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  • The Indian Prime Minister's Visit to China
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2472    ·    Commentary    
    While bilateral relations between many rising powers have been conflictual, India and China stand as exceptions. Not only have the two countries managed their relations with each other and ensured peace on the unresolved border, they have also g...
  • Recognition of Kosovo's Unilateral Secession: A Dangerous Precedent
       ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2471    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Seminar held on 10 January 2008 Speaker: Alan J. Kuperman Assistant Professor of Public Affairs University of Texas at Austin The attempt here is not only to analyze the causes of the present situation in Kososvo, ...
  • Time to Revive India-Iran Relations
    M Shamsur Rabb Khan    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2470    ·    Commentary    
    The US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) recently reported that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons programme in 2003. This not only shifts the ground on which India erected its policy of distance from Teheran when it voted with the US agains...
  • Benazir's Assassination and the Future of Pakistan
    PR Chari    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2469    ·    Commentary    
    Munir Ahmed Khan, former Chairman of Pakistan's Atomic Energy Commission, had a unique explanation for why Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged. "Not for the reasons people keep talking about," he said, "but because he stopped being...
  • Is the US pursuing a Flawed Policy towards Pakistan?
    Harun ur Rashid    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2468    ·    Commentary    
    In May 1991, while campaigning for another shot at the top political job, the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated by a suicide bomber, and there was an international outpouring of grief. Similarly, in recent weeks, the...
  • Understanding Minority-Perpetrated Terrorism
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2467    ·    Commentary    
    The National Security Adviser, M K Narayanan, has described the government's position on the current instability in Pakistan saying that the country is "dangerous and troubled" and that "India has to insulate itself from these...
  • A Government for the People and by the People
    Mohan Guruswamy    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2466    ·    Commentary    
    The recently held high-level conference on internal security gave a call to crush the rising power of the Naxal's in several states. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposal to increase the police force of the Naxal-affected states which...
  • SAARC: Moving from Programmes of Cooperation to a Cooperative Programme
    Madhavi Bhasin    ·   14 Jan, 2008    ·    #2465    ·    Commentary    
    Regionalism in South Asia is celebrated through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). But, in practice regionalism rarely functions through the activities of SAARC. Regionalism in South Asia is viewed as a tool to manage ...
  • 2008 Pakistan Elections III: Party Manifestoes
    Dr. Suba Chandran & Gautam Chawla    ·   08 Jan, 2008    ·    #2464    ·    Commentary    
    In December 2007, the leading political parties in Pakistan announced their manifestoes. While the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is likely to be the main election issue now followed by the return of democracy, there are numerous other issues w...
  • 2008 Pakistan Elections II: Postponement and its Implications
    Dr. Suba Chandran & Gautam Chawla    ·   08 Jan, 2008    ·    #2463    ·    Commentary    
    On 2 January 2008, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) postponed national elections from 8 January to 18 February. Why were the elections postponed and what have the reactions of major players been? In its notification, the ECP has ci...
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