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  • Terrorism and the Internet: Security Agencies Barking up the Wrong Tree
    Sandeep Bhardwaj    ·   03 Sep, 2008    ·    #2666    ·    Commentary    
    In three recent terrorist attacks - the UP blasts of November 2007, the May 2008 blasts in Jaipur and the Ahmedabad blasts of July - minutes before the explosions took place, local media offices received e-mails announcing the blasts and claimin...
  • Unending Drama in Pakistan
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   28 Aug, 2008    ·    #2665    ·    Commentary    
    A week after the resignation of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on 18 August 2008, the beleaguered country witnessed another high profile political event, in the form of the withdrawal of support to the coalition government at the centre, by...
  • India-ASEAN FTA: Implications for India
    Mohit Anand    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2664    ·    Commentary    
    Trade negotiations on the India- ASEAN FTA were finally concluded on 7 August 2008. According to the Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation signed between the two countries in October 2003, the negotiations were supposed to be completed by ...
  • Kaladan Multi-modal Project in Myanmar
    Papori Phukan    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2663    ·    Commentary    
    In April 2008, India and Myanmar signed an agreement on the US$110 million Kaladan multi-modal transit-cum-transport project, which would connect India's land-locked Northeast with the southern coast of Myanmar. The project will be entirely ...
  • Afghanistan: Appraising the Future
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2662    ·    Commentary    
    Following the attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, suggestions for deploying Indian troops in Afghanistan has been doing rounds among the strategic circle in New Delhi. Far fetched as it may appear at this juncture, it could acquire momentum i...
  • Will TAPI Remain a Pipedream?
    Raghav Sharma    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2661    ·    Commentary    
    On 25 April 2008, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India (TAPI) signed a Gas Pipeline Framework Agreement, committing to the construction of an ambitious 1,680km-long pipeline to transport 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year...
  • Indo-Afghan Relations and Pakistan Factor
    Bimla Kumari    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2660    ·    Commentary    
    The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai's visit to India on 4 August following the SAARC summit held in Colombo, was significant to India in many respects. Karzai, was the first to hold the Pakistani spy agency responsible for the 7 July suicide ...
  • Cyber Terrorism: Threat Exaggerated?
    Sandeep Bhardwaj    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2659    ·    Commentary    
    Cyber terrorism, a term coined by the media rather than security agencies, is one of the apocalyptic scenarios portrayed by fiction writers and movie producers on a regular basis. The story of a teenager bringing an entire nation to its knees wi...
  • American Challenges in Biological Security Initiatives
    Danielle Toth    ·   27 Aug, 2008    ·    #2658    ·    Commentary    
    US Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama recently delivered remarks concerning emerging threats in the 21st century, including nuclear, biological, and cyber threats. Senator Obama stressed that "in a new world of threats, we are no...
  • Unconditional Exemption by NSG: Is it Necessary?
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   20 Aug, 2008    ·    #2657    ·    Commentary    
    The 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is scheduled to meet in Vienna on 21-22 August 2008 to consider the case of India's exemption from its existing guidelines for export of nuclear materials. India is demanding a "clean and unco...
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