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  • The General Did Not Bite!
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   01 Jan, 2003    ·    #937    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoBodyText { FONT-SIZE: 16pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } That India is a status quo power is evident from the indubitable fact that it has Kashmir and has the strength to keep it indefinitely. Should there be a...
  • US-India Relations: New Dimensions
    Mohammed Badrul Alam    ·   01 Jan, 2003    ·    #936    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } Upon assuming the Presidency in January 2001, President George Bush Jr had identified India as an important actor in the globe and a ...
  • Conversions and Caste Conflicts
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   01 Jan, 2003    ·    #935    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } The recent developments in the states of Tamilnadu and Haryana may seem unrelated to each other with the benefit of hindsight. On 15 ...
  • Outfits of Suicide Terror: A Ready Reckoner
    N Manoharan    ·   01 Jan, 2003    ·    #934    ·    Commentary    
    There are nearly 19 terrorist organizations at present that have resorted to suicide attacks, besides other tactics, on their targets. Some have gone into oblivion, but others continue to operate. The table below provides brief informati...
  • Sri Lankan Peace Talks – V: An Overview of the Third Round
    N Manoharan    ·   01 Jan, 2003    ·    #933    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } Venue Radisso...
  • Arresting the Messenger
    Anand Kumar    ·   30 Dec, 2002    ·    #932    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } A storm was created when Time magazine published an article recently portraying Bangladesh as the new haven for religious extremists ...
  • Operation Clean Heart: Bangladesh’s National War against Terror
    P G Rajamohan    ·   30 Dec, 2002    ·    #931    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" } In October 2002, Begum Khaleda Zia, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh ordered a country wide indefinite joint operation against terror...
  • Iraq Imbroglio: Post 1441
       ·   30 Dec, 2002    ·    #930    ·    Commentary    
    Resolution 1441 was adopted unanimously by the United Nation’s Security Council on 8 November 2002 with regard to Iraq’s programmes on weapons of mass destruction. However, the real American aim behind it is to systematically prepare...
  • Terrorism or Freedom Struggle: The Free Aceh Movement
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   29 Dec, 2002    ·    #929    ·    Commentary    
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  • Non-military Settlement for Aceh: A Landmark Peace Deal
    Prafulla Ketkar    ·   28 Dec, 2002    ·    #928    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoBodyText { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; TEXT-ALIGN: justify } If regional security is all about privileging cooperation above conflict in conducting inter-state relations, then peace within the ...
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