COMMENTARIES
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LFO, Armitage Visit and Kashmir (Pak Media Survey, 26 Aug – 1 Sept 2002)
D Suba Chandran · 09 Sep, 2002 · #853 · Commentary
Legal Framework Order (LFO), Armitage’s visit and Kashmir were three issues in focus during the week 26 August – 1 September 2002.
Kashmir
Maj Gen Rashid Qureshi observed that Benazir...
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China after September 11
Sonika Gupta · 09 Sep, 2002 · #852 · Commentary
The September 11 attacks on the US a year ago have changed the international situation in the following ways. Firstly, the world has realized that terrorism is no longer a local law and order problem affecting individual countries. ...
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Hu Jintao: New Direction for China?
Sonika Gupta · 09 Sep, 2002 · #851 · Commentary
The upcoming 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will bring a generational change in the Party's leadership. It is widely expected that President Jiang Zemin will pass on the leadership of the Party and the State to Hu Jintao....
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Beyond the Kashmir Elections
PR Chari · 31 Aug, 2002 · #850 · Commentary
The upcoming elections in Kashmir have become invested with an extraordinary importance, since they are being held after the traumatic events of 9/11 radically altered the political geography of South Asia. Pakistan is in bad odour;...
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Forthcoming Elections in Jammu & Kashmir
· 02 Sep, 2002 · #849 · Commentary
Chair:
PR Chari
Director, IPCS
Panelists:
Suba Chandran,
Research Officer, IPCS
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India and ASEAN
Prafulla Ketkar · 31 Aug, 2002 · #848 · Commentary
The Ninth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was held at Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam on 31 July 2002, where the ASEAN countries made a historic decision to enter into a Summit level dialogue with India ...
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Musharraf – Powerful, but not safe (Pakistan though global lens: 19-25 August 2002)
D Suba Chandran · 31 Aug, 2002 · #847 · Commentary
There has been a great deal of focus at the global level over the recent legal and constitutional efforts made by the military regime to organize the elections in October. In the process, General Musharraf could not esca...
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Is Al-Qaeda present in Pakistan? (Pak Media Survey 19-25 Aug 2002)
D Suba Chandran · 31 Aug, 2002 · #846 · Commentary
Is al-Qaeda present in Pakistan? The debate was initiated by Lieutenant General Dan McNeill, commander of coalition forces in Afghanistan making an affirmative statement, which was denied by Moinuddin Haider, the Interio...
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Inside Pakistan IV: Return of the Daughter
D Suba Chandran · 31 Aug, 2002 · #845 · Commentary
A major question during the last week (19-25 August 2002) was whether Benazir Bhutto would return to Pakistan and lead her party in the forthcoming elections. The military regime has categorically stated that Benazir wou...
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Pakistan Navy and Nuclear Deterrence
Vijay Sakhuja · 09 Sep, 2002 · #844 · Commentary
Eight countries possess nuclear weapons (US, Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India and Pakistan) and three (Iraq, Iran and DPRK) are seeking them. Among them, the US, Russia, UK, France and China have experience in op...
