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  • India and Pakistan: What is the Core Issue?
       ·   11 Aug, 2005    ·    #1818    ·    Commentary    
    For over fifty years, Indo-Pakistani relations oscillated between heightening and tapering tensions. The tension has erupted into war, has been played out through government statements, and attempts have been made to be resolve issue(s) through ...
  • Six-Party Talks - Destined to Deadlock?
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   10 Aug, 2005    ·    #1817    ·    Commentary    
    The fourth round of the six-party talks pertaining to the North Korean nuclear crisis drags on without anything to show for a first week of frenzied negotiations. One is thus forced to grapple with the possibility that despite best intentions, t...
  • Indo-US Nuclear Agreement: A Grand Deal or a Faustian Bargain?
       ·   10 Aug, 2005    ·    #1816    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: PR Chari, Arundhati Ghose & G Balachandran Chair: Gopi Arora Gopi Arora How historical is the Indo-US agreement signed by Manmohan Singh and US President Bush in July 2005? What are its implications of this understandin...
  • Karakoram in Turmoil
    Alok Bansal    ·   10 Aug, 2005    ·    #1815    ·    Commentary    
    The Northern Areas (NA) in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) are once again in turmoil, the scenic heights of the Karakoram have become a stage for violent clashes. The recent killings in Gilgit and the surrounding areas are indicative of the fact...
  • China and the Indo-US Entente
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   05 Aug, 2005    ·    #1814    ·    Commentary    
    US media coverage of Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee's and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visits to the US paled in comparison to the attention devoted to the forays of Chinese companies, Haier and CNOCC into the United States....
  • PM's US Visit: Embarking On A New Relationship
       ·   04 Aug, 2005    ·    #1813    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Dr C Raja Mohan C Raja Mohan Manmohan Singh's recent visit to Washington has been the most successful of any Indian Prime Minister's visit to the United States. So much has happened in the last one year. The Line of...
  • Globalization & The American Empire
       ·   03 Aug, 2005    ·    #1812    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Dr Reinhard Hildebrandt Dr Hildebrandt: The term globalization is a cliche of our times. Broadly speaking, it means the break down, or inversely the inter-connectedness of trans-border movements in all spheres of life, ri...
  • 2005 Pentagon Report: US-China Strategic Competition
       ·   03 Aug, 2005    ·    #1811    ·    Commentary    
    The Pentagon has released its annual report on China's military power highlighting the Bush administration's categorization of China as a strategic competitor. In 2000, the US Congress instituted its annual assessment of China's mili...
  • Coercive Maritime Diplomacy
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   03 Aug, 2005    ·    #1810    ·    Commentary    
    The Lloyd's Market Association's Joint War Committee (JWC) has declared the Straits of Malacca and 20 other maritime areas in West Asia and Africa as highly prone to piracy, war, strikes, terrorism and related perils. The West Asian coun...
  • Pipeline, Peace And Pressure
    Laxman Kumar Behera    ·   02 Aug, 2005    ·    #1809    ·    Commentary    
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's recent visit to United States spells more than one implications for India. From the energy security point of view, India would be in a dilemma. India will find it very difficult to choose the path betwe...
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