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  • Negotiating with Terror: The Case of ULFA
       ·   07 Oct, 2001    ·    #595    ·    Commentary    
    The peacemakers and proponents of a military solution to insurgency in Assam would agree on a negotiated settlement to the problem, although they might differ on the timing of this process. While the peacemakers would seek to talk their way ...
  • Reassessing Pakistan
       ·   29 Sep, 2001    ·    #594    ·    Commentary    
    Re-assessing Pakistan by Anand K Verma provides a well reasoned analysis into the continuing animosity between India and Pakistan . This book is ideal for the reader who is looking for a concise work to understand Pakist...
  • Telling Flaws in Understanding Rubrics of Terror
    Maj Gen Deva    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #593    ·    Commentary    
    Professor Samuel Huntington’s thesis on “Clash of Civilizationsâ€Â...
  • The Looming Threat of Bioterrorism
    Maj Gen Deva    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #592    ·    Commentary    
    A two-day workshop was organized last week under the aegis of Indian Institute of Communicable Diseases on developing “surveillance mechanisms for pathogens with biological warfare potentialÃ&ce...
  • Terrorism in America
       ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #591    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists:         T Anantha Chari   Anand Verma   PR Chari     Chair:             Lt Gen VK Nayyar...
  • Pakistan’s Response to America’s War against Terrorism
    Chintamani Mahapatra    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #590    ·    Commentary    
    As terrorism struck the symbol of power – the Pentagon, and the symbol of wealth – the World Trade Centre, in Washington DC and New...
  • The Intelligence Secret
    Dr. Bhashyam Kasturi    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #589    ·    Commentary    
    The most secret organs of government deal with intelligence. The Indian government took this logic to the extreme; whilst publishing the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on Reforming National Security, it left completely blank the relevan...
  • Crisis of Governance in India
    saurabh    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #588    ·    Commentary    
    Democratic governance is measured by the level of people’s participation, free and fair elections, accountable elected representatives, availability of information, peopleââ&sb...
  • The Varieties of the American Mood and Motivation
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #587    ·    Commentary    
    President Bush has announced the nature and scope of the American response to the horrible terrorist attack. As anticipated, the US declared all out war on terrorism and its haven-givers. More precisely he identified Osama bin Laden and th...
  • India’s Options in American Tragedy
    Brig Sharma    ·   27 Sep, 2001    ·    #586    ·    Commentary    
    “Black Tuesday” has altered forever the concept of security and warfare, which threatens to plunge the world into economic gloom. Post September 11, a new world is emerging – a worl...
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