COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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....
