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  • Hasina's Visit to PRC: In Quest of a Comprehensive Partnership
    Kriti Singh    ·   26 Mar, 2010    ·    #3074    ·    Commentary    
    In an attempt to carve out innovative ways to strengthen the more than three decades old bilateral and diplomatic relations with the emerging Asian giant, Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina undertook a high-profile five-day official visit ...
  • Indo-Bangladesh JRC: Time for Teesta
    Pia Malhotra    ·   26 Mar, 2010    ·    #3073    ·    Commentary    
    The India -Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) concluded its 37th meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. The JRC is the highest forum for resolution of disputes on sharing waters of common rivers between the two countries. The forum was constitu...
  • An Indian Reconnaissance Satellite
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   22 Mar, 2010    ·    #3072    ·    Commentary    
    After hinting at developing the cutting edge technology required for realizing the building blocks of an anti satellite device, India’s state owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled a plan to  build and...
  • India’s Endeavour to Attain Space Security Asset
    Kriti Singh    ·   15 Mar, 2010    ·    #3071    ·    Commentary    
    The evolution of information technology has metamorphosed the very dynamics of contemporary warfare. In the current scenario, national security not only relies on the modernization of armed forces, cutting-edge defence technology and innovative ...
  • Security Détente Before Political Détente
    Mohammad Ashraf    ·   08 Mar, 2010    ·    #3070    ·    Commentary    
    In spite of media hype and outside pressures, the recent Indo-Pak dialogue has once again been inconclusive. In fact, it ended without even a commitment for a future meeting. Only promises to stay in-touch have been made. The main thrust has bee...
  • Global Nuclear Zero: Is Skepticism Logical?
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   05 Mar, 2010    ·    #3069    ·    Commentary    
    After the 2007 New York Times article of the famous gang of four retired American Secretaries of State and Secretaries of Defence, nuclear weapons elimination has again caught the attention of the whole world. The election of President Obama and...
  • India and Pakistan: Need for Creative Solutions?
    Pia Malhotra    ·   05 Mar, 2010    ·    #3068    ·    Commentary    
    Nirupama Rao and Salman Bashir, the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan, met at New Delhi on 25 February to discuss bilateral issues, and not surprisingly, the meeting did not result in a concrete statement. Newspaper and magazine articles d...
  • Questioning Defence Spending
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   03 Mar, 2010    ·    #3067    ·    Commentary    
    India intends spending an equivalent amount it spent on armaments over the last decade in half the time this decade. Whether this US$50 billion is necessary is a valid and timely question. Multiple arguments in favour of this spending are given ...
  • 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...
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