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  • ‘Civilian Supremacy’ in Nepal
    Padmaja Murthy    ·   21 Jul, 2009    ·    #2914    ·    Commentary    
    The faltering peace process in Nepal entered an uncertain period on 4 May when Pushpa Kamal Dahal  resigned as the Prime Minister. The resignation was prompted by the President’s move to overrule the Maoist-led cabinet’s decision ...
  • Post-LTTE Sri Lanka: Demilitarization as a First Step towards Peace
    N Manoharan    ·   21 Jul, 2009    ·    #2913    ·    Commentary    
    Under President Mahinda Rajapakse, the Sri Lankan government’s approach towards the long simmering ethnic issue rests on “four D’s” - Demilitarization, Democratization, Development, and Devolution. Under demilitarization, t...
  • India and Pakistan: A Dialogue to Nowhere?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   20 Jul, 2009    ·    #2912    ·    Commentary    
    The meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan - Manmohan Singh and Syed Yusuf Raza at Sharm el-heikh, Egypt, on 16 July resulted in a joint statement, signalling the resumption of the composite dialogue, which was stalled after the...
  • International Nuclear Fuel Bank: Promising Enterprise?
    Yogesh Joshi    ·   17 Jul, 2009    ·    #2911    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 June this year, the developing countries blocked the IAEA Director-General’s request to discuss the proposal of an International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB), brainchild of the US-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), in the 35-nation g...
  • Indian Defence Deals: Cleaning the Augean Stables
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   17 Jul, 2009    ·    #2910    ·    Commentary    
    Over the years, some big ticket Indian defence deals hogged the limelight with their involvement with middlemen in murky backgrounds, pay-offs and bribes, procedural improprieties and a lack of transparency in acquisition processes. However, Ind...
  • Q&A : Three New Militants Blacklisted by the UNSC
    Jeremie Lanche    ·   16 Jul, 2009    ·    #2909    ·    Commentary    
    The UN Security Council (UNSC) Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee announced on 29 June the addition of three more names to its list of persons subject to assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo - Arif Qasmani, Mohammad Yahya Mujahid and...
  • Q&A : Hafiz Mohammad Saeed and Pakistani Legislation
    Jeremie Lanche and Kate Swanson    ·   16 Jul, 2009    ·    #2908    ·    Commentary    
    On 10 December 2008, the UN Security Council (UNSC) Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, added three more names to its list of individuals “subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set.” Among them was Hafiz Moh...
  • Reducing Strategic Arms : From Prague to L'Aquila via Moscow
    PR Chari    ·   16 Jul, 2009    ·    #2907    ·    Commentary    
    In Prague President Obama had pledged to move towards the ideal of reducing and eventually eliminating existing nuclear arsenals, an ideal enshrined in Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which envisages the cessation of the nuclea...
  • China’s Xinjiang Woes: Internal and External Implications
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   14 Jul, 2009    ·    #2906    ·    Commentary    
    The recent spate of ethnic violence between Uighurs and Hans in China should surprise no one, particularly after last year’s Tibetan riots. However, it should also surprise no one that the attention and opprobrium for China, particularly fro...
  • The Illogic of ‘Massive’ Punitive Retaliation
    Ali Ahmed    ·   14 Jul, 2009    ·    #2905    ·    Commentary    
    The latest CRS Report for the US Congress, ‘Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons: Proliferation and Security Issues’, estimates that there are plans to increase Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal beyond its estimated current holding of 60 we...
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