COMMENTARIES
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Nuclear Deterrence in Southern Asia – II
Arpit Rajain · 16 Oct, 2001 · #616 · Commentary
China
has been a key player in the South Asian nuclear dynamics since the early 1960’s. With the South Asian nuclear tests, a new source of instability was brought into the security architecture of
Asia
. This has led to furth...
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Nuclear Deterrence in Southern Asia – I
Arpit Rajain · 16 Oct, 2001 · #615 · Commentary
In 1946, strategic analyst Bernard Brodie wrote: “Thus far the chief purpose of our military establishment has been to win wars. From now on its chief purpose must be to avert them”. This sums up the basic premise of nuclear deterrence...
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Lawless Bihar-Democracy at all costs?
Sonika Gupta · 16 Oct, 2001 · #614 · Commentary
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Bihar
chapter of the Indian Medical Association is seeking legal opinion on whether they can discontinu...
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Chronicling the Afghanistan Tragedy – V Zahir Shah, Daud Khan and the Saur Revolution
D Suba Chandran · 16 Oct, 2001 · #613 · Commentary
Zahir Shah, who is now being considered as a key player by the West in setting up any broad-based coalition in the aftermath of the fall of the Taliban, became the King of Afghanistan in 1933. He was deposed by his cousin Daud Khan in 1973. ...
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Chronicling the Afghanistan Tragedy – IV The Great Game
D Suba Chandran · 16 Oct, 2001 · #612 · Commentary
The British and the Russians started showing interests in
Afghanistan
since the beginning of 19th century. The “Great Game”, as it came to be called later, started when
Persia
, with the Russian help, attempted to take o...
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Chronicling the Afghanistan Tragedy III The First Afghan Empire
D Suba Chandran · 11 Sep, 2001 · #611 · Commentary
The first Afghan Empire was established under Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1747. He belonged to the Durrani tribe and was selected as the leader of the tribe by the elders in
Kandahar
. He proceeded to win Ghazni,
Kabul
,
Herat
, Ma...
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Chronicling the Afghanistan Tragedy – II In Search of an Independent Kingdom
D Suba Chandran · 16 Oct, 2001 · #610 · Commentary
The ancient history of
Afghanistan
can be traced from the Achaemenid Empire of Darius the Great (500 BC).
Herat
(earlier known as Aria),
Balkh
(
Bactria
),
Kandahar
(Arachosia) were regional provinces, or satr...
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Chronicling the Afghanistan Tragedy – I The Land and its People
D Suba Chandran · 16 Oct, 2001 · #609 · Commentary
Afghanistan
is a heterogeneous country – geographically and ethnically. It encompasses an area of 245,000 square miles and is located between four strategically significant regions – Central Asia in the north, West Asia/Middle ...
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A New Face of Terrorism and Coming Anarchy
· 15 Oct, 2001 · #608 · Commentary
Terrorists want “a lot of people watching, not a lot of people dead”; but this has changed after the September Eleven multiple hijacking and synchronized suicide attacks on the
World
Trade
Center
and P...
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New Regime in Bangladesh: Concerns for India
· 11 Oct, 2001 · #607 · Commentary
The political spectrum of
Bangladesh
emerging out of the October 1st elections swung the pendulum unpredictably. In a reversal of public opinion, the BNP, with 186 seats, over three times that of the ruling Awami Leaague, secured a virtual...
