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  • Communalism and National Security: The Case of Gujarat
    R Radhakrishnan    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #863    ·    Commentary    
    The attack on the Sabarmati Express in Godhra and the subsequent carnage in Gujarat necessitates a reassessment of concepts like pluralism, secularism and their impact on national security. The traditional understanding of national s...
  • Maoist insurgency in Nepal
       ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #862    ·    Commentary    
    Chair: PR Chari   Director, IPCS Speaker: Maj Gen Ashok Mehta      The talk on t...
  • September 11 and Nepal’s War Against Maoist Insurgency
    Dr PV Ramana    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #861    ·    Commentary    
       Nepal has succeeded in drawing international attention to it’s over six-year-old fight against the Maoist insurgency after 9/11 and has received some assistance, notably from UK, India and the US. US State Department spokesper...
  • September 11 and Pakistan
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #860    ·    Commentary    
       September 11 and the American War on Terrorism has affected the internal politics, external policies and the future of Pakistan. The post-September 11 events inside Pakistan have both short-term implications and long-term repercussi...
  • 9/11 and the United States
    PR Chari    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #859    ·    Commentary    
       Whether the 9/11 attacks on the United States effected an epochal change in the international system, is arguable. What is unarguable is that this event has transformed the manner in which the US looks upon the outside world. 9/11 q...
  • Elections in Kashmir - XII: “Elections will not be credible”: Saifuddin Soz
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #858    ·    Commentary    
    How do you view the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir?   I think both the Government of India and the Election Commission have gone wrong. They have not opened a dialogue, for which there is a lot of scope here. The Hurriyat w...
  • Fair Elections Needed For Peace
    Anand Kumar    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #857    ·    Commentary    
       The announcement of the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir has again brought the Kashmir issue on the centrestage of South-Asian politics. It has also raised a feeble hope of peace in the troubled state. But it seems the assemb...
  • Meghalaya: A Victim of Insolent Insurgencies
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #856    ·    Commentary    
       The peace process between the Government and rebels of the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) in Meghalaya has received a setback with the HNLC rebuffing peace overtures made by the Church leaders, and censuring the Chur...
  • Marching CCOMPOSA, Limping SAARC
    P V Ramana    ·   12 Sep, 2002    ·    #855    ·    Commentary    
    During Prime Minister Deuba?s recently concluded visit to Belgium, that country agreed to sell 5,500 automatic weapons to the Royal Nepal Army to fight the Maoist insurgents. Belgium defended the controversial decision as ?ethical? to help a fledg...
  • Democracy of Denial in Kashmir
       ·   09 Sep, 2002    ·    #854    ·    Commentary    
       The statements made by the “big Two” at the Centre that most elections in Kashmir were rigged and the brouhaha by Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah over these statements is not surprising for the people of Kashmir. They...
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