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  • 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...
  • 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...
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