COMMENTARIES
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Perspectives on the Kashmir Conflict - Part I: Current Situation
Maj. Gen. Ramesh C Chopra (Retd.) · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1427 · Commentary
The
genesis of the Kashmir problem, of late termed “dispute,” is over fifty years
old. Indo-Pak relations have been characterized by wars in 1947-48, 1965, 1971
and 1999. Since Pakistan’s efforts using convent...
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Can the Indo-Pak Peace Process be Saved?
Rizwan Zeb · 07 Jul, 2004 · #1426 · Commentary
People
in Gah, a village few miles away from the Pakistani city of Chakwal, are happy
that a “son of the soil” has become the Prime Minister of India. Manmohan Singh
and his family used to live here before Partition. Even in Is...
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Military Operation in South Waziristan: International Dimensions and Fallout (Part IV)
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1425 · Commentary
The
commander of the American coalition forces in Afghanistan David Barno has sent
messages of felicitation to the authorities in Pakistan after the killing of Nek
Mohammad who had emerged as the supreme leader of tribal militants. Even du...
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Military Operation in South Waziristan: Internal Dimensions (Part III)
· 07 Jul, 2004 · #1424 · Commentary
Saner
elements among the authorities and a huge constituency of peace-loving tribals
and other citizens of Pakistan kept their fingers cross for the sustainability
and durability of the Shakai agreement (24 April-11 June 2004) which ...
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Iran and the IAEA: New Tensions
Manish Srivastava · 28 Jun, 2004 · #1423 · Commentary
The
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) adopted a resolution on 18 June 2004
calling upon Iran to accelerate its cooperation with the Agency and reveal the
scope and extent of its “secret” nuclear program. The resolution ...
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Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD): An Endeavour for Solving Common Problems
Mukul Kumar · 28 Jun, 2004 · #1422 · Commentary
Asia
is the largest continent in the world, and its problems are numerous. To solve
these gigantic socio-economic problems, some Asian nations have decided to adopt
a regional approach and cooperate among themselves. The regional group und...
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NRRCs and Nuclear Stability in South Asia – II: Structure, Goals, Functions of the NRRCs
Arun Vishwanathan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1421 · Commentary
The 1999 Lahore
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) envisaged measures that could prevent any
nuclear accident, detonation by state or non-state actors from escalating into a
situation that could result in a nuclear exchange.
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NRRCs and Nuclear Stability in South Asia – I: History of NRRCs
Arun Vishwanathan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1420 · Commentary
Against the recent
backdrop of nuclear CBM talks between India and Pakistan, an atmosphere of
cautious optimism has been building up. One suggestion that is doing the rounds
is that of setting up Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers (NRRCs) in I...
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Feuding for Power (Nepal Media Survey, May 2004)
PG Rajamohan · 26 Jun, 2004 · #1419 · Commentary
Three-way
Contention for Power
The Spotlight
(May 7-13) in its editorial said, ‘the vicious triangular contention to hold on,
to recapture or to seize the power between the three feuding factors has only
contribute...
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Why China Matters?
· 24 Jun, 2004 · #1418 · Commentary
Speaker:
Prof Robert Sutter
Georgetown University
Washington DC
Prof Sutter began by
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