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  • US and India Give Momentous Disarmament Treaty the Go-by
    Sonali Huria    ·   25 Dec, 2008    ·    #2764    ·    Commentary    
    The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently played host to the signing of one of the most significant disarmament treaties in over a decade - The International Treaty Banning the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Cluster Munit...
  • Pakistan and The Concept of Failed State
    Kazi Anwarul Masud    ·   25 Dec, 2008    ·    #2763    ·    Commentary    
    By the accounts published in Indian newspapers the Mumbai attackers were alleged to have been trained by former officers of the Pakistan Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence. Though no specific connection has yet been found between ...
  • Myanmar: Road to Democracy?
    Saurabh Prasad    ·   23 Dec, 2008    ·    #2762    ·    Commentary    
    The United Nation Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, speaking to reporters following a closed-door meeting with representatives from 14 nations who constitute the "Group of Friends of Myanmar" talked off a "growing frustration&quo...
  • The Future Combat System
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   23 Dec, 2008    ·    #2761    ·    Commentary    
    The US President-elect Barrack Obama's has promised not only the scrutiny of the national defense strategy but also of some of the leading defense acquisition programmes of the previous regime - programmes that promised to shape the future d...
  • Terrorist Attack on 26/11: Reactions and Implications
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   22 Dec, 2008    ·    #2760    ·    Commentary    
    The recent attack of 26/11 has led to strong reactions all over the world and the reaction within India has been more vigorous as compared to previous terror attacks. The reason for this change is probably because the victims of this particular ...
  • Dealing with Pakistan: The Nuclear Dimension
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   22 Dec, 2008    ·    #2759    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan raising the nuclear ante to stymie India is along expected lines. Speaking to a (private TV channel) on 5 December 2008, Dr Samar Mubarakmand, a Pakistani nuclear scientist, said that Pakistan was competent to launch nuclear missiles at...
  • Post 26/11 Strategy Recomendation For India
    Ali Ahmed    ·   22 Dec, 2008    ·    #2758    ·    Commentary    
    The 'proactive' school of thought believes that India should respond rigorously to the Mumbai terrorist attacks. The argument is that the attackers need to be punished and future attacks deterred. India's credibility is also at stake...
  • China's Peaceful Rise: Foreign Policy or Expansionist Strategy?
    Mayank S Bubna    ·   18 Dec, 2008    ·    #2757    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee Speaker: Professor Jing Huang, Visiting Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore Prof Jing Huang Chinas meteoric ec...
  • LTTE and Security Implications for India
    RR Vinod    ·   18 Dec, 2008    ·    #2756    ·    Commentary    
    'India is our friend' said the LTTE leader Parbhakaran in his Heroes' Day address in November 2008. 'At no stage did we ever consider India as an enemy force. Our people always consider India as our friend. They have great expect...
  • Pakhtunkhwa Debate Resurfaces in Pakistan
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   18 Dec, 2008    ·    #2755    ·    Commentary    
    Punjab reverberates as the land of Punjabis; so does Sindh and Balochistan as the land of Sindhis and Baluchis. If Pakhtun's (Pashtuns or Pashtoons) are the ethnic majority of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), then why is t...
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