COMMENTARIES
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GM Food: To be or not to be…
Ajay Lele · 08 Aug, 2003 · #1087 · Commentary
The European Union is emerging as a new pressure group on the global geopolitical scene during the last few years. They have successfully managed to emerge out of the US shadow. The opposition to the American war on Iraq by the EU is a case in p...
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Kalam assures peaceful return to Kashmiri Migrants
R Ramasubramanian · 06 Aug, 2003 · #1086 · Commentary
“Sharnarthi Apne Desh Meinâ€Â...
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Suicide Terrorism in South Asia: From Promised Land to Presumed Land
D Suba Chandran · 26 Jul, 2003 · #1085 · Commentary
In South Asia, three countries have been the principal victims of suicide terrorism:
Sri Lanka, India ? in Jammu and Kashmir,
and Pakistan. While Sri Lanka has been witnessing suicide attacks by the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ever sin...
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Reaping the Whirlwind – III: Not America vs Army, but America and Army
D Suba Chandran · 18 Jul, 2003 · #1084 · Commentary
(Article Review: Stephen Cohen, "The Jihadist threat to Pakistan," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003, 26;3, pp.7-25.)
Cohen addresses another important fear, which plagues both India and the US. How far is the military u...
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Reaping the Whirlwind – II: Allah vs Army
D Suba Chandran · 18 Jul, 2003 · #1083 · Commentary
(Article Review: Stephen Cohen, "The Jihadist threat to Pakistan," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003, 26;3, pp.7-25.)
Elsewhere, Cohen emphasizes that "unless Pakistan is defeated in a war or undergoes an internal split o...
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Reaping the Whirlwind – I: Jihadis vs Pakistan
D Suba Chandran · 18 Jul, 2003 · #1082 · Commentary
(Article Review: Stephen Cohen, "The Jihadist threat to Pakistan," The Washington Quarterly, Summer 2003, 26;3, pp.7-25.)
One of the major concerns in both India and elsewhere about Pakistan has been the increasing rol...
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Challenges to Naga Integration
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 16 Jul, 2003 · #1081 · Commentary
The ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) is poised for another extension beyond July 31, amidst lingering hopes and aspirations that the solution to t...
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We will contribute to the peace process: Abdul Gani Bhat
Amin Masoodi · 16 Jul, 2003 · #1080 · Commentary
Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), in an exclusive interview to the IPCS shared his views on current developments in Kashmir
How do you see the recent Indo-Pak peace diplomacy? Do you think that it...
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Narco-trafficking: Non-military threat in India’s Eastern Border
Nihar Nayak · 16 Jul, 2003 · #1079 · Commentary
Narco-trafficking is very closely associated with insurgency in Northeast India. Porous borders, proximity to the Golden Triangle, constant ethnic conflict, unemployment, poverty and transit to international market, are the main factors underlyi...
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Rendezvous at Camp David: Disappointment or Euphoria?
S Sasikumar & M Saravanan · 16 Jul, 2003 · #1078 · Commentary
The US has made a definitive statement regarding its overall approach/intentions towards Pakistan. The red carpet treatment meted out to General Musharraf, including the visit to Camp David is lost on no one. It became obvious that the renewal o...
