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  • Nepal after the Regicide: Maoist Threat Increases
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   05 Jul, 2001    ·    #516    ·    Commentary    
    This article is the continuation of Nepal under Maoist Threat written by Brig.C.B.Khanduri     The Communists seized the opportunity provided by the Royal massacre to bring to the fore their...
  • Indo-Pak Summitry - Learning From The Past
    PR Chari    ·   28 Jun, 2001    ·    #515    ·    Commentary    
    History teaches us, they say, that nations learn nothing from history; but nations, like individuals, can become prisoners of their own rhetoric. Can anything be learnt, however, from the earlier Indo-Pak Summits that were successful— Tas...
  • Indo-Pak Summits: A Profile
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Jun, 2001    ·    #514    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since the Simla Agreement, there only have been two bilateral summits at the Prime Ministerial level between India and Pakistan . The first was between Rajiv Gandhi and Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad in December 1988, when...
  • Indo-Pak Summit: CBMs in the Economic Field
    D Suba Chandran    ·   27 Jun, 2001    ·    #513    ·    Commentary    
    There is great scope for cooperation between India and Pakistan in the economic field, which could be discussed during Musharraf’s visit to India . One of the issues that was discussed during Vajpayee’s visit to ...
  • Emerging Scenario in Nepal and Implications for Indo-Nepal Relations
       ·   27 Jun, 2001    ·    #512    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists     Amb. A. R. Deo.     Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Ashok Mehta.     Ms. Sangeeta Thapliyal     Initiating the discussion on the recent developments in...
  • The Vajpayee-Musharraf Meet: Will the US hand turn the tide?
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #511    ·    Commentary    
    After the failed ‘bus diplomacy’ more than two years back, the Indian Prime Minister has once again attempted to open a new chapter in mutual co-operation, for improving the ties between India and Pakistan . India ...
  • This is not the road to peace in Kashmir
    Amit Jain    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #510    ·    Commentary    
    The Indian government's peace offensive in Kashmir has failed. After stubbornly refusing to talk to Pakistan - the Indian government finally gave in and invited General Musharraf for talks. Although the Indian government’s abrupt turna...
  • Indo-Nepal Relations: Differing Perspective
    Brig. SP Sinha    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #509    ·    Commentary    
    In recent years there have been perceptible strains in Indo-Nepal relations. The growth of the ISI’s activities in Nepal detrimental to India ’s internal security has caused great concern and alarm not only in the Governmen...
  • Indian Annual Defence Report : Chinese Criticism
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #508    ·    Commentary    
    The Ministry of Defence’s annual report for 2000-2001, a mundane yearly exercise of self praise would not have come to prominence, had it not attracted the flak from Beijing . Its opening  chapter usually deals with the national ...
  • The Palace Tragedy of June 2001
    Brig Chandra B Khanduri    ·   25 Jun, 2001    ·    #507    ·    Commentary    
    The history of Nepal has witnessed turbulent developments. Prithvi Narayan Shah, the founding father of unified Nepal has been compared with William the Conqueror in ruthlessness, callous disregard of human sufferings and committin...
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