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  • Poll Boycott and Violence in Kashmir (Urdu Media Survey, April 2004)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   08 May, 2004    ·    #1387    ·    Commentary    
    Poll Violence The first phase of elections in Baramullah-Kupwara constituency witnessed several grenade and IED explosions killing four people and leaving many injured, reported Srinagar Times (21 April 2004) in its lead news. "T...
  • Pakistan: A Trip Report
    PR Chari    ·   05 May, 2004    ·    #1386    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: PR Chari C Raja Mohan   PR Chari During his recent visit to Pakistan Prof. Chari felt a mood change had occurred in P...
  • Military Operation in South Waziristan: A Corollary of War on Terror (Part II)
    Razia Sultana    ·   05 May, 2004    ·    #1385    ·    Commentary    
    The Operations and Aftermath Rugged physical environment, scarce economic opportunities and favorable location for cross border trade and other businesses have led to smuggling, drug trafficking and arms dealing as their major economi...
  • Military Operation in South Waziristan: A Corollary of War on Terror (Part I)
    Razia Sultana    ·   05 May, 2004    ·    #1384    ·    Commentary    
    South Waziristan: A Background The Tribal belt in the North West of Pakistan has become a flash point worldwide after the rumors got currency, which to some extent were supported by intelligence reports ,about the presence of key al Q...
  • Human Smuggling in Sri Lanka
    R Ramasubramanian    ·   05 May, 2004    ·    #1383    ·    Commentary    
    Human smuggling and trafficking are matters of increasing concern to the South Asian states. Despite successful raids to curb the flow of illicit immigrants to western countries, a large number of persons from SAARC countries continue to arrive ...
  • Kashmir: Looking Further
       ·   05 May, 2004    ·    #1382    ·    Commentary    
    Introductory Session Maj. Gen. Dipankar Banerjee The aim of the conference, as the name suggests, is to look at ways and means of moving ahead and finding a lasting solution to the Kashmir imbroglio. For doing this, one ne...
  • 2004 Parliamentary Elections: Political Parties and Manifestos
    B Rajeshwari    ·   27 Apr, 2004    ·    #1381    ·    Commentary    
    The election manifestos of the political parties for the 2004 Parliamentary elections were announced in the beginning of April 2004. A study of these manifestos reveals their approach towards crucial issues. This brief analysis includes a compar...
  • Communalism and Politics in India
       ·   22 Apr, 2004    ·    #1380    ·    Commentary    
    Text of the lecture I would like to put before you some propositions to explain the phenomena called ‘communalism’ and its impact on security. First of all, I would like to state that security is also a ‘state of min...
  • Transnational Population Movements in South Asia
    T. Anantachari    ·   21 Apr, 2004    ·    #1379    ·    Commentary    
    Text of the Lecture Population movement is a ‘strategy of survival’ for varied reasons related to political, economic, and environmental issues. The two widely discussed groups in population movement are: i) Un...
  • Governance and National Security
       ·   21 Apr, 2004    ·    #1378    ·    Commentary    
    The impact of corruption and criminalization of politics on national security is two-fold. First, corruption worsens socio-economic conditions and facilitates growth of anti-national movements or activities. Corruption acts as a regressive tax o...
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