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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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Uranium Heist
    Gargi    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1077    ·    Commentary    
    On 30 May 2003, the Bangladeshi police arrested four suspected members of a militant Islamic group, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen in village Puiya while smuggling uranium. The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission confirmed that the recovered football-size...
  • An Alarming Threat
    Snehasis Das    ·   16 Jul, 2003    ·    #1076    ·    Commentary    
    Harassed by the ever-growing insecurity over availability of fossil fuels, India has recently decided to establish a strategic resource of petrol and diesel for six months consumption. On the other hand, the finance ministry is getting restless ...
  • Media Reflects Assembly Proceedings (Survey of Urdu media in Kashmir Valley 16-23 June 2003)
    Amin Masoodi    ·   15 Jul, 2003    ·    #1075    ·    Commentary    
    Indo-Pak dialogue; Freedom Struggle; Role of J&K Police; NC government; and killing of former Minister for Law, Mushtaq Lone, raised much hue and cry in the Assembly. These events shared prominent space in the Urdu dailies in the Kashmir Val...
  • Lessons of Surankote
       ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1074    ·    Commentary    
    Operation Sarp Vinash at Surankote brought into light the existence of a fully functional transit camp with arms and ammunition, communication equipment and large stores of ration that could sustain 500 men for at least 15 days. Surankote,...
  • Ballistic Missile Stability in Southern Asia
       ·   04 Jul, 2003    ·    #1073    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: PR Chari Director, IPCS Sp...
  • A Difficult Waste
    Gargi    ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1072    ·    Commentary    
    India’s nuclear programme is facing its toughest challenge: how to dispose off its huge amount of radioactive wastes? There is no safe method to dispose off them permanently. Not a single count...
  • Small Arms and Lawlessness in Bangladesh
    Anand Verma    ·   01 Jul, 2003    ·    #1071    ·    Commentary    
    The spread of small arms has become a major challenge for the maintenance of law and order in Bangladesh. The country’s association with small arms is not new; what is new is its large scale us...
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