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  • Human Rights Organisations in the Northeast: Credibility in Question
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #726    ·    Commentary    
    Protecting human rights in a conflict situation as in the Northeast can be a delicate affair. The activities of these Human Rights Organisations (HROs) often reveal that objectivity is the first casualty. Only a handful of voices are not part of a...
  • Environment and Biodiversity
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #725    ·    Commentary    
    Biological (bio) diversity is a gift of nature which is best appreciated at three levels, namely:-      (a) Genetic diversity: This is the genetic difference between species like varieties of a crop or livestock breed....
  • Afghan Interim Government: Its Implications for India
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #724    ·    Commentary    
    At a time when India ’s relations with Pakistan have touched rock bottom and combat formations deployed on the borders have raised tensions between the two neighbours to dangerous heights, the installation of a friendly regime...
  • Peace Process in Sri Lanka – II De-proscription Debate: Un-caging the Tigers?
    N Manoharan    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #723    ·    Commentary    
    Undeniably the ban on the LTTE is a thorn in the flesh of the peace process between the government and the outfit to find a viable solution to the ethnic question. The LTTE was banned by the Sri Lankan government through a Presidential proclamat...
  • Indo-US Relations: Past, Present and Future
       ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #722    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Amb. Dennis Kux     In the past, Indo-US relations were overshadowed by Cold War politics. The Indo-Soviet friendship and the US-Pak alliance were the two major irritants. Though ‘aid relations’ prevaile...
  • Is Pakistan at Crossroads?
       ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #721    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker:  Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha Defence Analyst, Pakistan      The speaker asked the question: ‘Are we at crossroads...
  • Counter-Insurgency Operations in Nepal
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #720    ·    Commentary    
    The neglect by the Nepalese Government of the western region has led to the Maoists establishing their ‘writ’ here. Building up their political cadre with communists, ex-servicemen and unemployed youth, including some former prisoners ...
  • Nuclear Submarines and Indian Navy
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #719    ·    Commentary    
    The India ’s Nuclear Doctrine states that “ India 's strategic interests require effective credible nuclear deterrence and adequate retaliatory capability should deterrence fail”. Further, “credibility&rdqu...
  • Terror Hunt: Hounding With Biometrics
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #718    ·    Commentary    
    They will be brought to justice or justice will be brought to them   - George W Bush   How do we recognize Osama bin Laden or Masood Azhar to bring them to book?...
  • A Survey of Elections in Kashmir
    Mayilvaganan    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #717    ·    Commentary    
    The six-year term of the current Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly expires in October 2002. The stage for the next elections had been set by Chief Minister, Dr. Farooq Abdullah, who had announced that elections would be held ‘very soo...
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