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  • Afghanistan: Getting the Political Considerations Correct
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #646    ·    Commentary    
    The campaign in Afghanistan against terrorism has entered the phase involving ground troops. Hence, the need for bringing political considerations about Afghanistan ’s future into sharper focus. There is considerable vagueness...
  • The Afghan Conflict and Chinese Concerns
    Sonika Gupta    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #645    ·    Commentary    
    China ’s reserved participation in the “global coalition” against terrorism has been criticized by the Western media. However, its response is no different from that of the more forthcoming members of the coalition. Ch...
  • Indo-US Relations: Past, Present and Future
       ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #644    ·    Commentary    
    In his lucid and compressed presentation, Prof Thornton made the following points:     Immediately after India ’s independence there was an expectation of developing good relations between the two cou...
  • The Taliban “Split”: Forking a Knife
    D Suba Chandran    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #643    ·    Commentary    
    One major war effort of the West and the Northern Alliance inside Afghanistan was to split the Taliban. The West, led by the US , has been using at least three strategies to achieve this.      Fi...
  • Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections 2001 – I An Overview
    N Manoharan    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #642    ·    Commentary    
    Objective   :   To elect 225 members (196 members elected to multi-seat constituencies and 29 by proportional representation) for the 12th Parliament for a term of six years ...
  • Problem of Insurgency in Northeast: Looking Beyond Conspiracies
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #641    ·    Commentary    
    The Defence Minister George Fernandes accused Pakistan once again of being responsible for terrorism in the Northeast and Jammu and Kashmir . The Home Minister and Prime Minister have made similar accusations. These statements and b...
  • Territorial Army’s Greening Efforts in the Himalayas
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #640    ·    Commentary    
    During the past decades, there has been unchecked commercial exploitation of forest and mineral wealth by unscrupulous elements in the Himalayas resulting in denudation. The bare hillsides have also lead to soil erosion, frequent landslide...
  • China and the Afghan Crisis
    Abanti Bhattacharya    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #639    ·    Commentary    
    China has maintained a low profile regarding the Afghan crisis after the terrorist attack on September 11. It is being cautious and has adopted a pragmatic attitude towards the crisis. This cautiousness is informed by its policy towards th...
  • The Assam Rifles
    Lt Col AK Sharma    ·   22 Nov, 2001    ·    #638    ·    Commentary    
    P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-parent: "" }Assam Rifles (AR) is the oldest paramilitary force in India whose primary role is to protect part of India 's Northeas...
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
       ·   17 Nov, 2001    ·    #637    ·    Commentary    
    Panel: G Balachandran  PR Chari  Chair: ACM (Retd) Mehra  The seminar bega...
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