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  • Situating India in the Dynamics of Globalisation
    Rahul Arun    ·   12 Apr, 2001    ·    #486    ·    Commentary    
    The post cold war world has witnessed tectonic shifts in the global politico-economic architecture, which has stratified the world between the Czars of the North and the vassals of the South.  Globalisation of the international economy has re...
  • Myanmar: Contending hegemonies between India and China
    Abhishek Srivastava    ·   12 Apr, 2001    ·    #485    ·    Commentary    
    Myanmar was shunned by India after its pro-democracy movement was crushed by the Army.  This was a blunder.  Indian wisdom now to deal with Myanmar has resulted from the increasing Chinese hegemony over Myanma...
  • Lessons from Bamiyan
    Brig. SS Chandel    ·   22 Mar, 2001    ·    #484    ·    Commentary    
    The vandalistic destruction of the massive images of Buddha in Bamiyan in Afghanistan is an expression of implacable hatred that the ruling Taliban has for everything that, has even the remotest connection with ‘Hindu’ Indi...
  • Extending the Peace Net: Three Snakes and a Peacock
    N Manoharan    ·   14 Mar, 2001    ·    #483    ·    Commentary    
    After Kashmir , it is the turn of the Northeast. The Centre is “actively” considering the Nagaland government’s proposal to extend the three-year-old ceasefire with the NSCN (IM) to two other insurgent groups—NSCN(K)...
  • Nuclearisation of Tibetan Plateau and its Implications for India
    Satish Kumar    ·   13 Mar, 2001    ·    #482    ·    Commentary    
    Li Peng has visited India and met the Indian President, Prime Minister, other leaders and the media. But he ducked the Tibet issue, since China does not consider Tibet to be a dispute between India and C...
  • Pakistan: Key Questions-and Some Preliminary Answers: A Trip Briefing
    Stephen P Cohen    ·   08 Mar, 2001    ·    #481    ·    Commentary    
    Is Pakistan failing? (When will Pakistan fail?)     The wrong question. Some critical institutions have long since failed or never achieved coherence (the political system), others are faltering (the civilia...
  • Philosophy of terrorism in Kashmir
    Brig. SS Chandel    ·   08 Mar, 2001    ·    #480    ·    Commentary    
    One of the characters of Jack Higgins, the insightful novelist, articulates the philosophy of terrorism thus: “The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize – Lenin said that in 1921. Michael Collins lived by that creed; he said it was the ...
  • Birds : Hazards To Safe Flying
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   08 Mar, 2001    ·    #479    ·    Commentary    
    Bird hits continue to cause concern to military and civil aviation. According to one estimate, one fifth of the crashes of IAF planes are due bird strikes. The risk of bird strikes is particularly high for the fighter aircraft with single engines ...
  • Future of US Policy in South Asia: Controlling Pakistan
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #478    ·    Commentary    
    Prior to his departure for South Asia in March 2000, President Clinton summed up his views on the region by calling it ‘the most dangerous place’. South Asian observers could have hardly agreed more. After Pokhran and Chagai in...
  • Jihad, Pakistan and Indo-Pak Dialogue
    D Suba Chandran    ·   02 Mar, 2001    ·    #477    ·    Commentary    
    Ever since the military coup and acquiring power, General Musharraf has been continuously expressing his desire for a dialogue with India at various platforms. One significant condition for any such dialogue from India ’s side...
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