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  • The Pro-Talks Argument
    Ali Ahmed    ·   03 Mar, 2010    ·    #3066    ·    Commentary    
    India and Pakistan are talking again. If that is taken as good enough, then the fact that little progress was made in the latest round of talks is not taken amiss. Those happy with the outcome argue that since Pakistan has not obliged India ...
  • China and ASEAN: Reviewing Relations
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   25 Feb, 2010    ·    #3065    ·    Commentary    
    China has accorded special importance to its relations with Southeast Asia and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA) launched at the beginning of the year reflects this. Over the last decade ASEAN-China trade has grown exponentially, from U...
  • Tackling Maoist Terror
    M Shamsur Rabb Khan    ·   18 Feb, 2010    ·    #3064    ·    Commentary    
    In one of the biggest strikes on a state force on 15 February, armed Maoist guerrillas stormed an Eastern Frontier Rifles (ERF) camp at Shilda, 75km from Midnapore town and killed 24 jawans, besides looting 40 weapons. The outrageous and daring ...
  • Evolving a Strategic Matrix
    Pankaj Jha    ·   17 Feb, 2010    ·    #3063    ·    Commentary    
    In the backdrop of an increasingly assertive China and an uncertain Pakistan, India has embarked on a major strategic offensive which includes taking American allies on board, cooperating with countries that are apprehensive of China and, last b...
  • Then They Came for Him
    Zarin Ahmad    ·   12 Feb, 2010    ·    #3062    ·    Commentary    
    Just when the elections were over in Sri Lanka and it was time to pick up the proverbial pieces together and restore normalcy in the war-torn island, a new unfortunate chapter has begun. Former army chief and joint opposition candidate in the re...
  • India and Pakistan: Losing time
    Ali Ahmed    ·   10 Feb, 2010    ·    #3061    ·    Commentary    
    The offer of two dates to Pakistan for a meeting of Foreign Secretaries this February has come not a day too early. That the preceding muscle flexing by General Kayani in a power point presentation on the Pakistani Army’s world view to jou...
  • Ensuring India’s Nuclear Energy Industry Growth
    Nandakumar J    ·   09 Feb, 2010    ·    #3060    ·    Commentary    
    Domestic factors pose more serious challenges than external factors to India’s nuclear energy industry development. While there have been no security lapses reported about the safety of nuclear power facilities that are protected against n...
  • Talks with the Taliban: Implications for India
    Vinita Priyedarshi    ·   05 Feb, 2010    ·    #3059    ·    Commentary    
    The information released in the media regarding the secret meeting held between Taliban commanders and United Nations Special Representative in Afghanistan, Kai Eide is a good sign. The news as reported in the Guardian is best not discussed in t...
  • Towards Self Reliance in Launch Vehicle Technology
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   04 Feb, 2010    ·    #3058    ·    Commentary    
    Sometime in March this year, when the 49-metre-tall Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), weighing 414 tonne soars into space to introduce the GSat-4 communications satellite into a pre-determined orbit, India will have made a major &l...
  • Thaksin Shinawatra: Can the Phoenix Rise from the Ashes?
    Harnit Kaur Kang    ·   03 Feb, 2010    ·    #3057    ·    Commentary    
    Defamed former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been courting controversy inside Thailand since his descent from power in 2006 and presently as he attempts to amass political clout through external channels. Despite his fugitive status he i...
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