COMMENTARIES
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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-...
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For a Return to Clausewitz
Firdaus Ahmed · 15 Mar, 2003 · #986 · Commentary
In mobilizing its armed forces and thereby extracting from Pakistan a promise to back off from supporting jehadi groups in Kashmir, India claims to have called Pakistan’s bluff. On the other ha...
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The Migrant Menace
Aisha Sultanat · 07 Mar, 2003 · #985 · Commentary
The grave concern shown by LK Advani, the Deputy Prime Minister (also in charge of the Home portfolio) about the illegal immigrants, at a gathering of senior police officials in the Capital has drawn attention to the growing number of refugees t...
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India-US Relations: Promoting Synergy
· 06 Mar, 2003 · #984 · Commentary
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Bhutan?s Dilemma of Democracy
Anand Kumar · 07 Mar, 2003 · #983 · Commentary
A significant progress was made by Bhutan towards democracy when its Constitution Drafting Committee submitted the first draft of the constitution; the constitutional process was started by the Royalty of Bhutan to give more powers to the Bhutan...
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Preparing for ‘Limited Nuclear War’
Firdaus Ahmed · 07 Mar, 2003 · #982 · Commentary
Competitive rhetoric that currently substitutes for Indo-Pak dialogue heralded the turn of the year. In the dying moments of the previous year, President Musharraf let on that he had contemplated “unconventional” war had India made g...
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Space Terrorism: Is it a Possibility?
Ajay Lele · 07 Mar, 2003 · #981 · Commentary
Post-9/11, the US administration has become paranoid with terrorism. The Columbia space shuttle disaster is a case in point. Since, neither the hundreds of nuclear weapons nor the missile defence shield are capable of saving the US from potentia...
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Nuclear stand-off: the US quagmire in Far East
Niraj Kumar · 06 Mar, 2003 · #980 · Commentary
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The North Korean intention to “unfreeze” a sealed plutonium reactor at Yongbyon sparked off an international crisis involving US, R...
