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  • 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...
  • Counter-Insurgency in Kashmir: Bolstering VDCs
    Sreeram Sundar Chaulia    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #716    ·    Commentary    
    The insurgent gun and its carnage are the biggest problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir . Restoration of normalcy cannot be achieved without defanging Jihad. The father of Jihad, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, has raised the slogan: “Jihad a...
  • Prudence Demands India not Stretching the Rope too Far
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   10 Apr, 2002    ·    #715    ·    Commentary    
    It is heartening that the official Indian attitude towards the crisis in Indo-Pak relations has encountered serious criticism in many quarters. President Musharaff’s words need to be taken at their face value, and the righteous indignation c...
  • The Healing Wounds of Migration in Assam
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   13 Mar, 2002    ·    #714    ·    Commentary    
    The Assam movement that continued for over six years had centred on the unabated migration from Bangladesh , which threatened the identity of the Assamese people. So intense was the popular sentiment against being swamped by waves o...
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