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  • Al Qaeda and Bangladesh
    Anand Kumar    ·   26 Jun, 2004    ·    #1417    ·    Commentary    
    Dhaka reacts furiously, even at the slightest hint of the presence of al-Qaeda in its territory. But some recent incidents have put the Bangladeshi government in a situation where it would be hard pressed to deny this allegation. Banglades...
  • Was Governance at Centre Stage?
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1416    ·    Commentary    
    Now that the dust has settled on Elections 2004, the spin doctors, psephologists, analysts, and virtually anybody who had any say in the matter had to work doubly hard to justify why things happened the way they did. The verdict was as muc...
  • Dialogue with the Dreaded
    Aisha Sultanat    ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1415    ·    Commentary    
    It looks like the new Congress government in Andhra Pradesh headed by Y S Rajasekhara Reddy means business. Perhaps he has learnt a lesson from his predecessor, Chandrababu Naidu’s follies of ignoring or procrastinating about what ...
  • Politics of Social Justice
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1414    ·    Commentary    
    The new government’s war cry on reservations in the private sector for the weaker sections has become yet another scheme to fragment the social order. While decrying the policies of the outgoing regime on issues like communalism and ...
  • Common Nuclear Doctrine for India Pakistan and China
       ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1413    ·    Commentary    
    With the change of guard at New Delhi, new policy pronouncements are the order of the day. Ministers in charge of various departments, soon after taking over, have also announced their priorities. The focus however, remained on the foreign...
  • Negotiating with ULFA: Principles and Gimmicks
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   20 Jun, 2004    ·    #1412    ·    Commentary    
    The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the centre does not appear to be opposed to the idea of negotiating with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) even in a foreign country. In a statement to the press, the Union Minister of...
  • Models of Conflict Resolution: India-China and India-Pakistan Disputes
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   15 Jun, 2004    ·    #1411    ·    Commentary    
    Natwar Singh’s recent reference to India-China and India-Pakistan relations was very interesting even as it was bound to attract objections from Islamabad.  In stating that the India-China model of dispute resolution could serve as th...
  • Kashmir and the New Government at the Centre (Urdu Media Survey, May 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   15 Jun, 2004    ·    #1410    ·    Commentary    
    In its editorial, on the Congress and Kashmiri leadership, the bilingual Alsafa (16 May 2004) commented on the Hurriyat Conference’s (Abbas Group) optimistic approach towards the new government at the center. "Hurriyat Conference (Abb...
  • Criminals and Governance
    PR Chari    ·   12 Jun, 2004    ·    #1409    ·    Commentary    
    There is a gag about two individuals engaging in intellectual combat. Both were unarmed. The Indian Parliament has witnessed a theatre of the absurd over the last week, with the two leading political alliances, NDA and UPA, swapping charges and ...
  • Can Environmental Security Bring Peace to Jammu and Kashmir? – II
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   12 Jun, 2004    ·    #1408    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir has many problems with its environment’s stability, which can be tackled if the policy makers can make a plan that takes into account not only ecological conditions but also the living conditions of the people. Kashmir once known a...
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