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  • Container Security Initiative: Is India Serious About Its Maritime Trade?
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   19 May, 2005    ·    #1748    ·    Commentary    
    The port of Colombo in Sri Lanka will soon be the first South Asian port to be Container Security Initiative (CSI) compliant. The port will host United States Customs officials who will pre-screen all export and selected transshipment containers...
  • Iraq in Turmoil: Rising Insurgency, Lowering of Expectations
    Harsh V Pant    ·   19 May, 2005    ·    #1747    ·    Commentary    
    The violence in Iraq is at an all time high. After a brief lull in the immediate aftermath of the 30 January elections in Iraq, insurgency has once again raised its head with a vengeance, dashing US hopes of political stability in Iraq. In the t...
  • Revisiting Indo-Pak 2002 Border Confrontation - I: Why 13 December?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1746    ·    Commentary    
    Why did 13 December 2001 attack on Indian Parliament took place? Was it because the Agra summit failed? Was it because September 11 inspired the non-state actors in South Asia to carry out similar spectacular attacks in the region? Was it becaus...
  • Bio-Terrorism & Bio-Defence
       ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1745    ·    Commentary    
    Chair        : Amb A N Ram Panelists  : Amb Arundhati Ghose                 &nbs...
  • Situation in Nepal post-1 February (Nepal Media Survey - April 2005)
    P G Rajamohan    ·   14 May, 2005    ·    #1744    ·    Commentary    
    Violating the Constitution In Drishti (April 5), former Member of Parliament Radheshyam Adhikary wrote that the Council of Ministers' Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) and imposition of emergency were unconstitutional an...
  • East Asia Diary - April 2005: Reading the Past in the Present Tense
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   13 May, 2005    ·    #1743    ·    Commentary    
    The South Korea-Japan acrimony over history and territory in March proved a prelude to the China-Japan clash over similar issues in April. That despite close economic ties, old disputes keep cropping up with new overtones such as energy rights o...
  • Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty: Challenges and Dilemmas
       ·   13 May, 2005    ·    #1742    ·    Commentary    
    Has the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) met the objectives it set out to achieve? The emergence of amorphous entities and 'private' nuclear networks and their links to the nuclear programmes in Iran, Libya and North Korea have raised seri...
  • Kalabagh, Bhasha or Skardu - Pakistan's Quest for Mega Dams
    Alok Bansal    ·   13 May, 2005    ·    #1741    ·    Commentary    
    Of late the realization has dawned in Pakistan that the Tarbela Dam has more than done its job. It is fast silting and has lost 30 percent of its storage capacity. Desilting the reservoir could be a solution, but that would cost a huge fortune. ...
  • India's Security against Bio-weapons Attack: Mission Possible?
    KS Manjunath    ·   12 May, 2005    ·    #1740    ·    Commentary    
    Taking a leaf out of pop-fiction to show how life imitates art, in the movie 'Mission Impossible II', wherein a deadly virus is up for sale in the international market and the perpetrators of the crime are not looking for cash but paymen...
  • China-Taiwan - Between Mainland and the Island
       ·   12 May, 2005    ·    #1739    ·    Commentary    
    As with most things Chinese, the recent visit to the mainland by leader of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party, Lien Chan, is yielding multiple meanings. Analysts interpret the significance of the visit in a variety of ways. It was th...
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