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  • Regional Cooperation in South East Asia: An Overview
       ·   08 Jul, 2002    ·    #786    ·    Commentary    
    It is well-established now that the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the most successful regional cooperation arrangement in the developing world. The region is characterised by a rapid growth of foreign direct investment and has...
  • Undermining Institutions
    Sonika Gupta    ·   08 Jul, 2002    ·    #785    ·    Commentary    
    Two incidents in the recent past highlight the erosion of institutions of democratic governance in India . First, the appointment of KPS Gill as Security Advisor to the Gujarat Government and, second, the large-scale misuse of state machine...
  • Use of mines in the Indo-Pak border: A loud political statement
    Mallika Joseph    ·   03 Jul, 2002    ·    #784    ·    Commentary    
    The Cabinet Committee on Security met on 26 June 2002 and decided that, “the troops will stay on the borders till October. There will be no scaling down of the preparedness.” If this ‘preparedness’ includes the mines laid a...
  • Growing Tentacles of Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   03 Jul, 2002    ·    #783    ·    Commentary    
    Arunachal Pradesh, spread over 83,743 square kilometres in north-eastern India , was hailed until recently as the abode of peace. However, the State is gradually being afflicted by insurgency. Neither the State government nor the Centre hav...
  • Addressing the Afghan Refugee Crisis
       ·   03 Jul, 2002    ·    #782    ·    Commentary    
    The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that there were five million Afghan refugees and 1.5 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan when the US military operation ended in late 2001. Th...
  • The Debate about Deterrence
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   13 Jul, 2002    ·    #781    ·    Commentary    
    It was to be expected that four years after the emergence of India and Pakistan as nuclear weapons powers, the debate on the impact of nuclear deterrence would come into the open.  More so since the two crises – one in K...
  • China, Terrorism and the SCO
    Raviprasad Narayanan    ·   08 Jul, 2002    ·    #780    ·    Commentary    
    Coinciding with Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai’s visit to Beijing , the Information Office of the State Council released a report in Beijing documenting the activities of the “ East Turkistan ” forces, wh...
  • Pakistan Army ‘contracts out’ jihad factories
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #779    ·    Commentary    
    In the wake of increased international pressure on Pakistan the ISI has reportedly changed its policy of direct involvement in running terrorist training camps in POK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir). ISI has now adopted a ‘hands off&rsqu...
  • Pakistan Army and Post- Modernity
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #778    ·    Commentary    
    In addition to war rooms monitoring the Indo-Pak borders, the whole world is intently watching developments in the sub-continent. President Musharraf has been forced twice in the past five months to clarify his stand on terrorism; India to...
  • Negotiate with caution with PWG Naxalites
    P V Ramana    ·   25 Jun, 2002    ·    #777    ·    Commentary    
    The People’s War Group (PWG) in Andhra Pradesh has no intention evidently of finding a lasting solution to the problems it has raised. For a group that thrives on intimidating politicians and intellectuals who speak the truth, and threatens ...
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