COMMENTARIES
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Bolton and the United Nations
Ajay Lele · 12 May, 2005 · #1738 · Commentary
The controversy over the nomination of John Bolton to be the US ambassador to the United Nations is refusing to die down with fresh allegations being made about his 'attitude problem' forcing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committ...
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Will ULFA Wilt Under US Heat?
Wasbir Hussain · 11 May, 2005 · #1737 · Commentary
The United States has at last declared the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) a terrorist organization, twenty six years after this Northeast Indian separatist group's formation and nearly five years after Washington has taken the lead i...
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Sidelining the Baglihar: Overlooking a Critical CBM?
Seema Sridhar · 10 May, 2005 · #1736 · Commentary
President Musharraf and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during their high profile 'cricket diplomacy' could not reach an understanding on Baglihar issue. India prefers a bilateral process to resolve the problem; but this progress has been ...
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Nepal- Future Steps
· 10 May, 2005 · #1735 · Commentary
Speaker:
Dr Rhoderick Chalmers, International Crisis
Group Chair: Maj
Gen Dipankar Banerjee
Dipankar Banerjee:
The seminar on Nepal is a continuation of IPCS's study of the
developments in Nepal. The key is to focus on the larger iss...
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Can Musharraf be Trusted? - Yes, the Atmosphere is Conducive
AM Vohra · 10 May, 2005 · #1734 · Commentary
Peace is the key to socio-economic development. Poverty, illiteracy, health care and the unemployment are problems for both India and Pakistan, and require immediate corrective measures. However, there is no dearth of people obsessed with suspic...
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Bangladesh Factor Affecting Insurgency in North-East
Anil Kamboj · 06 May, 2005 · #1733 · Commentary
The northeastern region of India covering a total area of about 2,55,000 sq km is surrounded by Bangladesh, Bhutan, China and Myanmar. Less than one percent of the external boundaries of the region are contiguous with rest of India while remaini...
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Dealing with Naxal Menace: Assessing Centre's Initiative
Prafulla Ketkar · 06 May, 2005 · #1732 · Commentary
The failure of Andhra Pradesh Government's dialogue with the naxal organizations and the spread of naxal menace necessitated the Center to take cognizance of the problem. Accordingly, the Home Ministry organized the Chief Ministers' Conf...
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India and the NPT - A Nuclear Existential Dilemma
· 06 May, 2005 · #1731 · Commentary
For most of the world, the timeline of India's nuclear development stops rather abruptly in May 1998. At that time, a nuclear India could not exist according to the rules governing the world's nuclear-capable countries; after its nuclear...
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Longing for Peace (Northeast Regional Media Survey, 1- 30 April 2005)
· 06 May, 2005 · #1730 · Commentary
Peace in
Bodoland
The signing of a memorandum of understanding with the BLT and
the unilateral ceasefire by the NDFB has brought relative peace to the land
inhabited by the Bodos . Commenting on it, The Assam Tribune (20 April)
editoria...
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Nepal Crisis: Options before Political Parties
· 06 May, 2005 · #1729 · Commentary
Even as news reports of India getting ready to resume military supplies to Nepal came in, leaders of major political parties in Nepal were busy discussing ways to end King's draconian regime and restore multi-party democracy in the country. ...
