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  • Khyber Agency : Indigenous Taliban, Illegal Radio Stations and Ineffective Administration
    D Suba Chandran    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2039    ·    Commentary    
    Bara sub region in Khyber Agency has been in news due to continuing violence between two rival religious groups. Since December 2005, both groups led by Mufti Munir Shakir and Pir Saifur Rehman, have been fighting a bloody battle. More than 40 l...
  • Abu Musab Al - Zarqawi: Iraq upshot
    Rekha Chakravarthi    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2038    ·    Commentary    
    It's unlikely Goethe would have predicted today's terror theatre when he remarked "Patriotism ruins History". However history is shaped by numerous events and the death of Abu Musab Al - Zarqawi is one of them. Whether he can l...
  • India, China and Asian Security
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   16 Jun, 2006    ·    #2037    ·    Commentary    
      If the recent proceedings of the London based International Institute of Strategic Studies sponsored conference, popularly known as the Shangri La Dialogue, are any indication, India is gradually being recognised as a core state ...
  • Oslo Meetings and the Future of Ceasefire Monitoring in Sri Lanka
    N Manoharan    ·   15 Jun, 2006    ·    #2036    ·    Commentary    
    Despite the presence of delegates at the venue of the talks in Oslo, their inability to meet each other, and particularly the stand taken by the LTTE has put the future of ceasefire monitoring in Sri Lanka in serious doubt. The hopes of a peace ...
  • Indo-US Military Cooperation: US Perceptions
    L Venkateshwaran    ·   10 Jun, 2006    ·    #2035    ·    Commentary    
    The basic document guiding the Indo-US defence relationship is the 'Agreed Minute of Defence Relations of 1995'. However, the relationship has since acquired new dimensions and reached a progressively higher level. The initial steps were...
  • Charter of Democracy: A New Debate in Pakistan
    Mridusmita Borah    ·   08 Jun, 2006    ·    #2034    ·    Commentary    
    Ahead of of the scheduled November 2007 elections in Pakistan, the two former Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, signed a "Charter of Democracy" on 15 May 2006, in London. Since then, the democracy debate has...
  • Sri Lanka: Co-Chairs Conference & Peace Efforts
    N Manoharan    ·   07 Jun, 2006    ·    #2033    ·    Commentary    
    The Co-chairs of Sri Lanka's donors - the European Union, Norway, Japan and United States - met in Tokyo on 30 May 2006 to reinvigorate the stalled peace process in Sri Lanka. The comprehensive statement by the 'Gang of Four', issued...
  • India's Stand on FMCT And BWC: A Comparison
    KS Manjunath    ·   07 Jun, 2006    ·    #2032    ·    Commentary    
    The Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) was discussed at the recent Conference on Disarmament (CD) and a hornet's nest was stirred up after the US tabled its draft proposal on 18 May 2006. Presenting the proposal, acting Assistant Secreta...
  • Reservations for OBCs & Consequence Management
    PR Chari    ·   06 Jun, 2006    ·    #2031    ·    Commentary    
    Hundreds of articles in newspapers, innumerable talk shows on TV channels, and dozens of seminars hosting the chatterati have analyzed the government's decision to apportion 27 per cent of the seats in state-aided educational institutions fo...
  • Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue & the Stability/Instability Paradox
    KS Manjunath    ·   05 Jun, 2006    ·    #2030    ·    Commentary    
    Among the various issues being addressed by the ongoing Indo-Pak composite dialogue, conventional and nuclear CBMs are significant as they seek to deal with reducing, if not altogether preventing a - conventional or nuclear - conflict in the sub...
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