COMMENTARIES
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Restive NDFB Banks on Sovereignty
Rani Pathak · 29 Nov, 2006 · #2159 · Commentary
The
National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB), Assam's best-known insurgent group
other than the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), is still talking sense
despite being restive over the long delay initiating the pe...
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Hu's Visit: A Post-script
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 28 Nov, 2006 · #2158 · Commentary
The
recent statement by the External Affairs Minister Shri Pranab Mukherji that
China has actually 'endorsed' the Indo-US Nuclear Deal shows
that President Hu Jintao's visit to India was not 'a passing visit'...
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US Mid Term Elections 2006
· 27 Nov, 2006 · #2157 · Commentary
(Report of
the IPCS Panel Discussion held on 16 November 2006. Panelists: Prof Chintamani
Mahapartra, David Temple and Alex Stolar)
Eric
Gonzalves
India and America are the two largest democracies. There remains a basic truth
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Prospects of India-EU Free Trade Agreement
Mriganka Achal · 24 Nov, 2006 · #2156 · Commentary
The recent India and European Union (EU) negotiations have generated a serious political debate on Free Trade Agreement (FTA), bilateral trade, economic cooperation and barriers to trade and investment. India and EU, considered one of the world&...
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Parsing the votes: Congressional Politics and the Indo-US Nuclear Deal
Sayan Banerjee · 24 Nov, 2006 · #2155 · Commentary
The Congressional approval and bipartisan support for the Indo-US nuclear deal defied conventional wisdom that the deal would face significant hardships in the Congress. That said the legislation in the US Congress could have been dead long ago ...
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Bajaur Attack: Musharraf's Preempts; Militants' React
Priyashree Andley · 23 Nov, 2006 · #2154 · Commentary
On 30 October 2006, the day the government was expected to sign a peace agreement with militants in Bajaur similar to the one signed in North Waziristan, missiles were fired on a madrassa in Damadola village in Bajaur agency. Later government re...
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In the Line of Fire: Pakistan Army
Firdaus Ahmed · 21 Nov, 2006 · #2153 · Commentary
Pervez Musharraf's memoir 'In the Line of Fire' has deservedly drawn critical fire. The excuse is that he has been candid in keeping with his commando image. The resulting publicity has helped sell his book. Missing in the controvers...
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Hu Jintao's Visit: Building a Cooperative Strategic Partnership
· 19 Nov, 2006 · #2152 · Commentary
(Excerpts of Interview with Ambassador CV Ranganathan by D Suba Chandran and
Urvashi Aneja)
I. POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC ISSUES
It is important to realize that the ASEAN group of countries would like to leverage
the growth of Ind...
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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...
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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...
