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  • Politico-military Developments in Afghanistan: Impact on Security
    Vinod Anand    ·   23 Apr, 2007    ·    #2272    ·    Commentary    
    With the formation of the Jabha-i-Mili or National Front and a change in Taliban's strategy, the situation in Afghanistan has suddenly turned fluid. Its potential for creating further trouble for the embattled Hamid Karzai is considerable as...
  • From CRZ to SEZ: Naxal Reins of Terror
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   21 Apr, 2007    ·    #2271    ·    Commentary    
    It was in August 2001 that the idea of establishing a Compact Revolutionary Zone (CRZ), from the forest tracts of Adilabad (Andhra Pradesh) to Nepal, traversing the forest areas of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, was conceptualiz...
  • The 14th SAARC Summit: An Assessment
       ·   20 Apr, 2007    ·    #2270    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers: Ambassador I P Khosla, Former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dr Amita Batra, Senior Fellow, Indian Council of Research in International Economics IP Khosla SAARC is based on an idea about regional cooperation that has m...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Limping Along or Halting?
    PR Chari    ·   18 Apr, 2007    ·    #2269    ·    Commentary    
    Cirrus Inc., a private Indian electronics firm has been indicted by the US Justice Department for exporting sensitive technologies from the United States to three Indian government entities over 2002-06. Apparently Cirrus Inc. supplied prohibite...
  • India-Malaysia Strategic Dialogue
       ·   18 Apr, 2007    ·    #2268    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Ambassador P S Sahai, Former Indian Ambassador to Malaysia Political Cooperation Dato' Husni Zai Yaacob, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia The year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relation...
  • Peace and Disarmament in Asia
       ·   17 Apr, 2007    ·    #2267    ·    Commentary    
    CPAPD Delegation: Mme. Cao Xiaobing, Advisor Mr. Hou Hongyu, Director of Research Jiang Ling, Assistant Research Fellow Opening Remarks Maj Gen (Retd.) Dipankar Banerjee The discussion over issues of nuclear disarmament in internatio...
  • SAARC Expansion and China
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   16 Apr, 2007    ·    #2266    ·    Commentary    
    The 14th Summit Meet of the SAARC countries held in New Delhi recently was important in many respects. For the first time since its inception in 1985, SAARC has added an additional member to its fraternity - Afghanistan. Also, for the first time...
  • Is Musharraf Losing Control?
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   14 Apr, 2007    ·    #2265    ·    Commentary    
    The Pakistani people are living through turbulent times and, General Musharraf, the self-styled President, is under tremendous pressure. The United States-led anti-terrorism campaign in Afghanistan has shaken Pakistan's polity like no other ...
  • Tata Forays into Strategic Sectors of Southeast Asia
    Pankaj Kumar Jha    ·   14 Apr, 2007    ·    #2264    ·    Commentary    
    The Tata group has set its sights on acquiring about 30 percent stake in two prominent thermal coal producers in Indonesia for US$1.1 billion. The two Indonesian coal companies are ranked among the three largest exporting coal mines in the world...
  • Central Asia in Indo-Russian Geopolitical Calculations
    Angira Sen Sarma    ·   13 Apr, 2007    ·    #2263    ·    Commentary    
    Since their independence in 1991, the five Central Asian Republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have become geo-strategically and geo-economically significant. The demise of the Soviet Union created a power ...
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