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  • Post Election Blues
    Raghav Sharma    ·   16 Nov, 2009    ·    #3004    ·    Commentary    
    The decision of President Hamid Karzai’s principle political challenger Dr Abdullah Abdullah to withdraw his candidacy from the run-off election scheduled for 7 November 2009 effectively signaled the final curtain call on a seemingly unend...
  • Pressing the “Reset” Button
    Larissa Wagner    ·   12 Nov, 2009    ·    #3003    ·    Commentary    
    The third round of bilateral talks between the US and Russia started on 5 October 2009. It remains to be seen whether both countries will be able to develop a follow-up agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), which expires on...
  • China at 60 - The Military Dimension
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   11 Nov, 2009    ·    #3002    ·    Commentary    
    In the Indian tradition a 60th birthday is individually celebrated as the end of adulthood and the beginning of renunciation. In the case of China it marked instead a huge coming-out party. Actually, it was a series of three parties. The first w...
  • Engaging Myanmar
    Rajaram Panda    ·   11 Nov, 2009    ·    #3001    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar has emerged as a new test case for Obama administration’s engagement strategy in Asia, especially when the military junta has shown no sign of complying with the international opinion on restoring democracy and has been further tig...
  • An Issue in Civil-Military Relations
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   09 Nov, 2009    ·    #3000    ·    Commentary    
    Recently, the Army Chief is reported to have said that the "US has not allowed a second 9/11 to happen. Indonesia has not allowed a second Bali bombing to happen. India has allowed people to get away after the Parliament attack, the Delhi b...
  • Buddhadeb's Stand on the Maoists
    Souvik Chatterji    ·   09 Nov, 2009    ·    #2999    ·    Commentary    
    A few days ago, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya decided to release a woman who had been arrested for her involvement in Maoist activities, in return for the release of Atindranath Dutta, a police officer. The decision of t...
  • The Kerry-Lugar Bill
    Priyanka Subramaniam    ·   05 Nov, 2009    ·    #2998    ·    Commentary    
    The ‘Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009,’ more commonly called the Kerry-Lugar Bill, named after the two American Senators – John Kerry, a Democrat, and Dick Lugar, a Republican, who crafted the final version, was p...
  • Draft Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program: A Victory?
    Tara Sarin    ·   03 Nov, 2009    ·    #2997    ·    Commentary    
    On 21 October 2009 negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme wrapped up in Vienna. Terms such as “breakthrough” and “victory” were prematurely used to describe the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) ...
  • Argentina: India's Seventh Nuclear Destination
    Amit Kumar Chatterjee    ·   30 Oct, 2009    ·    #2996    ·    Commentary    
    This October, Argentina became the seventh country with which India signed a civil nuclear agreement. The crucial deal follows a series of similar ones that India signed with other countries. The lifting of a 34-year-old ban on India with regard...
  • A Warning Signal for Indian Space and Defence Establishment
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   30 Oct, 2009    ·    #2995    ·    Commentary    
    The dramatic arrest in October this year of 52 year old Stewart David Nozette, a top ranking space scientist with the USA’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), by the sleuths of the FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) on ...
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