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  • Change but Continuity: The Indian Navy Marches Ahead
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   10 Aug, 2004    ·    #1457    ·    Commentary    
    The outgoing Chief of the Indian Navy, Admiral Madhvendra Singh, handed over the traditional naval telescope to his successor Admiral Arun Prakash on 31July 2004. Soon after taking over, Admiral Prakash announced his priority areas for str...
  • Manipur and the Paradox of Security
    Bidhan S Laishram    ·   12 Aug, 2004    ·    #1456    ·    Commentary    
    A strange security paradox presents itself in Manipur: the state is disturbed over "Disturbed Area". Barely one and half months after the state government notified the whole of the state to be a Disturbed Area to extend the Ar...
  • Dominance of China in the post-MFA World Raises Concern
    Sanjay Kumar    ·   10 Aug, 2004    ·    #1455    ·    Commentary    
    The New Year will bring an end to the Agreement, Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA), which at present is governing the world trade in textiles and clothing. It is likely to have huge implications for the global trade system and affect both the ...
  • Suicide Attack on Shaukat Aziz: Some Preliminary Questions
    D Suba Chandran    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1454    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 July 2004, a suicide bomb attack was carried out against Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's Finance Minister and Prime Minister-in-waiting. The attack occurred when Aziz was finishing his election campaign in Jabbar, a village ten kilomete...
  • Manipur: Law versus Outlaws
    Rani Pathak    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1453    ·    Commentary    
    In the situation prevailing in Manipur, the armed forces believe that they require tough legal provisions to combat the separatists and restore a semblance of order. The security forces in Manipur are tasked primarily to carry out counte...
  • Mayhem in Manipur (Northeast Regional Media Survey, July 2004)
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1452    ·    Commentary    
    Protest against Extra Judicial Killing in Manipur The alleged extra-judicial killing of an woman by the Assam Rifles personnel on 11 July, gave rise to a series of violent demonstrations in Manipur which not only demanded the guil...
  • Future of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Regime
       ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1451    ·    Commentary    
    George Perkovich, Vice President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a member of the group of experts who authored the ‘Universal Compliance-Draft Report’ initiated a discussion on the Report at the Institute....
  • Resurfacing of Rohingya Refugees
    Anand Kumar    ·   06 Aug, 2004    ·    #1450    ·    Commentary    
    The problem of Rohingya refugees seems to be emerging anew in Bangladesh. Their number is increasing in the bordering districts of southeastern Bangladesh contrary to official statistics that all but some 20,000 Rohingyas have been repat...
  • India-China Border Talks
    Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee    ·   02 Aug, 2004    ·    #1449    ·    Commentary    
    JN Dixit, the National Security Adviser and Dai Bingguo, Chinaâ??s Vice Foreign Minister met for the third round of talks at the level of Special Representatives at Delhi in end July. The Indian foreign office s...
  • India- China Meeting, 26-27 July 2004
       ·   01 Aug, 2004    ·    #1448    ·    Commentary    
    The latest meeting between the Special Representatives of India and China in New Delhi on 26 and 27 July marks the third round in a new exercise begun as a result of a special initiative between the Prime Ministers of the two countries las...
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