, though they are not clear, who is b...
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Politics of Arms Embargoes: US-China-EU
Sonika Gupta · 20 Oct, 2010 · #3262 · Commentary
The Obama Administration is discussing a major policy change in US-China military relations. The Chinese media has reported the possibility that the US may lift its twenty year old arms embargo on China. The US may sell China the C-1...
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The US Aid Conundrum: Educational Reform in Pakistan
Ruhee Neog · 18 Oct, 2010 · #3261 · Commentary
In light of the passage of the US Kerry-Lugar bill in late September 2010, which triples civilian aid to Pakistan to US$1.5 billion per annum for the next five years, an appraisal of the US aid programme and concomitant efforts to overhaul Pakis...
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India-Nepal Relations: A Perspective from Nepal
Chiran Jung Thapa · 18 Oct, 2010 · #3260 · Commentary
An Indian national with longstanding ties with Nepal recently remarked – “Indian policy in Nepal appears as if oceans separate the two countries. For a country that aspires to be a world power and a Security Council member, its publi...
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India’s Nuclear Energy Policy: Derailing FMCT?
Yogesh Joshi · 13 Oct, 2010 · #3259 · Commentary
Why is Pakistan relentlessly obstructing any progress on the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty? For the last sixteen years, the Conference on Disarmament (CD) has been unable to move beyond the Shannon mandate of 1995. One of the principal sources...
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The Cold End of Cold Start Doctrine?
Yogesh Joshi · 13 Oct, 2010 · #3258 · Commentary
Recently, the Chief of Army Staff General VK Singh officially announced the demise of the Cold Start Doctrine. Under the threat of nuclear war, the possibility of use of force as a state policy in the region was under serious strain. Cold ...
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Capping the ‘Volcano’: Indian Military Action against Pakistan?
Ali Ahmed · 13 Oct, 2010 · #3257 · Commentary
No exception need be taken for an Indian Air Chief to liken the regional security situation to a ‘volcano’ in his speech at the Air Force Day parade. He said, ‘“(The) current security scenario is like a volcano and may te...
