COMMENTARIES
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Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policies in Tatters
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 10 Oct, 2001 · #603 · Commentary
Pakistan
’s policies towards
Afghanistan
have been shaped by its own strategic aims arising from its security perceptions and the demands of the Pakhtun people within
Pakistan
for independence.
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International Terrorism: The Pakistan Connection
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 10 Oct, 2001 · #602 · Commentary
International terrorism in its most diabolical manifestation found expression on 11September 2001 when Islamic Jehadis wreaked vengeance and terror in New York and Washington. Their vicious attacks were aimed at two symbolic targets of the might...
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Banning SIMI: A ‘right’ beginning, but…
D Suba Chandran · 09 Oct, 2001 · #601 · Commentary
The Central Government finally decided to ban the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, after considering the issue for a long time. The ban was justified on at least four accounts –...
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Terror in America: US Military Options
PR Chari · 09 Oct, 2002 · #600 · Commentary
The
United States
will never be the same after Black Tuesday; its sense of invulnerability, sheltering between the
Atlantic
and
Pacific
Oceans
, has disappeared after the World Trade Centre towers in
New York...
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Born to Die: The Black Tigers of the LTTE
D Suba Chandran · 07 Oct, 2001 · #599 · Commentary
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is one of the few groups in the world alongwith the Hizballah, the Hamas and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) of
Turkey to have an elite suicide squad. A comparative analysis of the Black Tigers w...
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Kashmir: The Way Ahead – V
· 07 Oct, 2001 · #598 · Commentary
Where does
Kashmir
stand today, in the aftermath of the
Agra
Summit
, with
Pakistan
making it very clear that without any progress on
Kashmir
, there can be no progress elsewhere?
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Primacy of Air Power in Conduct of Warfare
· 07 Oct, 2001 · #597 · Commentary
The role of air power will be crucial in the coming weeks if the
US and its allies start pounding Taliban targets and Osama bin Laden’s hideouts in
Afghanistan by hitting them with the latest cave buster bombs. To achieve victory...
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Productivity of Water and Environmental Security
Col. PK Gautam · 07 Oct, 2001 · #596 · Commentary
The annual precipitation over
India by rain and snow is 4,000 cubic kilometers (cu.km). Out of this, the annual run off is 1869 cu.km. Out of this run off, it is estimated that 690 cu.km of surface and 432 cu.km of ground water or a total of...
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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 ...
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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...
