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  • Politics of Intimidation and Mobocracy
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   23 Feb, 2004    ·    #1307    ·    Commentary    
    The recent acts of vandalism at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) in Pune and ban on Taslima Nasreen's book, Dwikhandito by the West Bengal government highlights the urgency to check social censorship, and save shrinking spac...
  • Sri Lanka: Parliamentary Elections 2004
    Mohan K Tikku    ·   13 Feb, 2004    ·    #1306    ·    Commentary    
    Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s decision to dissolve Parliament and order fresh elections had been expected for some time. The President’s decision clearly was influenced by the fact that after protracted talks the Sri L...
  • Admiral Gorshkov: An Aircraft Carrier for Strategic Advantage
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   13 Feb, 2004    ·    #1305    ·    Commentary    
    India signed its biggest-ever defence deal with Russia for the purchase of the aircraft carrier, Admiral Gorshkov. The deal was signed by the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and the Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes on 20 January, ...
  • Blame It on Intelligence
    Ajay Lele    ·   13 Feb, 2004    ·    #1304    ·    Commentary    
    More than its presence, it is the absence of WMDs in Iraq that has shaken the governments of two major powers namely the US and the UK. Because of domestic pressures the Bush-Blair duo has been forced to start inquires in countries to examine th...
  • PWG’s Emerging ‘New’ Global Linkages
    P V Ramana    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1303    ·    Commentary    
    Naxalites of the People’s War Group (PWG) have further expanded their external linkages. Recent evidence indicates that they have formed links with like-minded elements in the United Kingdom. This expansion is part of a well thought-out st...
  • National or International: Situating Pakistan’s Nuclear Quagmire
       ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1302    ·    Commentary    
    The 7 February statement by Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Massod Khan, that the investigations regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons technology (PNWT) as an internal matter of Pakistan attract immediate attention. It can ...
  • Ricin: Return of Bioscare
    Animesh Roul    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1301    ·    Commentary    
    With the recent finding of deadly Ricin powders in the Capitol Hill, United States, a renewed bio-terror threat again brought the ‘American life’ to a standstill. This is the second incidence after the Anthrax attack of 2001, which u...
  • Halting the Nuclear Trade
    Reshmi Kazi    ·   11 Feb, 2004    ·    #1300    ·    Commentary    
    The US interception, in early October 2003, of a German-registered ship headed for Libya through the Suez Canal and carrying thousands of parts of uranium centrifuges, demonstrated the mushrooming of the illegal nuclear trade. The intercepted sh...
  • Nuclear Jehad
    Bobby Sharma    ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1299    ·    Commentary    
    There have been two assassination attempts on the life of General Musharraf within the space of a fortnight in Dec 03. President Musharaaf faces a serious threat to his life. After four years of military rule, he has a long list of enemies who w...
  • Nuclear Proliferation from Pakistan
       ·   10 Feb, 2004    ·    #1298    ·    Commentary    
      Speaker: Amb G Parthasarathy   Pakistan’s decision to go nuclear was taken in January 1972 at a secret meeting of Pakistan’s top scientists in Multan. Pakistani sc...
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