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  • Globalization and the Changing Nature of Security
       ·   25 Jul, 2005    ·    #1800    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document Chair: Prof PR Chari Speaker: Prof TV Paul PR Chari: I welcome Prof Paul to the IPCS. He is no stranger to the institute and has been with us in the past. Globalization has a long history; it has been...
  • Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator: A Threat to the Non-Proliferation Regime
       ·   20 Jul, 2005    ·    #1799    ·    Commentary    
    Untitled Document In July 2005, the US Senate sanctioned $4 million to revive the Robust Earth Nuclear Penetrator (RNEP) research programme. Commonly known as "bunker busters", the RNEP is a significant nuclear-related measure c...
  • Al Qaedaism: An Anarchic Philosophy?
    Eric Koo Peng Kuan    ·   18 Jul, 2005    ·    #1798    ·    Commentary    
    The terrorist bomb attacks on London which killed at least 53 people and injured 700 again highlighted the unpleasant fact that, despite two wars, an international crackdown on its network, and arrests of hundreds of its cadre and high ranking l...
  • The Logic of Rejecting the National Ballistic Missile Defence System
    Arjun Dutta    ·   18 Jul, 2005    ·    #1797    ·    Commentary    
    The debate on the virtues and evils of deploying a national ballistic missile defence system has been going on for decades. Ever since the 1960s there have been a number of US proposals for ballistic missile defence systems, including the Nike-X...
  • PM's visit to the US: A New Beginning?
       ·   17 Jul, 2005    ·    #1796    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Ambassador Lalit Mansingh, Lt General Shantonu Chowdhry, Gopi Arora Chair: PR Chari PR Chari Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is set to embark on a state visit to the United States which signals a new beginning to a di...
  • Robin Hood or Al Capone? Asking a Different Question about the Naxalite Conflict
       ·   16 Jul, 2005    ·    #1795    ·    Commentary    
    In 1998, New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman asked a 23-year-old Angolan who had fought in Angola's civil war for eight years as to why the conflict happened. The Angolan's response was, "I don't know if there was ever a r...
  • From Ayodhya to London - II:
    Rohit Honawar    ·   15 Jul, 2005    ·    #1794    ·    Commentary    
    If there is anything to be learnt from the attacks at Ayodhya and London, it is that contrary to the belief held by the United States and its allies, Al Qaeda is very much active and possibly deeply embedded in the West. If this is indeed the case...
  • Small Arms and the Security Debate in South Asia
       ·   14 Jul, 2005    ·    #1793    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee Panelists: Ms. Mallika Joseph (Assistant Director, IPCS) Air Cmde Jasjit Singh (Director, Center for Strategic and International Studie...
  • Indo-US Relationship: A US Perspective
       ·   14 Jul, 2005    ·    #1792    ·    Commentary    
    There is reason to be optimistic about the future of the India-US strategic and security relationship. As Ashley Tellis recently testified before the US House Committee on International Relations, "a close bilateral relationship that is bas...
  • China has America over a Barrel
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   14 Jul, 2005    ·    #1791    ·    Commentary    
    When terms like mergers and acquisitions find mention in editorials of the People's Daily, it is time to sit up and notice. The CPC mouthpiece was asking Chinese home appliance giant, Haier, to explain its go-slow on the purchase of American...
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