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  • China's Pakistan Quandary
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   23 Oct, 2008    ·    #2714    ·    Commentary    
    Following Pakistani tradition, President Asif Ali Zardari made his first state visit to China from 14-17 October. In late September, Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani too had made his first official visit abroad to China. What e...
  • China: A Rising Threat in Space
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   23 Oct, 2008    ·    #2713    ·    Commentary    
    On 27 September 2008 China reached another milestone in its space programme when a Chinese taikonaut, Zhai Zhigang, ventured out of the spacecraft, Shenzhou-7, and performed a 30 minute-long spacewalk. Shortly after the taikonaut returned from t...
  • MNS Attack on North Indians: Another Face of Terrorism
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   23 Oct, 2008    ·    #2712    ·    Commentary    
    The attack on North Indians on 19 October in Mumbai and Thane by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is a ghastly tale about the degeneration of the Indian political and social system. This is not lumpenism, as many in the media and political l...
  • Need to Re-examine FDI Policy for India's Defence Industry
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   23 Oct, 2008    ·    #2711    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently rejected a proposal of the Mahindra Defence Systems (MDS) to form a joint venture (JV) company in India with the UK's largest defence company, BAE Systems. The JV proposal, based on equity owners...
  • The Pay Commission Outcome as Opportunity
    Ali Ahmed    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2710    ·    Commentary    
    There has been an attempt to generate a controversy around the military's propositioning the government on raising its emoluments and addressing the perceived decline in status. Inspired leaks have tried to bring into question the sense of p...
  • North Korea: From the State Sponsor of Terrorism to What?
    Rajesh Kapoor    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2709    ·    Commentary    
    Amidst the ongoing debates among international security strategists about the heightened tension in East Asia over negotiations with North Korea to dismantle its nuclear establishments, an agreement between the US and North Korea has given a bre...
  • Runoff in Maldives - Who will be the Next President?
    Ashik Bonofer    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2708    ·    Commentary    
    For the first time in its history, the archipelago of Maldives saw multiparty elections for president on 8 October 2008. This historic event was an outcome of the democratic process that began in 2005. Since the time the incumbent President Maum...
  • Eelam War IV: Military Strategies of the LTTE
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2707    ·    Commentary    
    Since the fourth edition of the Eelam War broke out in 2006, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been following various strategies to thwart the Sri Lankan government's objective of finding a military solution to the ethnic issue...
  • Chemical Warfare Agents and the Indian Context
    Prashant Mehta    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2706    ·    Commentary    
    Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances/compounds to kill, seriously injure or incapacitate an enemy. Several countries began eliminating their chemical weapons stockpile...
  • Nuclear Iran: Anathema for India
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   16 Oct, 2008    ·    #2705    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated India's opposition to a nuclear Iran during a visit to France in October 2008. This is significant owing to the traditional Indo-Iranian friendship and the ongoing negotiations for a multi-bill...
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