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  • Pakistan: New President, Old Problems
    D Suba Chandran    ·   11 Sep, 2008    ·    #2674    ·    Commentary    
    Asif Ali Zardari is the new President, elected democratically by the Parliament. Unlike that of Musharraf's swearing in as President last year, Zardari's election has been widely celebrated by many inside Pakistan. However, the country&#...
  • Q&A: The NSG Waiver and the Next Steps
    Gretchen Smith    ·   10 Sep, 2008    ·    #2673    ·    Commentary    
    On 6 September 2008, the NSG lifted the embargo it placed on India and granted a waiver to conduct nuclear trade to a country that is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). This historic decision is being hailed as the en...
  • A Chinese Puzzle in Vienna
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   09 Sep, 2008    ·    #2672    ·    Commentary    
    With the India-specific waiver finally making its way through the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), the immediate focus of China watchers has been on interpreting the perceived Chinese opposition to the Indo-US nuclear deal at the NSG. While t...
  • The Nuclear Deal and India's Emergence
       ·   08 Sep, 2008    ·    #2671    ·    Commentary    
    When the history of modern India is written, the nuclear deal with the US in 2008 will be considered at par with India's economic liberalization of 1991. The first liberated India from the self imposed shackles of a socialist economy. The se...
  • 100 per cent FIR: Jalpaiguri Shows the Way
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   08 Sep, 2008    ·    #2670    ·    Commentary    
    Notwithstanding the recent police reforms executed at the instance of the Supreme Court of India, there is still a lot which need to be done to enable the police to carry out its duties and responsibilities with greater effectiveness and efficie...
  • Nepal's 'China Card'
    Anil Kumar Mohapatra    ·   08 Sep, 2008    ·    #2669    ·    Commentary    
    In addition to internal troubles what makes India more apprehensive about its comprehensive security has been the growing 'anti-India' attitude in the Himalayan state of Nepal. This most favoured friend of India has turned over the month...
  • A Trip Report on Pakistan
       ·   04 Sep, 2008    ·    #2668    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Seminar held on 2 September 2008 Chair: Mr. Dhirendra Singh, President, IPCS Executive Committee Speakers: Maj. Gen. (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS            &n...
  • India Needs to Get Pak-wise
    Manisha Gangahar    ·   03 Sep, 2008    ·    #2667    ·    Commentary    
    Nearly 1,000 Pakistanis were killed in suicide bombings in 2007, with the country falling only second to Iraq in the number of suicide attacks. Besides, in August 2008, there have been several bombings. While Gen. Pervez Musharraf is out of the ...
  • 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...
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