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  • Options in Nepal
    Anju Grover    ·   05 Nov, 2004    ·    #1551    ·    Commentary    
    Even as April 2005, the deadline set to hold elections draws closer, Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has begun making serious efforts to resume peace talks with the Maoists as well as strengthen the Royal Nepal Army. Will his twin str...
  • Bush's Second Term and Future Directions of Indo-US Relations
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   05 Nov, 2004    ·    #1550    ·    Commentary    
    The much anticipated 2004 presidential election in the United States finally came to an end when on 2 November the American voters exercised their franchise. In a dramatic finish, the incumbent president, George W Bush defeated Senator John Kerr...
  • Post-Afghan Elections: The Long Road Ahead
    Shanthie Mariet D'Souza    ·   03 Nov, 2004    ·    #1549    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan's rendezvous with democracy on 9 October, amidst vows by the remnants of the Taliban to disrupt the Presidential elections, was relatively peaceful. There was a general sense of foreboding among Americans that on the polling day,...
  • Pakistan's Nuclear Safety Bill
    Garima Singh    ·   29 Oct, 2004    ·    #1548    ·    Commentary    
    The National Assembly in Pakistan passed a new legislation in September calling for the tightening of the export of nuclear and biological weapons technology and missile delivery systems. The legislation titled "Export Control on Goods, Tec...
  • Profiling a Poacher: The Rise and Fall of Veerappan
    N Manoharan    ·   29 Oct, 2004    ·    #1547    ·    Commentary    
    The Rise… While Phoolan Devi was 'Bandit Queen', Veerappan was 'Bandit King' in India. A master of jungle-craft, Koose Munusamy Veerappan (Veerappan in Tamil means 'brave...
  • Xinjiang's Governor's Visit to India: Significance for India-China Relations
    Abanti Bhattacharya    ·   29 Oct, 2004    ·    #1546    ·    Commentary    
    In October this year a six-member delegation led by Xinjiang's governor, Ismail Tiliwaldi, visited India. This is a significant visit for Sino-Indian relations and most analysts have hailed it as deepening relations between the two countries...
  • Pakistan-India Peace Process: Cautious Optimism
    Salma Malik    ·   28 Oct, 2004    ·    #1545    ·    Commentary    
    Cautious optimism seems to be the underlining principle in the breakthrough in Pakistan-India relations. Recent initiatives are a welcome change from the atmosphere of hostility and near war like situation that loomed over the region for the pas...
  • Nagaland: One more Chance for Peace
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   27 Oct, 2004    ·    #1544    ·    Commentary    
    The reported decision of the top leadership of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) to visit New Delhi for the second time, on the invitation of the Prime Minister is good news both for the Nagas as well as the ...
  • Missile Defense Moves Forward
    Harsh V Pant    ·   27 Oct, 2004    ·    #1543    ·    Commentary    
    President Bush came to office promising that he would build a nationwide missile defense system to protect the US. He has slowly, but steadily, moved towards that objective. The US formally withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) tre...
  • The 'K' Factor in Sri Lankan Politics: Karuna's Traverse from Bullet to Ballot
    N Manoharan    ·   25 Oct, 2004    ·    #1542    ·    Commentary    
    To the list of already existing Sri Lankan Tamil political parties there is now a new addition in the form of Karuna's Tamileela Makkal Viduthalai Puligal (TMVP) - Tamileela People's Liberation Tigers. But the moot question is what is th...
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