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  • India-Southeast Asia Relations
       ·   29 Aug, 2007    ·    #2363    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Amb A N Ram, Ex-Chairman, Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific-India Panelists: Amb B S Das, A Consultant on Revival of Nalanda University Programme Dr. Shankari Sundararaman, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Univer...
  • India's prospects as a great power
       ·   24 Aug, 2007    ·    #2362    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Prof Varun Sahani Speaker: Prof Sumit Ganguly Introductory remarks: Prof Varun Sahni Great powers are states which have system shaping capability and intention. Both capability and intentions are important requisites of great powe...
  • Pakistan's Nuclear Doctrine and Strategy
       ·   23 Aug, 2007    ·    #2361    ·    Commentary    
    Report of Seminar held at the IPCS Conference Room on 16 August 2007 Chair: Maj Gen (Retd) Dipankar Banerjee Speaker: Dr Manpreet Sethi Discussant: Dr Reshmi Kazi Dr Manpreet Sethi Pakistan regards its nuclear weapons as its most pr...
  • Implications Of Russian Withdrawal From Arms Control Treaties
    Neha Kumar    ·   23 Aug, 2007    ·    #2360    ·    Commentary    
    The US decision to base interceptors and radars in the Czech Republic and Poland, as a part of its Ballistic Missile Defence shield in Europe, has forced Russia to take a series of counter measures. Offensive measures include deployment of S-400...
  • India, China and the Prospects of Asian Economic Community
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   21 Aug, 2007    ·    #2359    ·    Commentary    
    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh first envisioned an Asian Economic Community (AEC) stretching from the Himalayas to the Pacific and constituting an 'arc of advantage'. The same idea has now been articulated by the External Affairs Minister...
  • From MTCR to Confidence Building Measures
    Neha Kumar    ·   21 Aug, 2007    ·    #2358    ·    Commentary    
    The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is a voluntary association of countries which share the goals of non-proliferation of unmanned delivery systems capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction, and which seek to coordinate national...
  • Ceasefire Sine Die?
    Chiranjib Haldar    ·   20 Aug, 2007    ·    #2357    ·    Commentary    
    The ceasefire between the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the Government of India was extended sine die on 31 July 2007. The truce in Nagaland has been extended every 12 months since 1997, except in 2005, ...
  • The US-Arab Alliance to Contain Iran
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   14 Aug, 2007    ·    #2356    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 June 2007, the Bush administration announced an arms package of US$63 billion to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf States along with Israel, aimed at containing Iran's growing influence. The deal was justified by the US Secretary of State Co...
  • Naxals-LTTE nexus in Tamil Nadu: An Alliance in the Making?
    Devyani Srivastava    ·   14 Aug, 2007    ·    #2355    ·    Commentary    
    The Naxalite presence has emerged in Tamil Nadu with the discovery of a training camp conducted by former People's War Group Naxals in the Periyakulum forests, Theni district, on 25 June 2007. Three persons were arrested by the police from t...
  • Karbi Anglong: Theatre of Violence
    Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman    ·   14 Aug, 2007    ·    #2354    ·    Commentary    
    The recent upsurge of violence in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam has sent the entire government machinery and the security establishment into a tizzy. It is a logistical nightmare for the state government and the paramilitary forces, ...
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