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  • Battling on the Frontlines: Bangladesh and Climate Change
    Sonali Huria    ·   08 Jul, 2010    ·    #3185    ·    Commentary    
    Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Maldives recently signed an agreement with the European Union (EU), which is aimed at assisting developing countries, particularly Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Asia to battle the onslaught of climate chan...
  • A Year since Xinjiang Riots: Regional Consequences
    Avinash Godbole    ·   07 Jul, 2010    ·    #3184    ·    Commentary    
    5 July 2010 marked the first anniversary of the ethnic riots in Urumqi, capital of China’s Xinjiang province that is home to the minority Muslim ethnicity Uighurs. These riots had highlighted the disharmony in the People’s Republic, ...
  • Opening up a New Front in the War against Naxalites
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   06 Jul, 2010    ·    #3183    ·    Commentary    
    For quite sometime now, there has been an animated debate on the feasibility of using armed forces to put an end to the menace of Naxalites groups which have been on a killing spree especially in the mineral rich, poorly developed and densely fo...
  • Attacks in Lahore: Buildup to secession?
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   06 Jul, 2010    ·    #3182    ·    Commentary    
    After the 2 July 2010 attack on a popular Sufi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan has once again raised the spotlight of political security in Pakistan. While recent attacks in Pakistan have been blamed on Waziristan-based Pashtun groups such as the Teh...
  • Non-Proliferation: What Can India Do?
    PR Chari    ·   05 Jul, 2010    ·    #3181    ·    Commentary    
    India is rightly considered a leader in the spheres of nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and similar efforts to establish a safer world. Official spokespersons have untiringly informed the world about India’s contributions here, e.g....
  • Violence in Kashmir: Strengthen Communication between Rulers and the Ruled
    Radha vinod Raju    ·   05 Jul, 2010    ·    #3180    ·    Commentary    
    Officers of the J&K cadre, especially those who joined the cadre before the eighties, would tell you that the most serious law and order problem in Srinagar was when unruly mobs would indulge in intense stone pelting. If it were wintertime, ...
  • Violence in Kashmir: Elected Government is the Best Option
    Dr. Ashok Bhan    ·   05 Jul, 2010    ·    #3179    ·    Commentary    
    Recent incidents in Kashmir valley have evoked some voices, mercifully very feeble ones, to impose Governor’s rule in the state. Nothing can be more damaging to the state than even nursing such a thought. The authors of such an idea fail t...
  • Violence in Kashmir: Is the Conflict Transforming from Militancy to Civilian Unrest?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   05 Jul, 2010    ·    #3178    ·    Commentary    
    Conflict is never unilinear. It transforms – for the better or worse, depending on the major actors, their current strategies and the government’s counter strategies, besides the ability of the security forces to bring the situation ...
  • ECFA and the Changing China-Taiwan Relations
    Gunjan Singh    ·   02 Jul, 2010    ·    #3177    ·    Commentary    
    In a historic step, China and Taiwan are ready to sign the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement (ECFA). It is expected that this trade agreement will be a great step in the ongoing economic integration. There will be a major lifting of tari...
  • Religious and Cultural Tourism across the LOC
    KD Maini    ·   02 Jul, 2010    ·    #3176    ·    Commentary    
    With upheaval and limitations on the movement of people across the LOC, there is a need to improve the cross-LOC interaction. The real Confidence Building Measure (CBM) between the two parts of Kashmir can be extended by strengthening the people...
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