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  • President Obama and the Challenges of our Times
       ·   20 Jan, 2009    ·    #2787    ·    Commentary    
    History was made in the USA on 20 January 2009 with Barrack Hussein Obama becoming its 44th President. The enormity of this achievement can be appreciated only in the context of the status of African Americans in the country till barely six deca...
  • The Infamous Arges Grenades of South Asia
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   20 Jan, 2009    ·    #2786    ·    Commentary    
    During the attack on Mumbai in November 2008, the terrorists had used Arges anti-personnel grenades to kill and maim its victims. The brand is produced by Rheinmetall Waffe Munition Arges of Austria, a manufacturer of high explosive hand grenade...
  • Cross-LoC Trade: Prospects and Problems
    KD Maini    ·   20 Jan, 2009    ·    #2785    ·    Commentary    
    Cross-LOC trade was the biggest CBM decided on during the visit of Indian Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, to Islamabad on 21 May 2008. A meeting of the joint working group on cross-LOC CBMs on 22 September 2008, finalized the terms and condi...
  • Policy Options on Pakistan: What India Should Not Do
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   20 Jan, 2009    ·    #2784    ·    Commentary    
    Operation Parakram, India’s muscle flexing in the aftermath of terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament in December 2001 failed to coerce Pakistan in putting an end to anti-India terrorism emanating from Pakistan. Following the 26/11 Mumb...
  • Policy Options on Pakistan: What India Should Do
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   19 Jan, 2009    ·    #2783    ·    Commentary    
    The terrorist attacks in Mumbai and the ample evidence indicating the involvement of Pakistan-based militant outfits poses a difficult foreign policy challenge before India. While the demands of globalization coupled with the security interests ...
  • Implications of Indian Foreign Secretary's Visit to Sri Lanka
    Mayank S Bubna    ·   19 Jan, 2009    ·    #2782    ·    Commentary    
    The Sri Lankan government has never before been in a more undeniably assertive position with regards to the ongoing conflict in the island nation. Following the collapse of the LTTE's administrative capital, Kilinocchi, the Sri Lankan Army h...
  • The NC-Congress Coalition in J&K: Reasons to be Cautious
    Tahir Ashraf Siddiqui    ·   18 Jan, 2009    ·    #2781    ·    Commentary    
    The political stage in the state Jammu and Kashmir has reached a very crucial juncture. A new government has been installed after the successful completion of elections and as expected, the electorate did not give a clear mandate to one party to...
  • Mohammad Ahsan Dar's Arrest: End of the Road for Hizbul?
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jan, 2009    ·    #2780    ·    Commentary    
    Already fragile and struggling to show its presence in Kashmir Valley, the indigenous militant outfit, Hizbul Mujahidin (HM) has suffered a major setback with the arrest of militant commander, Mohammad Ahsan Dar. Police arrested Dar, also the ch...
  • J&K Elections: Analysis & Policy Implications
    Samarjit Ghosh    ·   18 Jan, 2009    ·    #2779    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Seminar held on 6 January 2008 Chair: Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS Speakers: Dr. D Suba Chandran, Deputy Director, IPCS Prof. Amitabh Mattoo, School of International Studies, JNU Suba Chandran ...
  • Terrorism and Rising Security Concerns in West Bengal
    Maitreya Buddha Samantaray    ·   15 Jan, 2009    ·    #2778    ·    Commentary    
    In response to a request from the state government, the centre has agreed to deploy a National Security Guard (NSG) detachment in Kolkata for contingencies. Additionally, the state government is planning to set up an institute to train its offic...
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