COMMENTARIES
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Surfing for Intelligence
Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd) · 04 Jul, 2000 · #386 · Commentary
In less than half a decade, politico-military intelligence will become commercially available on the Internet. It will be downloadable and delivered fully secure, and should the consumer so desire, customised. This is not a fanciful prediction, bu...
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President’s Visit in the Totality of Sino-Indian-US Relations
Mallika Joseph · 30 Jun, 2000 · #385 · Commentary
Speaker: Mr. TCA Rangachari
JS,
East Asia
, Ministry of External Affairs
Mr. Rangachari, who accompanied the President, Mr. KR Narayanan on his visit to
China
, presented a brief...
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Changing Contours of US-Bangladesh Relations
Abhishek Srivastava · 30 Jun, 2000 · #384 · Commentary
Bill Clinton became the first
US
President to visit
Bangladesh
on March 20th, 2000. Besides promising increased
US
assistance to
Bangladesh
he announced $97 million for food aid and $8.6 million towards reducing chi...
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The Other Side of Eelam: A Pandora’s Box?
N Manoharan · 26 Jun, 2000 · #383 · Commentary
The LTTE has ruled out participation in any peace process to resolve the ethnic crisis within the framework of a united
Sri Lanka
. The Tigers have resolved not to accept anything less than a separate Eelam. &nb...
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Psyint Analysis: Profiling Eelam Tigers
Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd) · 26 Jun, 2000 · #382 · Commentary
Psychological intelligence (psyint) as the name implies, gathers information and analyzes the psychological make-up of a group or individuals e.g., an enemy commander, a hacker or a terrorist. Part of behavioural science, its rudiments have not be...
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“Some Myths and Misconceptions”– An Addendum
N Manoharan · 26 Jun, 2000 · #381 · Commentary
Brig. Sinha’s ‘myths and misconceptions on ethnic conflict in
Sri Lanka
’ is commendable for looking at the crisis from a new angle. In addition to his list of delusions a few more need mention.
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Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India
Zarein Ahmed · 26 Jun, 2000 · #380 · Commentary
The ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka brings to light again the plight of refugees in this intractable conflict. Sri Lanka is a classic case of intense ethnic conflict causing refugee generation on an unprecedented scale. It is called the “isl...
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War in Sri Lanka : Some Myths and Misconceptions
· 26 Jun, 2000 · #379 · Commentary
The dramatic success of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) against the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) in recent months, culminating in the capture of the Elephant pass in the last week of April, has given rise to some misconceptions. After the cap...
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Pakistan – The Impact of India’s New Strategic Initiatives
Subhash Kapila · 26 Jun, 2000 · #378 · Commentary
Pakistan has gone through a chain of unsettling events in the last one year, namely:
1. The Kargil misadventure in mid-1999 w...
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Templating Pakistani Designs in the Light of History
Brig. SS Chandel · 26 Jun, 2000 · #377 · Commentary
Pakistan
’s Ghauri and Ghaznavi missiles are named after two Islamic heroes who savaged Hindu India. Both Mohammad Ghauri and Mahmood Ghazanavi were Afghans. But they possessed an aggressive Islamic mind set that was Pan Islamic.
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