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  • Chinese Perspectives on the Kashmir Dispute
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   17 Feb, 2002    ·    #696    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese perspectives on the Kashmir problem require attention for at least three reasons: First, China is occupying over 20 percent of the total area of the former Kashmir State . A large tract, around 38,000 sq ...
  • Bargaining in Crisis
    Arpit Rajain    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #695    ·    Commentary    
    Following the December 13 attack on the Indian Parliament, the Indian Government quickly mobilised its troops and, if reports are to be believed, even deployed its missiles. India placed a charter of demands on Pakistan – pro...
  • Nepal: The Road Ahead
       ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #694    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists:   Sangeetha Thapliyal     Maj Gen Ashok Krishna       Ambassador Rajan ...
  • Terror Hunt: Warehousing and Mining Data
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #693    ·    Commentary    
    The official announcement of every terrorist attack invariably concludes with a stock phrase, “Ghatna sthal ke nikat suraksha ke prabandh our kare kar diye gaye hain (security arrangements around the place of incident have been further stren...
  • Sino –Indian Relations
       ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #692    ·    Commentary    
    Speakers:   WPS Sidhu     Associate, International Peace Academy, New York     ...
  • Pakistan and the United States Military Presence: Implications
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   07 Jan, 2002    ·    #691    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan has been designated by US policy planners and decision-makers as an “enduring strategic ally of long standing”. Military-to-military relationships of these strategic allies apart, Pakistan’s strategic and militar...
  • LTTE Overtures to India: Is it Real or Virtual?
    S. Ramkumar    ·   07 Feb, 2002    ·    #690    ·    Commentary    
    The LTTE’s request to the Government of India to allow it to hold talks with the Sri Lankan Government in South India , due to the ill-health of its London based Political Advisor, Anton Balasingham, is surprising. The outfit ...
  • Dealing with the NDFB
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #689    ·    Commentary    
    Within one week, terrorists of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) have struck twice. On 16 January 2002, thirteen persons were killed near Bijni in Bongaigaon district. Again, on 21 January 2002, seventeen were killed in a village un...
  • Profile of Indian Paramilitary Forces – IV Indo Tibetan Border Police
    Mallika Joseph    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #688    ·    Commentary    
    The Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force came into existence on 24th October 1962 to secure the 2115 km long Indo-Tibetan border from the Karakoram Pass to Lipulekh Pass and the tri-junction of India, Nepal and China. Though initially raised un...
  • Profile of Indian Paramilitary Forces – III The Central Industrial Security Force
    Mallika Joseph    ·   31 Jan, 2002    ·    #687    ·    Commentary    
    The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was constituted in 1968 to provide security and protection to the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).      The main role of the CISF, therefore, is to provide security to PSU...
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