COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan in 2002 (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 08 Feb, 2003 · #964 · Commentary
For Pakistan, 2002 was an important year. General Musharraf became the President through a controversial referendum and later organized general elections after passing a series of legislations. The October elections witnessed the formation and s...
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Musharraf’s “Un-Conventional War” (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 09 Feb, 2003 · #963 · Commentary
General Musharraf created a controversy by making a statement in December 2002 that “In my meetings with various world leaders, I conveyed my personal message to Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee that the moment Indian forces cross the line of ...
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War Against Terrorism: Is Pakistan the Next Target? (Pakistan Media Survey, 1-15 January 2003)
D Suba Chandran · 09 Feb, 2003 · #962 · Commentary
The US led War against terrorism and the role-played by Pakistan, continued to be a major source of criticism against the government, especially after the attack on a madrassa inside Pakistan by the US forces fighting against the al-Qaeda in Afg...
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Center-NSCN (IM) Peace Talks and Manipur’s Woes
Paolienlal Haokip · 31 Jan, 2003 · #961 · Commentary
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The recent peace-talks in Delhi between the Union Government and the NSCN (IM) once again saw passions running high in Manipur over the latter&rs...
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The Naga Peace Talks: Some Glimmer of Hope
R Radhakrishnan · 27 Jan, 2003 · #960 · Commentary
Since independence, a series of problems ranging from uneven development, electoral politics, influence of Christianity, minority syndrome, and influx of illegal migrants have shaped the politicization of ethnic identities and the separatist movem...
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What’s in the NAM(e)?
Aisha Sultanat · 23 Jan, 2003 · #959 · Commentary
With hardly a month left for the XIII NAM (Non-Aligned Movement)
Summit
scheduled to be held in Kualalumpur, the debate on the efficacy of the movement has gained currency once again. Debates on
NAM
â€...
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The Indian Diaspora: An Untapped Asset
Prafulla Ketkar · 23 Jan, 2003 · #958 · Commentary
Profound changes in the world political and economic order have generated large-scale movements of people in almost every region. In the process, the conventional meaning of diaspora has altered significantly. It is considered more a valuable asse...
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Mobilization by India: Of What Avail
Prashant Dikshit · 21 Jan, 2003 · #957 · Commentary
Operation Parakram involved the total mobilization of the Indian armed forces along the international border and the Line of Control (LoC). These measures were taken by the Government of India in the wake of the 13 December 2001 attack on the ...
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Pakistan Naval Expenditure
Vijay Sakhuja · 21 Jan, 2003 · #956 · Commentary
The Pakistan navy, the smallest of its three services, has been constrained by limited funds, few naval platforms received in the distribution of the Royal Indian Navy and its lower importance in the national security strategy. Being larger than...
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Discord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Anand Kumar · 21 Jan, 2003 · #955 · Commentary
The fifth anniversary of signing the Chittagong Hill Tracts Treaty (CHTT) was observed on December 2. But it bore all the marks of impending trouble in this region if the right steps are not taken by Bangladesh. All major parties of the region h...
