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  • Islamic Extremism and Bangladesh
    Kazi Anwarul Masud    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2724    ·    Commentary    
    The question periodically raised in the minds of the national and international community is whether Bangladesh can become a hub of Islamic extremism. Though the country has secular political parties, the efforts by some to establish Islamic rul...
  • Terror Strikes, Interpretation Divides
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2723    ·    Commentary    
    The recent terror strikes in Assam have been truly unprecedented in the history of insurgency and disturbance in Northeast India. The blasts that ripped through Guwahati, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Barpeta left people shocked and looking for answ...
  • Rising Chinese Interest in Africa
    Akhmed Tillayev    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2722    ·    Commentary    
    That "China and African states will develop new strategic cooperation" was the clear message that emerged from the China-Africa forum held in Cairo from 18-19 October 2008. During the forum both sides agreed to extend their political i...
  • Arms Sales and Recession
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   09 Nov, 2008    ·    #2721    ·    Commentary    
    There is a need to dispel the misplaced notion that the quantum of US arms sales will drop because the world is in the grip of a recession and the money supply is low. According to American sources, US weapons sales to foreign countries in ...
  • Tibetan November: Come Rain or Shine?
    Tshering Chonzom    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2720    ·    Commentary    
    A 'Special Meeting' of incumbent and ex-Kalons (ministers), the current and former members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE), government officials, representatives of the Tibetan NGOs, Tibetan intellectuals and experts, and Tibet...
  • National Security Adviser: Reviewing the Institution
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2719    ·    Commentary    
    The present National Security Adviser (NSA), MK Naryanan has often been in the news. He helped wrap up the nuclear deal with the US and went to China for border talks with his counterpart. In the wake of his trip to Srinagar, the Governor's ...
  • Afghanistan's Opium Bane: Contesting America's 'Zero-tolerance' Strategy
    Sonali Huria    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2718    ·    Commentary    
    The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in its latest Afghanistan Opium Poppy Survey 2008 has stated that opium cultivation in Afghanistan has fallen by 19 per cent "to 157,000 hectares, compared to the historic high-water mar...
  • China's Investment in Indochina: A Conscious Choice
    Hayoun Ryou    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2717    ·    Commentary    
    During the last ten years, China has consciously engaged countries located in its two bordering peninsulas - the Indochinese and the Korean. In both cases, economic relations, in general, and investment, in particular, have been used as an impor...
  • East Asia Floats its Own OECD
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2716    ·    Commentary    
    The 16 member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS), asserting their collective economic weight, formally announced the creation of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) in June 2008. The institute essentially reflects an att...
  • India-Sri Lanka Relations in the Context of the SAARC Summit
       ·   05 Nov, 2008    ·    #2715    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the IPCS Seminar held on 29 September 2008 Chair: Amb Salman Haidar Speaker: HE Mr CR Jayasinghe, High Commissioner, Sri Lanka Salman Haidar This discussion is being held at a time of conspicuous changes in Sri Lanka, s...
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