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  • Dhiren Barot's Conviction: Are the Rules of the Game changing?
    Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay    ·   19 Nov, 2006    ·    #2151    ·    Commentary    
    Last week a British court awarded the life sentence to Dhiren Barot, an important Al Qaeda operative in Britain. Those who have observed the terror scenario unfolding in Europe and the responses of national governments in the last few years will...
  • Hasba Bill and Electoral Democracy: Lessons from the NWFP in Pakistan
    Samrat Sinha    ·   19 Nov, 2006    ·    #2150    ·    Commentary    
    The passage of the "Hasba" [Accountability] Bill in the NWFP by the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal [MMA] dominated provincial legislature on 13 November 2006 raising questions about electoral democracy in Pakistan. The bill found support amon...
  • Collateral Victims: Allan Rock's Mission on Child Soldiering in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan    ·   18 Nov, 2006    ·    #2149    ·    Commentary    
    Allan Rock, special advisor to the UN Representative on Children and Armed Conflict, visited Sri Lanka recently to ascertain the ground situation in the conflict zones, especially compliance with the Action Plan for Children Affected by War by t...
  • Hu Jintao's India Visit: Implications for Bilateral Relations
       ·   17 Nov, 2006    ·    #2148    ·    Commentary    
    Rukmani Gupta Hu Jintao's visit has to be examined in the context of the strategic developments of the last ten years. The slow incremental pattern of cooperation between the countries was set with P.M Rajiv Gandhi's visit in 1988. ...
  • The US-Iran and the Indo-US trade-offs: Demolishing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
    Amit Singh    ·   13 Nov, 2006    ·    #2147    ·    Commentary    
    The nuclear non-proliferation regime has been wanting in terms of universality, reciprocity and adherence to norms, guidelines and procedures. Its norms have regularly been violated and the nuclear test by North Korea has rendered the regime o...
  • Bangladesh Elections 2007: Problems Ahead
    Dr. Sanjay Bhardwaj    ·   12 Nov, 2006    ·    #2146    ·    Commentary    
    Ongoing political developments in Bangladesh reflect two trends in the national politics. First, a popular demand for free and fair elections to form the next government. Second, vitiation of the political climate marked by erosion of tolerance,...
  • Reforming the Police and Policing
    Saumitra Mohan    ·   08 Nov, 2006    ·    #2145    ·    Commentary    
    While we have felt the need for and independent and sensitive police force for better enforcement of the law of the land and protection of the common citizens' rights, this has remained pious thoughts, nostrums from the rostrums. Many police...
  • South India: A Potential Terrorist Target
       ·   06 Nov, 2006    ·    #2144    ·    Commentary    
    With the arrest of Mohammad Fahad and Mohammad Ali Hussian, two Pakistan nationals, in Mysore on 27th October, the contours of a plan by the Al-Badr terrorist group to attack the State Secretariat and its Annexe, the Vikas Soudha in Bangalore an...
  • The 'Taliban' Factor in Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
    Shanthie Mariet D'Souza    ·   06 Nov, 2006    ·    #2143    ·    Commentary    
    Bilateral relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are presently marked by heightened mistrust and acrimony. This is essentially a consequence of the increased levels of Taliban related violence and instability in Afghanistan. Since May 2006, ...
  • CCOMPOSA: A Mirage or a Reality?
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   31 Oct, 2006    ·    #2142    ·    Commentary    
    In the last week of August, the Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organizations of South Asia (CCOMPOSA) successfully concluded its fourth conference at an undisclosed location in Nepal. The conference was attended by the Proletarian ...
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