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  • The Swat Offensive
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   28 Dec, 2007    ·    #2452    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is progressively coming under the grip of Islamic extremism. One of the more severe manifestations of this trend has been the outbreak of intense fighting in the Swat District, situated in the n...
  • The Kunming Joint Military Exercises and Sino-Indian Relations
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   28 Dec, 2007    ·    #2451    ·    Commentary    
    India and China have often been described as two rising great powers with potential for mutual competition and rivalry, if not open conflict. Political pundits cite the unresolved border dispute, a history of war and the economic and military em...
  • 'Leaps in the Dark' for India-Pakistan Relations
    Sameer Suryakant Patil    ·   28 Dec, 2007    ·    #2450    ·    Commentary    
    One of the common refrains heard in the dynamics of the India-Pakistan relationship is the lack of trust or what is also referred to as the 'trust deficit' in bilateral dealings. An outcome of the inevitable security dilemma and the...
  • Northeast Insurgent Groups and the Bangladesh Connection
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   26 Dec, 2007    ·    #2449    ·    Commentary    
    At the recent Chief Ministers' meet on internal security held in New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh outlined the growing threat to the security and integrity of the nation posed by Naxalism and other homegrown insurgent movements, and ...
  • For a Return to Lahore
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   23 Dec, 2007    ·    #2448    ·    Commentary    
    Over the last decade there has been considerable doctrinal evolution in India culminating in the Cold Start and joint warfare doctrines. Similar activity has not been witnessed across the border. Pakistan has not spelt out its doctrine and it ha...
  • Indo-Israel Defence Cooperation: A Step in the Right Direction
    M Shamsur Rabb Khan    ·   23 Dec, 2007    ·    #2447    ·    Commentary    
    On November 26, 2007, the Defence Minister AK Antony, while replying to a question in Lok Sabha, said that there is a proposal to develop advanced medium range surface-to-air missile in collaboration with Israel. This is in continuation with Ind...
  • Dantewada Jailbreak: Strategic Accomplishment of Naxal Designs
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   20 Dec, 2007    ·    #2446    ·    Commentary    
    In yet another incident of jailbreak a total of 299 inmates, including 110 Naxal activists, fled from the Dantewada jail in Chhattisgarh on 16 December. It may also be recalled here that on 13 November 2005, about 1,000 Maoists and their support...
  • Dealing with Adivasi Resentment in Assam
    Souvik Chatterji    ·   16 Dec, 2007    ·    #2445    ·    Commentary    
    At a time when India is struggling with terrorist activities and separatist movements, the resentment showed by the Adivasis of Assam by their destructive activities has created new concerns for the home departments of the states. The blast on t...
  • India Ballistic Missile Defense Capabilities and Future Threats
    Neha Kumar    ·   12 Dec, 2007    ·    #2444    ·    Commentary    
    India carried out a series of anti-ballistic missile tests recently starting with an exo-atmosheric anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system test on 12 November 2007. This was followed by an endo-atmospheric test of a Prithvi missile defense system o...
  • Malaysia's Ethnic Indians Demand
    Yogendra Singh    ·   12 Dec, 2007    ·    #2443    ·    Commentary    
    On 25 November 2007, the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF), a group of Hindu NGOs led a demonstration of some 10,000 ethnic Indians in Malaysia demanding the same rights and opportunities as ethnic Malays. Ethnic Indians comprise 8 per cent of...
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