COMMENTARIES
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Coping With the Enemy (Pakistan Media Survey: February 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 13 Apr, 2003 · #1006 · Commentary
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In the last few months, there is a shift in Pa...
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Sri Lankan Peace Talks – VIII: Sixth Round: It’s Alive and On
N Manoharan · 13 Apr, 2003 · #1005 · Commentary
Venue
Hakone (80 km west of Tokyo), Japan.
Date
18-21 March 2003.
Negotiating Teams
Government of Sri Lanka: Headed by Prof G. L. Peris (Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Peace). Other members: Milinda Moragoda (Ec...
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War on Iraq and American Global Interests
· 13 Apr, 2003 · #1004 · Commentary
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Kashmir & Palestine: The Fallacy of Analogy
· 13 Apr, 2003 · #1003 · Commentary
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The recently concluded...
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Election Verdicts in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura: Mandates for Peace?
Paolienlal Haokip · 21 Mar, 2003 · #1002 · Commentary
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That North East India needs peace is obvious. Equally apparent is the fact that insurgency stands in the way of realizing peace and development i...
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Tigresses of Lanka: From Girls to Guerillas
N Manoharan · 21 Mar, 2003 · #1001 · Commentary
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Given the patriarchal structure of Tamil society, one wonders what factors make young Sri Lankan Tamil women to enroll themselves into the LTTE...
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Iraq: Bush versus Saddam
PR Chari · 21 Mar, 2003 · #1000 · Commentary
There was inevitability about this war. The assembled 300,000-strong force could not have come back home without testing their new weapons, tactics and operational philosophy. It was therefore necessary for the United States to cast the issues i...
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Japans’ Role in Sri Lanka’s Peace Process: India on the Back Foot?
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #999 · Commentary
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As the world’s attention remains focused on West Asia, a significant development is taking ...
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International Security and War in Iraq
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #998 · Commentary
Speaker
Gareth Evans
President,
International Crisis Group
Chair
Eric Gonsalves
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Assam: Retreat to Violence?
Bibhu Prasad Routray · 21 Mar, 2003 · #997 · Commentary
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A new wave of violence has engulfed Assam. Mortar attacks have occurred on the Legislative assembly complex in Dispur, on two locations in the ...