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  • Nepal: Maoists hold State and People to Ransom
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   17 Sep, 2004    ·    #1501    ·    Commentary    
    The writ of the Royal Government of Nepal runs only in Kathmandu. It has virtually no control over territories outside the state capital. But when Maoists in that country launched their blockade of Kathmandu on 18 August they showed to the world...
  • Lessons Learnt: China's Use of Force
       ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1500    ·    Commentary    
    Andrew Scobell categorized his presentation into:The 'Use of Force' War does not necessarily have to be "formally declared" or involve combat to qualify as 'use of force'. The testing of missiles, holding military exercises, or construc...
  • Iran's Nuclear Weapons Programme: Why the US urge for a Security Council Role?
    Garima Singh    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1499    ·    Commentary    
    United States has been pressurizing the IAEA Board of Governors to refer Iran for its violation of the NPT to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). It has also been lobbying within the European Union for the same, besides imposing economic...
  • Facets of Hostage-taking in Iraq
    N Manoharan    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1498    ·    Commentary    
    The capture and release of three Indians after 42 days in captivity has highlighted the serious issue of hostage-taking in Iraq. Interestingly, 'hostage-taking' is a new trend there, though not new to the Middle East. It was wide-s...
  • Addressing the 'Central' Issue
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1497    ·    Commentary    
    Interestingly both India and Pakistan claimed a bloodless victory at the end of Operation Parakram by convincing themselves that the other's bluff had been called. With that satisfaction, both states agreed at the Musharraf-Vajpayee meeting,...
  • ULFA: Rocked By a Killer Blast?
    Rani Pathak    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1496    ·    Commentary    
    Majority of Assam's 26 million people were shocked at the Independence Day blast in Dhemaji that killed 13 people, including six schoolchildren. The ULFA, accused of carrying out the explosion, responded to the public outcry by carrying out ...
  • A Kashmiri Voice in Bilateral Talks (Urdu Media Survey 1-31 August 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   16 Sep, 2004    ·    #1495    ·    Commentary    
    Unification amongst Hurriyat leaders was an uphill task for the people putting in efforts to forge unity in an otherwise faction-ridden organization, commented daily Aftab (18 August 2004. "Efforts are being made by a section of people to f...
  • Proliferation Security Initiative: Imperatives and Relevance
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   15 Sep, 2004    ·    #1494    ·    Commentary    
    What is Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)? It is a broad international partnership of countries which, using their own laws and resources, will coordinate their actions to halt shipments of dangerous technologies to and from states an...
  • Reducing Nuclear Danger
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   09 Sep, 2004    ·    #1493    ·    Commentary    
    The May 1998 nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan increased nuclear sabre-rattling in the Indian sub-continent. The Kargil intrusions, attack on the Indian Parliament and the Indo-Pakistan border confrontation further aggravated nuclear...
  • ULFA's Mayhem in Assam (Northeast Regional Media Survey, August 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   09 Sep, 2004    ·    #1492    ·    Commentary    
    ULFA's mayhem in Assam A series of bomb explosions by ULFA left several people including school children dead. This led to a series of protest movements across the State asking ULFA to mend its ways. Commenting on the popular conde...
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