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  • US Sanctions Regime and Defence Preparedness
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   25 Jan, 2001    ·    #456    ·    Commentary    
    New Delhi must take up strongly with the new administration in Washington the issue of lifting sanctions slapped by the US and its European allies after the Pokhran II underground nuclear tests in May 1998. These measures have adve...
  • Pakistan-Taliban Nexus
    Parama Sinha Palit    ·   25 Jan, 2001    ·    #455    ·    Commentary    
    Indians would remember the last week of the last millennium for several years to come. The hijacking of a New Delhi-bound Indian Airlines aircraft from Kathmandu by the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HUM) on the eve of Christmas, subjected the nati...
  • Government’s Stand on CTBT - Cavalier Approach to National Security
    Sarath Ramkumar    ·   30 Jul, 2000    ·    #454    ·    Commentary    
    Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh, while intervening in a debate in the Rajya Sabha on November 23, said that India had placed a voluntary moratorium on conducting further tests, but the inherent right to conduct them was ââ‚...
  • Japan: The Emerging Defence Debate
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   23 Jan, 2001    ·    #453    ·    Commentary    
    Japan had a ?Peace Constitution? imposed on it by the United States in the aftermath of World War II.? Article 9 of this Constitution banned Japan from waging war to settle international disputes.? Japan was also no...
  • Li Peng's Visit to India
    Sonika Gupta    ·   18 Jan, 2001    ·    #452    ·    Commentary    
    The visit of China ’s National People’s Congress Chairman, Mr. Li Peng, to India is essentially a feel good exercise. However, in view of recent tension between the two countries, this exercise is significant. Li Peng ha...
  • Cease the Fire and Catch the Peace
    N Manoharan    ·   18 Jan, 2001    ·    #451    ·    Commentary    
    To the surprise of all, the LTTE announced a unilateral ceasefire on December 21, 2000 stating its “sincere desire for peace and a negotiated settlement” of the ethnic conflict. The announcement was sudden, but not unexpected. &nbs...
  • Indian Industries and the Threat of Chinese Imports
    Arundhati Ghose    ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #450    ·    Commentary    
    Chinese exports are competing with goods produced by industries in several countries including India . Many of India ’s small-scale industries are either under threat or facing stiff competition of cheap imports from China ...
  • India Between America and Russia: Need to Tilt Towards U.S.
    Satish Kumar    ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #449    ·    Commentary    
    Indian foreign policy makers are trying to establish a delicate balance between Russia and America . The two different poles of the Cold War are coming closer to India and desiring a strategic partnership with it. One is a t...
  • Russian Foreign and Security Policies at the Juncture of the Millennium
       ·   16 Jan, 2001    ·    #448    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Prof. Grigori Sergeevich Khozin     (Dept. of Foreign Policy and International Relations, Russian Diplomatic Academy, Moscow )     5 January 2001     The speake...
  • Leading Towards Sino-Indian Detente
       ·   30 Dec, 2000    ·    #447    ·    Commentary    
    The Chinese are reported to have sent their maps of the Sino-Indian border to the MEA. This is a sequel to the earlier agreements on the LAC and CBMs of 1993 and 1996. It is also learnt that while the Chinese accept the 1914 MacMahon line for the ...
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