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  • Xinjiang: China’s Achilles Heel
    Avinash Godbole    ·   14 Jul, 2009    ·    #2904    ·    Commentary    
    In yet another episode of ethnic violence in China, more than 180 people have died in the riots in the minority province of Xinjiang. The death toll is bound to rise as more than a hundred are critically injured according to the official media. Be...
  • Notions of Grievance and Jihadi Terrorism
    Sanjay Pulipaka    ·   14 Jul, 2009    ·    #2903    ·    Commentary    
    There seems to be growing eagerness among some members of the international community to solve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan at the earliest. This eagerness purportedly stems from the belief that solving the Kashmir dispute will h...
  • Indo-Russian Defence Relations: On the Wane?
    Sanjeev Pillay    ·   14 Jul, 2009    ·    #2902    ·    Commentary    
    Is the present state of Indo-Russian ties a shadow of the height of mutual co-operation and friendship of the Soviet era?  Many have claimed it to be so. The Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed between India and the Soviet Union in 19...
  • What Did NPT PrepCom 2009 Bestow on India?
    Vidisha Shukla    ·   07 Jul, 2009    ·    #2901    ·    Commentary    
    Obama’s message to the third Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference was delivered by his Assistant Secretary of State for verification, compliance and implementa...
  • 15th Lok Sabha's Verdict : Erosion of Naxal Base in Bihar
    Satish Kumar    ·   04 Jul, 2009    ·    #2900    ·    Commentary    
    The fifteenth Lok Sabha elections proved to be a trend setter in many ways, foremost being a clear mandate for political stability alongside a rejection of the bullet in favor of the ballot. In Bihar particularly, apart from the defeat of a majo...
  • Mining Industry in Indonesia: Obstacles to Foreign Direct Investments
    Harnit Kaur Kang    ·   03 Jul, 2009    ·    #2899    ·    Commentary    
    BHP Billiton, a leviathan mining company, in early June 2009, announced its plans to lay off all 450 of its workers, at its coal project in Sungai Maruwai, Indonesia. This year has seen several foreign companies including Australia Oriental Mine...
  • Myanmar-China Energy Engagement : Implications for India
    Tuli Sinha    ·   29 Jun, 2009    ·    #2898    ·    Commentary    
    China recently announced the construction of oil and gas pipelines through Myanmar into its Southwestern Yunnan Province to start by September this year. What is the strategic importance of this energy project? Will this increase Chinese influen...
  • BRIC Summit : An Assessment
    Gunjan Singh    ·   29 Jun, 2009    ·    #2897    ·    Commentary    
    Leaders of the four BRIC nations, Brazil, Russia, India and China, met in Yekaterinburg, Russia on 16 June 2009. This was the first BRIC Summit and Russia was the host country. Next year the summit is scheduled to take place in Brazil. The count...
  • Gorshkov Spurs Indian Navy To Look Beyond Russia
    Radhakrishna Rao    ·   29 Jun, 2009    ·    #2896    ·    Commentary    
    The simmering controversy over the cost escalation insisted upon by Russia for retrofitting the 44,750-tonne Kiev class aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov has spurred the Indian Navy to look beyond Russia to meet its futuristic requirements. Russ...
  • State Government Rules Out Talks Against the Maoists: The Right Step?
    Souvik Chatterji    ·   24 Jun, 2009    ·    #2895    ·    Commentary    
    When Central Forces started the operation at Lalgarh Police Station on 20 June 2009, the West Bengal Government ruled out any talks with the Maoists. The confrontation between the Maoists in Jhitka village in West Bengal and the Central Forces is ...
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