COMMENTARIES
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Indo-Iranian Relations: A New Phase
R Radhakrishnan · 21 Mar, 2003 · #996 · Commentary
The recent visit of the Iranian president Syed Mohammed Khatami to India has cemented their existing relations to foster mutual cooperation. In the New Delhi Declaration both nations agreed to strengthen their growing strategic convergence with ...
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War on Iraq: Will it secure American interests in the Gulf?
Pravin Kumar Kesu · 21 Mar, 2003 · #995 · Commentary
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The US has decided to go with its military offensive against Iraq unilaterally. Why? Ostensibly to protect American security interests in...
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Nuclear Command Authority and Strategic Forces Command
· 21 Mar, 2003 · #994 · Commentary
A panel discussion chaired by former member of the National
Security Advisory Board and former chief of Air Staff, SK Mehra was held on
8 February 2003. The
panelists were Mr PR Chari (Director IPCS), Admiral Raja Menon (policy analyst)
a...
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Bangladesh: Islamists come out in the open
Anand Kumar · 21 Mar, 2003 · #993 · Commentary
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India has been blaming Bangladesh for quite sometime now for sheltering terrorists operating in Indiaâ€â&b...
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Anti-War Protests: Who Cares?
Ajay Lele · 21 Mar, 2003 · #992 · Commentary
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Huge anti-war protests are taking place all over the world against the invasion of Iraq by the US. Several reasons underlie these protests ...
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MCC and Maoists: Expanding Naxal Violence in Bihar
Sanjay K Jha · 15 Mar, 2003 · #991 · Commentary
In the last week of February 2003, security agencies in Bihar unearthed a well-entrenched network of Nepalese Maoists in Patna. Five Maoists were arrested when a hideout of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) was busted in Patrakar colony on 25 Fe...
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Infiltration into J&K: Information Chaos
Nihar Nayak · 15 Mar, 2003 · #990 · Commentary
Since December 2002, several contradictory statements have been made on cross border infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On December 6, the then Chief of the Army Staff, General S Padmanabhan, commenting on the Russian President, Vlad...
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State of Politics in Tripura
Praveen Kumar · 15 Mar, 2003 · #989 · Commentary
The 18 member Left Front ministry led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, sworn in on 7 March 2003, has an important task before it – bringing the decades-long insurgency to a decisive end. This wo...
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South Asia Inching Towards Water War
Avilash Roul · 21 Mar, 2003 · #988 · Commentary
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The much-quoted prediction of Ismail Serageldin, former vice president of the World Bank, that the twenty-first century war would be over water...
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Sea Piracy: India Boosts Countermeasures
Vijay Sakhuja · 15 Mar, 2003 · #987 · Commentary
On 25 February 2003, in a landmark judgment an Indian court in Mumbai sentenced fourteen pirates of Indonesian origin to rigorous imprisonment terms ranging from six months to seven years. The pirates have been accused of hijacking the Japanese-...
