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  • Can ULFA Be Trusted?
    Arup Kumar Deka    ·   25 Mar, 2006    ·    #1978    ·    Commentary    
      The peace process initiated in October 2005 between the Union government and the ULFA is under threat. The following events in the past three months have strained the process: ULFA's attack on the Guwahati refinery in January...
  • Assam Elections: Major Issues
    Rupakiyoti Borah    ·   23 Mar, 2006    ·    #1977    ·    Commentary    
      Asom goes to polls in a few days. Polling to the 126-strong Assam legislature will be held in two-phases on April 3 and April 10. The last few months have witnessed several events with far-reaching consequences for the State. T...
  • Russian N-Fuel for Tarapur
    Swapna Kona    ·   23 Mar, 2006    ·    #1976    ·    Commentary    
    The Russian initiative in promising low enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur Atomic Power Station (TAPS) is evoking mixed reactions. On March 17, 2006, Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov sealed the deal with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and enter...
  • Nuclear Indulgence to India: Will US Congress Relent?
    Ajay Lele    ·   22 Mar, 2006    ·    #1975    ·    Commentary    
    The takeover by a Dubai business house of the operations in six key US ports has become the flashpoint in an increasingly contentious relationship between the US President Bush and his party men. Suddenly, the loyalties of Republicans in the US ...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Agreement: Issues before the US Congress
    L Venkateshwaran    ·   20 Mar, 2006    ·    #1974    ·    Commentary    
    The recently signed nuclear deal has catapulted Indo-US relations to a higher level. Under the historic agreement, India has agreed to classify 14 of its 22 nuclear facilities, after separating its civilian and military facilities, under permane...
  • India: Budgeting for Defence
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   19 Mar, 2006    ·    #1973    ·    Commentary    
    The Finance Minister's dream budget has come as a dampener to the defence services. Against double digit expectations, the defence budget is up merely by 7.23 percent to Rs. 89,000 crore. This is insignificant due to inflation, rise in salar...
  • Creating Conditions for Peace in Kashmir: Pugwash Conference in Islamabad
    Happymon Jacob    ·   19 Mar, 2006    ·    #1972    ·    Commentary    
    The second meeting of the Pugwash Initiative on Kashmir was held from 10 to 12 March in Islamabad under the broad theme 'Prospects for Self-Governance in Jammu and Kashmir, and Present Status of Cooperation and Communications across the LOC&...
  • The Indo-US Nuclear Agreement & the US Non-Proliferation Laws
    Adil Hasan Khan    ·   19 Mar, 2006    ·    #1971    ·    Commentary    
    The momentous Indo-US Nuclear Agreement, amongst other things, could bring about some changes in the legal regime governing nuclear proliferation in the United States, since an obligation has been undertaken by the US to "seek agreement fro...
  • India and Non-Proliferation: A Debate
    David Albright's    ·   18 Mar, 2006    ·    #1970    ·    Commentary    
    (The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) carried an article on its web site by one of its interns Swapna Kona ("India and Nuclear Proliferation: A Reply to David Albright," Article no. 1966) responding to David Albright and ...
  • Pact With Hope: A New Era in US-India Relations
    Niharika Chibber Joe    ·   18 Mar, 2006    ·    #1969    ·    Commentary    
    Even as scores of protesters angrily awaited George W. Bush's arrival in India on March 1, 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh breached protocol to meet his guest at the airport-giving many reason to believe that Indo-U.S. relations would ve...
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