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  • The Indo-US Nuclear Agreement: Advantage US
    Garima Singh    ·   20 Jan, 2006    ·    #1930    ·    Commentary    
    Much debate has been triggered by the Indo-US nuclear agreement, mainly in the US Congress. The questions raised are whether US is compromising its non-proliferation policy? Is this agreement damaging the Non Proliferation Treaty? Is India gaini...
  • SAFTA: A First Step towards South Asian Economic Union?
    N Manoharan    ·   19 Jan, 2006    ·    #1929    ·    Commentary    
      Free trade areas (FTAs) are often compared to flying geese that make cooperative efforts to reach a desirable destination. Yet, a FTA is the basic step towards a greater economic interaction and integration among countries usuall...
  • China: Great Power, Grand Projects
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   19 Jan, 2006    ·    #1928    ·    Commentary    
    Historically, economic rise coupled with military might have led to great power status. Britain emerged as a great power in the 18th century because of its industrial revolution and naval supremacy. Japan's rise in the late 19th century owed...
  • J&K: Time Not Ripe for Troop Withdrawal
    Kanchan Lakshman    ·   19 Jan, 2006    ·    #1927    ·    Commentary    
    In an interview to CNN-IBN on 13 January 2006, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf identified Srinagar, Kupwara and Baramulla for demilitarization and said he can "ensure that there is no militancy inside." Musharraf opined that troop ...
  • Kashmir: The Economics of Peace-Building
       ·   17 Jan, 2006    ·    #1926    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers: Teresita Schaffer and Howard Schaffer Chair: Gopi Arora Teresita C. Schaffer is director of the CSIS South Asia Programme. Earlier, during a 30-year career with the US Foreign Service, she was one of the State Department'...
  • Naxal Warning in Maharashtra
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   14 Jan, 2006    ·    #1925    ·    Commentary    
    Although the Naxal movement in Maharashtra is not recognized, the Maoists have carved out a guerrilla zone in the underdeveloped tribal area of eastern Maharashtra in the last two decades. It was during the 1980s that the Naxals entered from nei...
  • India Goes Thermonuclear
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   13 Jan, 2006    ·    #1924    ·    Commentary    
    6 December 2005 ushered in a new exciting development for India. In Jeju (South Korea), India formally joined six other members - the US, Russia, the EU, Japan, South Korea and China - in the $12 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental ...
  • Clemenceau: A Threat to Individual Security
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   13 Jan, 2006    ·    #1923    ·    Commentary    
    Individual security in India is at stake as the French ship Clemenceau proceeds to India. Greenpeace and three other environmentalist groups filed a case in a French court to block transfer of the ship to India. Their opposition was on the groun...
  • Free Trade Areas and Conflict Prevention: A case for SAFTA
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   13 Jan, 2006    ·    #1922    ·    Commentary    
    The collapse of the global strategic overlay and the disillusionment due to the slow progress of multilateralism, coupled with the success of regional organisations like the European Union prodded many countries to form regional groupings. The S...
  • Recent Developments in Bangladesh: Implications for Security
       ·   11 Jan, 2006    ·    #1921    ·    Commentary    
    Report of IPCS Panel Discussion held at the IPCS Conference Room on 6 January 2006 (Panelists: Matt Rosenstein, Bibhu Prasad Routray & Supriya Singh) Chair: Amb Deb Mukherjee Panelists: Matt Rosenstein, Bibhu Prasad Routray & Supriya S...
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