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  • Thailand's Investment Strategy in India's Northeast
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   29 Sep, 2007    ·    #2384    ·    Commentary    
    During his four-day visit to Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura from 21-25 June 2007, Thailand's Commerce Minister, Krik Krai Jirapet expressed interest in investing in the region and identified it as a zone of convergence between Thailand's L...
  • India's Look East Policy: Issues Ignored
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   29 Sep, 2007    ·    #2383    ·    Commentary    
    Since 2005, the geographical canvas of India's Look East Policy (LEP) has expanded considerably, with the formation of East Asia Summit and India's increasing involvement in the East Asian Community, bringing into its ambit new players a...
  • Assam Accord and Illegal Migrants: Threat to Survival or Surviving the Threat?
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   28 Sep, 2007    ·    #2382    ·    Commentary    
    The illegal migrants issue is a perennial problem facing the Northeastern states of India. Notwithstanding Assam, the entire region is affected by the evolving complexities of this problem. Therefore, it is pertinent to examine the various facto...
  • The Shang-Class: China's Growing Submarine Force
    Sameer Suryakant Patil    ·   28 Sep, 2007    ·    #2381    ·    Commentary    
    On 18 September, pictures of China's second-generation nuclear-powered submarine, Shang-class (Type 093) were published in the state-run, People's Daily. According to the report, models and some hazy photographs of the submarine were on ...
  • Sino-Indian Border Dispute: Confidence and Security Building Measures
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   28 Sep, 2007    ·    #2380    ·    Commentary    
    The 11th round of the Sino-Indian border talks concluded in Beijing recently. The Sino-Indian political and economic ties have been on a growth path and in their meeting in the Philippines in January 2007, the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Sin...
  • Imperiled Frontiers: Security Scenario in Northeast India
       ·   27 Sep, 2007    ·    #2379    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Seminar held at the IPCS on 17 September 2007 Jaideep Saikia, Security Analyst, Guwahati The enchanted frontiers of the Northeast with a 4,500 km long international boundary is connected to the rest of mainland India only by ...
  • Indo-US Defence Co-operation: Full Steam Ahead
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   25 Sep, 2007    ·    #2378    ·    Commentary    
    Defence cooperation today includes many dimensions such as the sale, purchase and joint development of military equipment, transfer of technology, intelligence sharing and coordination for counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation, cooperation...
  • Offsets in Indian Defence Purchases
    Prashant Dikshit    ·   25 Sep, 2007    ·    #2377    ·    Commentary    
    The factor of offsets have emerged as a key policy projection in future Indian defence purchases. The practice needs to be examined. Officially enunciated in 2005, this policy provision of the Indian government will be in force for all orders to...
  • ASEAN Energy Initiatives: Options for India
    Pankaj Kumar Jha    ·   25 Sep, 2007    ·    #2376    ·    Commentary    
    ASEAN energy ministers have held several discussions on issues of petroleum security, energy from renewable sources and on concerns regarding nuclear energy. A regular feature of the ASEAN, the meeting of energy ministers in the last week of Aug...
  • Engaging Malaysia: An Imperative for India's Look East Policy
    Anushree Bhattacharya    ·   18 Sep, 2007    ·    #2375    ·    Commentary    
    In the year 2007, India and Malaysia commemorate fifty years of their diplomatic relations. It has, however, been a rather subdued relationship. Malaysia, an influential player in the ASEAN and the facilitator of the India-ASEAN FTA, is importan...
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