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  • US Sanctions against China and Pakistan- Who stands to gain?
    Sonika Gupta    ·   12 Sep, 2001    ·    #576    ·    Commentary    
    The recent US sanctions on China and Pakistan due to missile technology transfer by China to Pakistan display the US anxiety about damage to the non proliferation regime. Neither does this China-Pak ...
  • Insurgency in Tripura: Wake-up Call for the Political Establishment
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   12 Sep, 2001    ·    #575    ·    Commentary    
    The recent spate of attacks on the tribal leaders of the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) by the insurgent outfit, the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) is a grim reminder of similar attacks last year. These attacks appear to be...
  • Indo-Pak Trade
    D Suba Chandran    ·   12 Sep, 2001    ·    #574    ·    Commentary    
    Improving the trade relations between India and Pakistan has always been discussed in the various summits between the leaders of both the countries at the highest levels. A cursory look at the bilateral trade statistics will reveal...
  • Border Management: A Rebuttal to Brig Chandel’s A Border Guards Organization for Anti-Terrorist Operations
    Mallika Joseph    ·   10 Sep, 2001    ·    #573    ·    Commentary    
    Brig Chandel’s suggestions on better border management in his article, “A Border Guards Organization for Anti-Terrorist Operations” candidly portray the Army’s views on the paramilitary forces. His proposition on engaging/r...
  • Kashmir: The Way Ahead - IV
    D Suba Chandran    ·   10 Sep, 2001    ·    #572    ·    Commentary    
    Interview with Ram Mohan Rao, former Public Information Officer and Advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir Government         Where does Kashmir stand in Indo-Pak relations in the aftermath of the ...
  • Kashmir: The Way Ahead - III
    D Suba Chandran    ·   10 Sep, 2001    ·    #571    ·    Commentary    
    Interview with Prof Amitabh Mattoo, Jawaharlal Nehru University     Where does Kashmir stand today in the aftermath of the Agra summit?     Today there is a...
  • The Growing Dimension of ISI
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   05 Sep, 2001    ·    #570    ·    Commentary    
    Pakistan ’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) seems to have become a synonym for international terrorism. Combining its philosophy of “jehad” with espionage, subversion, sabotage and psychological warfare, it has acquired n...
  • Kashmir: Issues and Actors
    D Suba Chandran    ·   04 Sep, 2001    ·    #569    ·    Commentary    
    Kashmir became an issue between India and Pakistan in 1947, when Pakistan sent tribesmen and its own troops to capture Kashmir, which was then ruled by Maharaja Hari Singh. Muzafarabad was captured on 22 October 1947. When the troops from neighb...
  • US Initiative in Sri Lanka: In Search of Unambiguity
    Sarath Ramkumar    ·   04 Sep, 2001    ·    #568    ·    Commentary    
    Sri Lanka has been gripped by political uncertainty since mid-June, following the withdrawal of support to the ruling People’s Alliance (PA) government by the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress. President Chandrika has been resorting to vari...
  • International and Regional Security
    PR Chari    ·   03 Sep, 2001    ·    #567    ·    Commentary    
    It would be a truism to reiterate that international security is a seamless web. Regional and national security are parts thereof in a construction resembling the spider’s web. There is a central node, with skeins branching off in several di...
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