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  • Back-Fire: An Airport Car Bomb Attack
    David Smith    ·   07 Jul, 2007    ·    #2331    ·    Commentary    
    A blazing 4x4 jeep blew up atthe entrance of the United Kingdom's Glasgow international airport terminal after two men attempted to drive the vehicle through the buildings doors. The men after failing to crash through the terminal doorway ig...
  • Space, Power and Politics in Asia
    Scott Shackelford    ·   04 Jul, 2007    ·    #2330    ·    Commentary    
    Space programs are a national source of pride and prestige. At best, they can engender healthy cooperation or competition between countries that push back the frontiers of science, aids strained relations between the great powers, and is a sourc...
  • The Naxal Communique: Mobile War Replaces Guerilla War
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   04 Jul, 2007    ·    #2329    ·    Commentary    
    The newly elected General Secretary of CPI (Maoist), Ganapathy, in a recent interview, declared that the recently concluded Congress of the Party had "decided to take the guerrilla war to a higher level of mobile war in the areas where guer...
  • Pakistan: The Way Ahead
       ·   02 Jul, 2007    ·    #2328    ·    Commentary    
    Report of the Panel Discussion held at the IPCS on 25 June 2007 Chair: Dhirendra Singh, Former Home Secretary Speakers: Amb G Parthasarathy, Former Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan Mr A K Doval, Former Director, Intelligence B...
  • NATO Attacks: Ambiguity in Pakistan's Tribal Belt
    Priyashree Andley    ·   02 Jul, 2007    ·    #2327    ·    Commentary    
    On 22 June 2007, artillery shells and missiles were fired by the ISAF from Afghanistan striking residential compounds and a hotel in Mangrotai in North Waziristan. The attack killed 11 people including women and children and wounded 10 others. T...
  • Reliable Replacement Warheads: A Dangerous Expansion
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   02 Jul, 2007    ·    #2326    ·    Commentary    
    The non-proliferation regime is once again threatened by the contentious issue of Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) development by the US. The US Department of Energy has proposed the development of a new generation of nuclear weapons that seek...
  • Pranab Mukherjee's Visit to Indonesia and Singapore
    Vibhanshu Shekhar    ·   29 Jun, 2007    ·    #2325    ·    Commentary    
    The visit of India's Minister for External Affairs, Pranab Mukherjee, to Indonesia and Singapore from 17 to 22 June has helped in consolidating India's strategic engagement with ASEAN, identifying new areas for cooperation and developing...
  • Nepal: Fresh Challenges to Democracy
    Saurabh Prasad    ·   29 Jun, 2007    ·    #2324    ·    Commentary    
    The Nepal election date has been set for 22 November 2007. Prime Minister Koirala has promised that the polls will not be postponed again and urged the government to swiftly complete all necessary preparations in order to hold the elections on t...
  • North Korea - Proliferation Detracted?
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   27 Jun, 2007    ·    #2323    ·    Commentary    
    On 16 June 2007, North Korea invited IAEA inspectors for further discussions on closing down its main Yongbyon nuclear reactor pushing forward efforts to end a much-hyped standoff with the United States. International efforts to dismantle North ...
  • India-Taiwan Relations: In Delicate Minuet
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   27 Jun, 2007    ·    #2322    ·    Commentary    
    Another visa issue, another China, only this time it is the Republic of China (ROC) instead of the People's Republic of China (PRC). India's two recent brushes with the Taiwanese - the denial of visas to Indian sportspersons from the sta...
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