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  • Inside Pakistan-II: Political Parties Gear for Elections
    D Suba Chandran    ·   28 Jul, 2002    ·    #810    ·    Commentary    
         Reconciliation of the political parties to the fact that the constitution is going to be amended and elections would be held in October 2002 has been the major event last week (22-28 July 2002). The parties’ decisi...
  • The International Criminal Court – The US' Misgivings
    Mathew Angus    ·   27 Jul, 2002    ·    #809    ·    Commentary    
         Just days before the ICC came into existence, the US sought immunity for its peacekeepers within the ICC’s jurisdiction, the implication being that if no immunity is gi...
  • US-India-Pakistan: Time for India to Flex its Muscles
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   25 Jul, 2002    ·    #807    ·    Commentary    
         The latest pronouncement by Washington that Pakistan is a ‘very stalwart ally’ of the US in its global war against terrorism is yet another instance of close US-Pakistan ties in the present world order, where...
  • Waste and Environmental Security
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   25 Jul, 2002    ·    #806    ·    Commentary    
       Nature provides extensive ecological services to mankind by recycling waste. In natural process, what is waste for one is a resource for another. Agricultural and animal waste can be used as an input like manure and fuel. When cattl...
  • Lessons from the Present Crisis
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   25 Jul, 2002    ·    #805    ·    Commentary    
         Since the current crisis is not quite over yet, drawing conclusive lessons may be trifle premature. Nevertheless, it does appear that, thankfully, the culminating point of the crisis is behind us. Both, Gen Musharraf and...
  • Contemplating the Constitutional Packages: Pak Media Survey (14-21 July 2002)
    D Suba Chandran    ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #804    ·    Commentary    
         This week (14-21 July 2002), the Pakistani English media mostly focused on the implications of the constitutional packages that were introduced by the National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB) on 26 June 2002. A number of que...
  • Inside Pakistan I: Threat from the Military and Militants
    D Suba Chandran    ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #803    ·    Commentary    
       Last week (14-21 July 2002), two significant things happened inside Pakistan. Both, if carried out, will have serious implications for the social and political security of Pakistan. One was the introduction of the second constitutio...
  • Elections in Kashmir-VII: “Make the Elections Credible and Inclusive”: Prof Amitabh Mattoo
       ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #802    ·    Commentary    
    How do you perceive the forthcoming elections in Jammu and Kashmir? Elections represent a huge opportunity for the Government of India to demonstrate to the Kashmiri people its commitment to democracy, justice and fair-play and to revive t...
  • Elections in Kashmir - VI : Combating the Militants’ Strategy
    D Suba Chandran    ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #801    ·    Commentary    
      With elections to be held for the State Legislative Assembly in the near future, it is essential to analyse what would be the strategy of the various militant organisations towards it. With no positive contribution expected from them...
  • The Impetus behind Limited War
    Firdaus Ahmed    ·   24 Jul, 2002    ·    #800    ·    Commentary    
    In his article 'Limited War in a Nuclear Backdrop' PR Chari hints that the armed forces are the constituency behind recent Limited War theorizing and the current impetus to waging Limited War. This is not entirely exceptionable given that ...
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