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  • The New Bush Administration and India
    Dr. Chintamani Mahapatra    ·   11 Aug, 2001    ·    #536    ·    Commentary    
    The Bush Administration seems to be interested in establishing a "strategic partnership" with India . President George W Bush, US Trade Representative Robert B Zoellick and Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca and others h...
  • Nepal: The Citizenship Bill and its Implications
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   11 Aug, 2001    ·    #535    ·    Commentary    
    On July 21, 2001, the Nepalese Supreme Court issued what can easily be called a destabilising historic landmark decision in Indo-Nepalese relations. For, on this day, the Nepalese apex court declared that "no foreigner of any gender would be ...
  • Agra: The Way Ahead
    Lt. Gen. AM Vohra    ·   02 Aug, 2001    ·    #534    ·    Commentary    
    General Musharaff statement that there is no military solution to the Kashmir issue is of considerable significance. Since October 1947 Pakistan has been seeking it, but, three wars and a proxy war since 1988 have not provided one....
  • Attack at Katunayake: Strategic Rights and Political Wrongs
    N Manoharan    ·   02 Aug, 2001    ·    #533    ·    Commentary    
        The daring attack by the LTTE on the Katunayake air base and the Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo on July 24 entailed an “unprecedented destruction for modern aviation&rd...
  • China, Russia and India: Strategic Triangle or Triangular Co-operation?
    Satyajit Mohanty    ·   30 Jul, 2001    ·    #532    ·    Commentary    
    The idea of a strategic triangle between Russia , China and India was floated by the then Russian Prime Minister Mr. E. Primakov during his visit to New Delhi in December 1998. The Chinese revived this idea before Ji...
  • NMD's Chain Reactions And India
       ·   27 Jul, 2001    ·    #531    ·    Commentary    
    The proposed National Missile Defense  plan of the US has raised apprehensions in  international players who contend that it  will  turn the present global nuclear order upside down;   arms control would field to a re...
  • Fearing a Chinese nuclear attack in Arunachal Pradesh
    Bhartendu Kumar Singh    ·   25 Jul, 2001    ·    #530    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since India went nuclear in 1998, the question has become critical for strategic analysts whether China would use nuclear weapons against India in any future scenario. Opinion on this issue is divided into two categori...
  • Naga-Cease-Fire Extension: Clash of Imagined Homelands
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   25 Jul, 2001    ·    #529    ·    Commentary    
    As the Union government debates over the fall out of a possible backtrack from the June 13 cease-fire extension with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the Indian Northeast stands on the threshold of a possible phase...
  • Stray Thoughts On The Agra Summit
    PR Chari    ·   23 Jul, 2001    ·    #528    ·    Commentary    
    In his perceptive book “Evolution of the Diplomatic Method” Sir Harold Nicholson offers some useful vignettes on diplomacy in the Greek City States. Ambassadors were chosen for their “known respectability and reputed wisdom&rdquo...
  • A Tale of Two Decisions
    N Manoharan    ·   19 Jul, 2001    ·    #527    ·    Commentary    
    Consciously or unconsciously July has become an eventful month in the history of Sri Lanka . On July 10, 2001, the Sri Lankan President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, prorogued the Parliament till September 7, and announced a referendum to be held ...
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