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  • Dirty Bomb: A Scoop or a Hoax
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   20 Jan, 2003    ·    #903    ·    Commentary    
    Al Qaeda’s tryst with terror technology reached a macabre peak, establishing fresh paradigms in mass destruction and warfare.  The “Dirty Bomb” is the new addition to the military vocabulary, as if the one dropped on Nagas...
  • US, North Korea and North East Asia – Unravelling of the NPT
    Sonika Gupta    ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #902    ·    Commentary    
      North Korea’s has come out of the nuclear closet. Immediate international reactions show dismay and criticism of Pakistan, for allegedly supplying North Korea with uranium enrichment technology in exchange for Nodong (Ghauri) m...
  • Tackling Insurgency in J&K: The Aerial Dimension
    Brig. SS Chandel    ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #901    ·    Commentary    
    An analysis of terrorist attacks in J&K in recent months reveals the following pattern: They have the initiative and the element of surprise being totally unencumbered by considerations like time, place, conscience or human...
  • Counter-Insurgency in the Northeast: A Counter-Perspective - I
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #900    ·    Commentary    
      The continuing insurgency in northeast India suggests the failure of the counter-insurgency strategy in place over the years. Considering the threats to human, economic and national security that it poses, a re-examination of this st...
  • From Modernity to Medievalism: Why US Won’t Assassinate Saddam?
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #899    ·    Commentary    
      The recent salvo fired from the White House related to ‘pre-emptive’ strikes is not merely targeted at Iraq but aimed at transforming the existing state-centric international security paradigm. This article looks at the i...
  • Indo-US Naval Cooperation
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #898    ·    Commentary    
      Admiral Madhvendra Singh, Indian Navy Chief, visited the United States in September 2002 and held talks with several US government and military officials on global and regional security issues. The visit was aimed at consolidating th...
  • Globalism, Regionalism and the War on Terror in South Asia
       ·   25 Oct, 2002    ·    #897    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker:  Jim Rolfe Associate Professor, Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Honolulu Chair:  ...
  • India’s case for a Limited Missile Defence
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Oct, 2002    ·    #894    ·    Commentary    
      The continuing brinkmanship of India and Pakistan reflects the incessant need to raise the ante to gain advantage in their bilateral nuclear and missile competition. India contends an unpredictable Pakistan needs to repeatedly test i...
  • Countdown to Pakistan Elections: (October 1999 - September 2002)
    Raja Mohan    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #893    ·    Commentary    
    12 Oct 1999 The Pakistan Army deposed on Oct.12. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who had earlier dismissed the Chief of the Army staff, Gen. Pervez Musharraf and replaced him with ISI chief Lt. Gen. Zi...
  • Elections in Pakistan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   08 Oct, 2002    ·    #892    ·    Commentary    
      Four factors will prove to be crucial in deciding the outcome of elections in Pakistan. First is the level of popular participation in the forthcoming elections. There has been a considerable decline in the voting percentage, ever si...
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