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  • Assassination of Abdul Ghani Lone What Lies Beneath
    D Suba Chandran    ·   29 May, 2002    ·    #760    ·    Commentary    
    Abdul Ghani Lone, a senior leader of the APHC and Founder-President of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference was assassinated in Srinagar on 21 May 2002. He was paying homage to Mirwaiz Maulvi Farooq, father of Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, a young le...
  • Naga Talks: Landmarks and Little Else
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   23 May, 2002    ·    #759    ·    Commentary    
    It now appears that the Naga negotiation process is resulting in the establishment of landmark events but little else. The August 1997 ceasefire agreement with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was considered a landm...
  • Suffering in oblivion: Burmese Refugees in the Northeast Region of India
    Paolienlal Haokip    ·   23 May, 2002    ·    #758    ·    Commentary    
    Burmese refugees in the northeastern region of India deserve greater attention, and their plight, which is worse than any other refugee situation in India , needs to be addressed with more concern. Not because their numbers are larg...
  • War against Terrorism: Its Fuller Dimensions
    PR Chari    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #757    ·    Commentary    
    Why did the United States stitch together an international coalition before launching its war against terrorism in Afghanistan ? The short answer is that the U.S. is aware that international terrorism reflects the downside o...
  • War Against Terrorism: Can it be compartmentalized?
    PR Chari    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #756    ·    Commentary    
    Is the war against terrorism contextual? Is it premised on time and place, requiring a case-by-case determination? These uncomfortable questions need being raised about the current American, Pakistani and Indian approaches towards this war against...
  • Kashmir: The Statement of the Problem
    PR Chari    ·   21 May, 2003    ·    #755    ·    Commentary    
    India’s insistence on the cessation of cross-border terrorism and moving its troops to the Indo-Pak border to prevent this has only sharpened the focus on Kashmir. A shadow play of words continues on the significance of Kashmir for normalizi...
  • Global War on Terror and Chinese Foreign Policy
    Sonika Gupta    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #754    ·    Commentary    
    This week the Chinese Foreign Minister, Tang Jiaxuan, visited Pakistan and Afghanistan . Apart from strengthening ties, Pakistan and China agreed to consult each other on counter-terrorism. Tang’s visit to ...
  • Islamic Fundamentalism in Bangladesh and Pakistan: Role of Madrassas
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #753    ·    Commentary    
    The course of events since September 11 and the earlier policy of Pakistan and Bangladesh governments to project their image as a moderate Muslim country has undergone a remarkable change. The ground realities are presenting grave ...
  • Islamic Fundamentalism in Bangladesh: Domestic and International Ramifications
    Saswati Chanda    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #752    ·    Commentary    
    The Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, in her 10 April 2002 address to Parliament, has accused the opposition Awami League (AL) led by Sheikh Hasina of sponsoring the cover story in Far Eastern Economic Review highlighting the rising I...
  • Myanmar and MiG-29s
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   21 May, 2002    ·    #751    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar ’s armed forces known as Tatmadaw became the proud owners of one of the most sophisticated fighter aircraft when they purchased eight Russian MiG-29 ‘Fulcrum’ fighters and two MiG-29 UB trainers in July 2001. Since...
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