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  • Naga Cease-Fire Extension
    Bibhu Prasad Routray    ·   16 Jun, 2001    ·    #506    ·    Commentary    
    With the extension of the four year old cease-fire between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) for one more year, the doubts hovering over the minds of the policy makers seem to have disappe...
  • Genes Warfare: The Dreaded Possibilty Coming True
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   16 Jun, 2001    ·    #505    ·    Commentary    
    With the dawn of the new millenium comes the awe-inspiring news of cracking of the genetic code and widely speculated beginning of what is called the  “genome age.”Undoubtedly, the technology could be used for the good of mankind,...
  • The Need for a Chief of Defence Staff
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   31 May, 2001    ·    #504    ·    Commentary    
    India needs cohesion between the political will emanating from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the military strength of the armed forces. Each Service, especially during peacetime, pursues an independent role, thus inviting the bureaucracy of ...
  • The Oman-India Gas Pipeline Project: Need to Resurrect Again
    Om Prakash    ·   30 May, 2001    ·    #503    ·    Commentary    
    The much hyped and decade old proposal for the Indo-Oman gas pipeline has not been implemented due to lack of political will and on account of several geo-political factors considering its potential to fill the huge demand-supply gap of natural ga...
  • A Chief of Defence Staff for Three Services!
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #502    ·    Commentary    
    While the decision of  by the Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) to integrate the three Service headquarters with the Ministry of Defence is timely, reasons given for postponing creation of the post of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) are no...
  • Some Sino-Indian Areas of Environmental Cooperation and Concern
    Col. PK Gautam    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #501    ·    Commentary    
    There are some common environmental interests between India and China . Comprehensive security suggests that these be discussed and deliberated upon to develop cooperative approach.     Kyoto Protocol...
  • The National Missile Defence System: To back or not to back!
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   24 May, 2001    ·    #500    ·    Commentary    
    The ‘Cold Peace’ of the early post Cold War era has been replaced by a ‘Cold Conflict’; its challenges are more complex  The US foreign policy has a major role to play in this regard.     On 1st...
  • China’s Intelligence Agency Operations in India
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #499    ·    Commentary    
    India ’s national security threat perceptions focus on Pakistan and China and a combination of the two.  Both these countries have a conflictual record with India .  Contemporary developments would indicate ...
  • Asia Pacific Security: Australia’s Security Re-Defined
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #498    ·    Commentary    
    General Background     Australia ’s threat perceptions and security architecture is predominantly determined by the overall security environment prevailing in the Asia Pacific.  It also needs to be recalle...
  • A Meeting with Al Badr Group at Lahore
       ·   22 May, 2001    ·    #497    ·    Commentary    
    Al Badr was recognized in September 1999 as one of the nine major militant groups operating in the Valley. A delegation of retired soldiers from the India-Pakistan Soldiers’ Initiative for Peace, which had visited Pakistan recently, ...
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