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  • Forests and Environmental Security
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   16 Sep, 2003    ·    #1147    ·    Commentary    
    The current level of carbon in the atmosphere is 380 parts per million (ppm). This amount is one third higher that before the industrial age began. A study by the Inter Governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) has calculated that to reduce w...
  • Recent Terrorist Strikes – Causes and Remedies
       ·   16 Sep, 2003    ·    #1146    ·    Commentary    
    Chair:  PR Chari   Speakers: Maj Gen Afsir Karim Prof Riaz Punjab...
  • Neglected Northeast: Whose Responsibility?
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   15 Sep, 2003    ·    #1145    ·    Commentary    
    The reason for economic backwardness of India’s northeast, accounting for 7.7 per cent of country’s geographical area and 3.72 per cent of its population can be attributed to the tendency of the State governments in the reg...
  • Northeast’s Money Grass and Opportunity for Peace
    Richard Mahapatra    ·   15 Sep, 2003    ·    #1144    ·    Commentary    
    Bamboo flowering in Mizoram always brings the horrors of two decades old insurgency back into the collective memory of its people. Come 2004, the bamboo forests in the state will flower and there are already reports of sporadic bamboo fl...
  • New threat to Sri Lankan Peace Process
    Nihar Nayak    ·   15 Sep, 2003    ·    #1143    ·    Commentary    
    The recent violence between Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka’s eastern province was the second of its kind in the island after the ceasefire on February 22, 2002. While allegations and counter a...
  • South Korean Official Delegation visits IPCS
       ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1142    ·    Commentary    
    An official delegation from South Korea called on the IPCS and had a dialogue with the Director, Maj Gen Dipankar Banerjee and a group of IPCS scholars on 11 September 2003.   Members ...
  • Indonesia: Islamisation or Terrorization
    Gautam K Jha    ·   15 Sep, 2003    ·    #1141    ·    Commentary    
    The process of Islamization in Indonesia has been slow but steady. Though Indonesia upholds secular principles under Pancasila in its Constitution, a marked change is visible in the mindset of younger generations in recent years. Since 9/11 and ...
  • The Six Nation Talks: A Balance Sheet
    Sonika Gupta    ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1140    ·    Commentary    
    The six nation talks to negotiate the North Korean nuclear crisis have concluded in Beijing. The negotiating parties, the US, North Korea, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia agreed to work towards a Korean peninsula free of nuclear arms and de...
  • US, India and the Prospects for an ‘Asian NATO’
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1139    ·    Commentary    
    News reports emanating recently from Washington and New Delhi suggest that the two nations are trying to anchor a new security system for Asia-Pacific democracies and call it the ‘Asian Nato’ or NAATO, standing for the North American...
  • “India’s Great Divide - Unveiling the Rage”
       ·   13 Sep, 2003    ·    #1138    ·    Commentary    
    “India’s Great Divide” (Alex Perry, Time Magazine, 11 August 2003), is a very timely and relevant article that sheds light on a core issue threatening the secular fabric of India- the increasing alienation of Muslims in India. ...
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