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  • India's Upcoming Vote on Iran in the IAEA
    PR Chari    ·   21 Nov, 2005    ·    #1888    ·    Commentary    
    Dismissing the question how India would vote on the Iran question in the upcoming IAEA meeting on 24 November as hypothetical, the Government has said that it would be guided by the contents of the resolution, but assured that it would pursue th...
  • Human Rights Commission in J&K
       ·   14 Nov, 2005    ·    #1887    ·    Commentary    
    Human rights in Jammu and Kashmir trace their antecedents to the Dogra rule when the National Conference (NC) presented the ''Naya Kashmir Charter'' in 1944 to establish a welfare state. An important feature of this plan was the ...
  • Will China become a democracy?
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   13 Nov, 2005    ·    #1886    ·    Commentary    
    Everyone knows China is an authoritarian country, but a recent White Paper published by China defending its socialist democracy has cheered Sinologists. Not because they accept China's democratic pretensions, but because they realize China&#...
  • Oil Politics: India's Failure in Kazakhstan
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   13 Nov, 2005    ·    #1885    ·    Commentary    
      India's recent failure to bid for an oil company in Kazakhstan due to China underlines the former's vulnerability in competing in the international energy market. It also opens up a larger debate over Petroleum and Nat...
  • Expanding Indian Navy: The Scorpene Deal
    Mallika Joseph    ·   07 Nov, 2005    ·    #1884    ·    Commentary    
    After nearly four years of negotiations, on 6 October 2005, India and France signed a deal to manufacture six Scorpene submarines at a cost of over $3.5 billion. The state-of-the-art stealth submarine with greater levels of automation ensures be...
  • Nepal: Options Before the King
       ·   05 Nov, 2005    ·    #1883    ·    Commentary    
    The current political problem in Nepal is a consequence of the unprincipled grabbing of power by the monarch. Still, he could exercise possible options and pacify the troubled situation. The first option could be that the monarchy uses the...
  • LoC: Disaster and Diplomacy
    Anil Kamboj    ·   03 Nov, 2005    ·    #1882    ·    Commentary    
    The 8 October earthquake has given India and Pakistan a rare opportunity to forget their past, bitterness and forge a partnership of peace and development. Both countries should work together to rebuild Kashmir. The quake has destroyed the ...
  • Red Terror over Jharkhand
    Rajat Kumar Kujur    ·   03 Nov, 2005    ·    #1881    ·    Commentary    
    Since its inception in November 2000, Jharkhand has become a "laboratory" for the Naxals - a place for experimenting with the idea of establishing a parallel system of governance. The Naxals have transformed 16 out of the 22 districts ...
  • Quake and Aid: Politicizing External Assistance
       ·   31 Oct, 2005    ·    #1880    ·    Commentary    
    As of 29 October, the estimated death toll of the earthquake in Pakistan was around 80,000, with more than 3 million rendered homeless. Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf appealed to the world for help. Many countries, international organizatio...
  • Earthquake in NWFP: Politics of Rehabilitation
    Seema Sridhar    ·   31 Oct, 2005    ·    #1879    ·    Commentary    
    The 8 October earthquake has charted a new course in improving the cooperation between regional actors. It has implications not only for the Indo-Pak bilateral relations, but also for inter-provincial relations in Pakistan. The North Western Fro...
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