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  • Indo-US Nuclear Deal: New Realism
    Manish Dabhade    ·   07 Mar, 2006    ·    #1958    ·    Commentary    
    The Indo-US nuclear deal represents the successful culmination and acceptance of India's quest to achieve a rightful place in contemporary international politics in accordance with its existing and potential power capabilities. It could be a...
  • Nuclear Deal: Part of the US Grand Strategy
    Garima Singh    ·   07 Mar, 2006    ·    #1957    ·    Commentary    
    India is changing like never before. The Indo-US Nuclear deal, part of a larger bilateral cooperation agreement, was signed on March 2, 2006. In International politics there are no favors done, and no favor has been done to India either. This nu...
  • Emerging Challenges in the UN Peacekeeping Operations
       ·   07 Mar, 2006    ·    #1956    ·    Commentary    
    Panellists Ambassador Vijay Nambiar, Deputy National Security Adviser Professor Ramesh Thakur, Senior Vice Rector, United Nations University, Tokyo. Major General Dipankar Banerjee (Retd), Director, IPCS Chair Ambassador Eric Gonsal...
  • How many Nuclear Warheads does India Need?
    Gurmeet Kanwal    ·   06 Mar, 2006    ·    #1955    ·    Commentary    
    One of the contentious issues that had threatened to derail the nuclear cooperation agreement signed by India and the United Sates in July 2005 is over the number of nuclear warheads that India needs for credible minimum deterrence. While the es...
  • Sri Lankan Ceasefire: The Geneva Talks
    N Manoharan    ·   04 Mar, 2006    ·    #1954    ·    Commentary    
    Much expected talks at Geneva between the LTTE and the government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) is over. It is exactly after four years of signing the ceasefire agreement (CFA) that both parties met on 22-23 February to deliberate on its "smooth impl...
  • India-Japan-US Security Cooperation
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   28 Feb, 2006    ·    #1953    ·    Commentary    
      Ties with China may be of the greatest significance to India in East Asia, but to hold Indian relationships with other countries in the region, as captive moons in orbit around the Sino-Indian pivot, is foolishness. A recent op...
  • Kalabagh: The General Retreat
    Alok Bansal    ·   28 Feb, 2006    ·    #1952    ·    Commentary    
    After deeply polarising the entire country over Kalabagh Dam and pledging that he would not dither from taking hard decisions, General Pervez Musharraf has executed a tactical retreat on the question of Kalabagh Dam. When the heat generated beca...
  • Musharraf's Visit to China: Strengthening Strategic Alliance
    Seema Sridhar    ·   27 Feb, 2006    ·    #1951    ·    Commentary    
    The strategic alliance between Pakistan and China has withstood the test of time and this relationship was further enhanced during General Musharraf's visit to Beijing between 20-25 February this year. His visit assumes importance for both c...
  • Reorienting defence expenditure
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   27 Feb, 2006    ·    #1950    ·    Commentary    
    India's defence expenditure engenders arguments. On the one hand, the annual defence budget is criticized by defence experts and former service officers as 'too little'; on the other, the same budget is criticized as 'too much...
  • US Strategy towards Iranian Nuclear Program
    Beryl Anand    ·   25 Feb, 2006    ·    #1949    ·    Commentary    
    As the current crisis with Iran deepens, the debate on a possible war is being highlighted, stirring a sense of deja vu and a feeling of inevitability. The Bush administration has issued harsh warnings about 'nuclear weapons' falling int...
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