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  • LTTE Operations and Attacks: A method to the madness
    RR Vinod    ·   26 Jun, 2006    ·    #2051    ·    Commentary    
      An analysis of the violent attacks involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of Sri Lanka clearly brings out a pattern, be it in eliminating Tamil political leaders, militant opponents, Sri Lankan leaders or securit...
  • What Next in Sri Lanka: Five Questions and Two Sets of Responses
    N Manoharan    ·   24 Jun, 2006    ·    #2050    ·    Commentary    
    As the Oslo talks did not succeed, Norway was forced to 'go back to the basics' by asking the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the LTTE on 8 June 2006 to respond to five questions in 15 days: Will the parties stand committe...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Intense Lobbying
       ·   24 Jun, 2006    ·    #2049    ·    Commentary    
    The Indo-US civilian nuclear deal has reached its final stages and will be tabled before the Senate and House of Representative for voting to become an Act. Lobbying becomes prominent at this stage. Since it has been realized by India and Indian...
  • Waziristan: Taliban, State and Media
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2048    ·    Commentary    
    On 16 June 2006, Hayatullah Khan's body was found with gun shots in Mir Ali region of North Waziristan. A dead body in Waziristan does not make for major news in the recent years, but what is significant in this case is that Hayatullah is th...
  • US- Bangladesh Relations: Recent Developments
    L Venkateshwaran    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2047    ·    Commentary    
    The participation of Bangladeshi troops in the 1991 Gulf war coalition and in numerous UN peacekeeping operations has helped strengthen relations between the United States and Bangladesh. Clinton was the first US President to visit Bangladesh in...
  • Nathu La: Renewing the India-China Silk Route
    Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2046    ·    Commentary    
    After several rounds of negotiations, India and China have signed a historic agreement to resume border trade through the strategic Nathu La from 6 July, after four decades of closure. Nathu La Pass was once part of the flourishing Silk route, c...
  • Regional Responses to North Korea's Impending Missile Launch
    Jacob Chriqui    ·   23 Jun, 2006    ·    #2045    ·    Commentary    
    North Korea has repositioned itself in the global limelight following reports asserting its intent to test an intercontinental ballistic missile. The US, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand have given official warnings to Pyongyang against any lon...
  • Pakistan-China-India Nuclear and Strategic Issues
       ·   22 Jun, 2006    ·    #2044    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen Dipanker Banerjee Speaker: Rear Adml Raja Menon Opening Remarks Maj Gen Dipanker Banerjee China's emergence is of importance to the international community but has particular significance for us as a neighbour. In t...
  • Military Applications of India's Space Program: The Military Surveillance and Reconnaissance System
    Jacob Chriqui    ·   20 Jun, 2006    ·    #2043    ·    Commentary    
    Advances in India's space program are a symbol of the country's sophisticated technological abilities and its growing regional and global prestige. While India's space program focuses largely on scientific and commercial uses of spac...
  • The SCO: Challenging US pre-eminence?
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   20 Jun, 2006    ·    #2042    ·    Commentary    
    The Shanghai summit in June 20006 marked the fifth anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) which has six member states - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and four observer states - India, Pakist...
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