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  • Great Power Relations in Asia
       ·   20 Jan, 2005    ·    #1618    ·    Commentary    
    Introduction Dr Mansourov began by stating that these would be his personal views, and not those of his institution or the US Department of Defence. The "great powers" in Asia are the US, China, Russia, Japan, and India. Strategic re...
  • Rebel Leaders Arrive in Nagaland (Northeast Media Survey, December 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   18 Jan, 2005    ·    #1617    ·    Commentary    
    NSCN-IM leadership in Nagaland The arrival of the NSCN-IM leaders, Th. Muivah and Isak Chisi Swu on 14 December aroused enormous enthusiasm in Nagaland. The Northeast Herald (15 December) editorial, 'Homecoming raises hope', wrote: ...
  • Human Rights and Peace: The Angst in Kashmir (Urdu Media Survey, December 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   18 Jan, 2005    ·    #1616    ·    Commentary    
    In its editorial, 'Firing in Tral', Alsafa (31 December 2004) commented on an incident of violence which claimed two lives besides wounding many others on the last day of year 2004: "In a heart rendering incident in Tral, one passen...
  • Global and Regional Security: Our Shared Responsibility
       ·   17 Jan, 2005    ·    #1615    ·    Commentary    
    I have to say that I approach this evening with a slight mixture of emotions. It's always a huge pleasure to be back in India and to be talking to members of the Delhi policy community, but on the other hand, this is one of the most ...
  • Indo US Relations Under the New Administration
       ·   13 Jan, 2005    ·    #1614    ·    Commentary    
    Introduction Gen. Banerjee welcomed the guests and wished them a Happy New Year. Shri Gopi Arora opened the session by thanking Prof. Ganguly. Professor Sumit Ganguly Prof. Ganguly began his lecture with an anecdote which framed the to...
  • Kashmir: India and Pakistan back to Incrementalism
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   12 Jan, 2005    ·    #1613    ·    Commentary    
    Conflicting claims over Kashmir has bedeviled Indo-Pakistan bilateral relations for the last 57 years. But the highly successful SAARC summit last year in Islamabad gave hope that both India and Pakistan would restart their composite dialogue to...
  • East Asia Diary - December 2004: The 'East Asia Community' - Promise Aplenty
    Jabin T Jacob    ·   12 Jan, 2005    ·    #1612    ·    Commentary    
    A raft of agreements were signed at the 10th ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos. The most important, between China and ASEAN, will lead to the creation of the world's largest Free Trade Area (FTA) by 2010 and cover about a third of the world...
  • China's Defence White Paper- Part 2
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   10 Jan, 2005    ·    #1611    ·    Commentary    
    In Part 1 we noted the changes in China's security situation, its national defence policy and priorities and examined its military service system. What are the other major issues? The part in the Defence White Paper which is likely to d...
  • China's New Defence White Paper- Part 1
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   10 Jan, 2005    ·    #1610    ·    Commentary    
    In December 2004 China released its latest and fourth Defence White Paper. It is important to examine it, as it reflects the developments and provides a glimpse inside the largest armed forces in the world. It is also an Army which is regularisi...
  • Towards a More Secure World (Part 2) - The UN High Level Panel's Report
       ·   06 Jan, 2005    ·    #1609    ·    Commentary    
    In the first part earlier we described the circumstances in which the UN High Level Panel was constituted, its terms of reference and considered the Panel's recommendations covering the first two parts of the report. Part 3 deals...
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