COMMENTARIES
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Rajapakse’s Victory and its Implications
Sergei DeSilva-Ranasinghe · 03 Feb, 2010 · #3056 · Commentary
As Sri Lanka concluded its sixth Presidential elections Mahinda Rajapakse again emerged victorious. Although Rajapakse was tipped as the favoured candidate, there were expectations that the election would be a closely contested with the emergenc...
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Afghanistan - Watching from the Sidelines
Raghav Sharma · 02 Feb, 2010 · #3055 · Commentary
"There should be no distinction between a good Taliban and a bad Taliban."
The above postulation made by Foreign Minister SM Krishna during his pre-conference parleys with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, is a reflection of...
