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  • Nepal on War Footing
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   23 Feb, 2002    ·    #706    ·    Commentary    
    The world has remained glued to Afghanistan but has ignored the developments in Nepal during November 2001- January 2002, which remain grim. Three major developments have occurred during this period: declaration of a national emerg...
  • Piracy at Sea
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   23 Feb, 2002    ·    #705    ·    Commentary    
    The annual report on piracy at sea of the International Chamber of Commerce notes that there were 335 attacks on ships in 2001. Pirates killed 21 crewmembers/passengers, and 210 seafarers were taken hostage during the attacks. A new trend of &lsqu...
  • India-Russia convergence of interest on tackling terrorism
       ·   23 Feb, 2002    ·    #704    ·    Commentary    
    India has long been the victim of cross-border terrorism, particularly after the December 13 attack on its Parliament. Thereafter India has been massing its troops on the Indo-Pak border to pressure Pakistan and contain its...
  • Manipur Assembly Elections: Divergence of Ethnic Interests
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #703    ·    Commentary    
    The territorial integrity of Manipur dominates the electioneering for the forthcoming State assembly elections in the State. The ethnic relationship between the Meiteis residing in the valley areas and the Nagas living in the hills has deteriorate...
  • The Nitrogen Cycle and Environmental Security
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #702    ·    Commentary    
    Mankind has altered the natural carbon and nitrogen cycle. Global warming is caused by excessive emission of Green House Gases (GHG) like carbon-dioxide which is a serious emerging threat to global security. Anthropogenic energy pattern has upset ...
  • The National Cadet Corps
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   23 Feb, 2002    ·    #701    ·    Commentary    
    Unlike the western democracies, India has never felt the need to have compulsory military service due to the availability of young able-bodied persons despite the fact that, during the preceding half century, the nation was drawn four time...
  • Indian Navy and the Revolution in Naval Affairs
    Atul Bharadwaj    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #700    ·    Commentary    
    In February 2001, thirty navies gathered in the Arabian Sea as part of the International Fleet Review (IFR) conducted under the aegis of the Indian navy. Almost nine months after the IFR, the major navies of the world are back in the A...
  • Terrorism and Tourism
    Vijay Sakhuja    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #699    ·    Commentary    
    Political and religious leaders across the world expressed indignation at the Taliban’s decision to destroy the Buddhist statues in Bamiyan. Gen Hamid Gul, former head of Pakistan Ã...
  • Afghanistan’s Resurrection from Islamic Fundamentalism
    Subhash Kapila    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #698    ·    Commentary    
    Afghanistan as a nation was snuffed out by the Taliban.  For six long years, the Taliban imposed the most savage and medieval form of Islamic fundamentalization on Afghanistan . In fact, it was so repressively brutalized by the...
  • Indian Youth Perceptions of the Kashmir Issue
       ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #697    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir is one factor that has led to tensions between India and Pakistan . For India , the Kashmir problem is not the core issue whereas, for Pakistan , its resolution is an essential prerequisite for im...
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