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  • Facets of Internal Displacement in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan    ·   29 Feb, 2008    ·    #2502    ·    Commentary    
    In terms of both the absolute numbers and the proportion of population, conflict-induced displacement of people in Sri Lanka is one of the largest in the world. In the recent confrontation between the LTTE and the government forces that has gain...
  • The Great Indian Arms Bazaar
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   28 Feb, 2008    ·    #2501    ·    Commentary    
    The DefExpo 2008, the fifth biennial defence exhibition on land and maritime systems held recently in New Delhi, conveyed most emphatically India's growing clout in the international arms bazaar, albeit mostly as a buyer. The exhibition, whi...
  • Explaining the India-US Logistics Support Agreement
    Sameer Suryakant Patil    ·   28 Feb, 2008    ·    #2500    ·    Commentary    
    This week, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is paying a two-day visit to India. On his agenda are many things, including the uncertain fate of the India-US nuclear deal, cooperation in the area of counter-terrorism, arms deals and the situation...
  • US Anti-Satellite Weapon Test: Arms Race in Outer Space
    Neha Kumar    ·   28 Feb, 2008    ·    #2499    ·    Commentary    
    The United States decided to strike a dying satellite with missiles launched from a Navy cruiser on 20 February 2008 with the ostensible intention of protecting the population from space debris. The Standard Missile from the Aegis Ballistic Miss...
  • Kosovo's Independence: Regional and Global Implications
       ·   26 Feb, 2008    ·    #2498    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Seminar held at the USI on 13 February 2008 Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee, Director, IPCS Introduction The declaration of independence by Kosovo has serious regional and international implications. Even though thi...
  • Good Riddance: The End of Imed Mugniyeh
    Siddharth Ramana    ·   26 Feb, 2008    ·    #2497    ·    Commentary    
    On 12 February 2008 a car bomb exploded in Damascus, Syria. The victim was a person whose name spelt terror during the 1980s and 1990s - Imed Mugniyeh. While the name is not heard of as often as Osama bin Laden's in the realm of terrorism, M...
  • China, India and Australian politics of 'Quad'
       ·   18 Feb, 2008    ·    #2496    ·    Commentary    
    If international relations are all about balancing and bandwagoning, Australia has proved itself a good practitioner. Its recent decision to pull out of the US-Japan-Australia-India quadrilateral initiative has not only given a balance of power ...
  • Reopening of the Stilwell Road: At a Standstill
    Yogendra Singh    ·   18 Feb, 2008    ·    #2495    ·    Commentary    
    In December 2007, during the inaugural session of international trade center at Nampong town at the India-Myanmar border, Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh indicated that his Ministry would be lobbying for the reopening of Stil...
  • Northeast's Look East Policy: Securitizing the Region through Development
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   18 Feb, 2008    ·    #2494    ·    Commentary    
    During the last one year, India's northeast has emerged as a major focus of discussion in India's Look East Policy (LEP). Various ministries in the central government, such as those of External Affairs (MEA), Trade and Commerce, and Deve...
  • Forthcoming J&K State Assembly Elections
    Masood Ali Mir    ·   11 Feb, 2008    ·    #2493    ·    Commentary    
    Elections are considered the heart of any political process since they signify democracy in practice. As the six-year term of the current J & K State Legislative Assembly comes to an end in October 2008, the state readies itself for the upco...
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