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  • Proxy War in Kashmir & Pakistan's Economy
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   10 May, 2000    ·    #352    ·    Commentary    
    General Background Pakistan  has always faced economic difficulties due to several  reasons – a basically agrarian economy, lack of industrial infrastructure and the sizeable diversion of  financial resources to ...
  • India's Border Management
       ·   01 May, 2000    ·    #351    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: T. Ananthachari     Former Director General, Border Security Force     Analysts and policymakers tend to treat specific issues of national security in isolation, with the result that the tota...
  • Kargil Committee Report
       ·   01 May, 2000    ·    #350    ·    Commentary    
    Panelists: Lt. Gen. Hazari, PR Chari and Lt. Gen. VK Sood     Lt.Gen Hazari     The Kargil Review Committee had very specific terms of reference. It was to investigate events leading up to the Kargil ...
  • China, Taiwan and the US: The Present Stand-Off
    Sonika Gupta    ·   21 Apr, 2000    ·    #349    ·    Commentary    
    With the recent settlement of its border dispute with Russia , China has solved all its outstanding land border disputes. (The Sino-Indian border dispute is an exception but this dispute does not figure significantly in China ...
  • Pakistani Perceptions of President Clinton's visit
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   10 Apr, 2000    ·    #348    ·    Commentary    
    President Clinton's visit this month to South Asia was the first ever in a quarter century by a US President. The global and regional security environment has dramatically changed since then and therefore, logically US percepti...
  • Renewed Demands for Autonomy in Kashmir: An Analysis
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   10 Apr, 2000    ·    #347    ·    Commentary    
    The demands of the Muslims of the Kashmir valley for independence as distinct from the populace of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has become a feature of the scene. The external aid and prompting for this demand by Pakistan an...
  • Nepal: Need to Remould Friendly Relations
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   10 Apr, 2000    ·    #346    ·    Commentary    
    At present there are no entry and exit restrictions for Indian nationals and Nepalese subjects travelling between the two countries. As  employment opportunities within the kingdom are limited, tens of thousands of Nepalese cross into Ind...
  • President Clinton's visit to South Asia
       ·   03 Apr, 2000    ·    #345    ·    Commentary    
    Speaker: Prof. Muchkund Dubey     Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India     Prof. Dubey:     President Bill Clinton’s visit to South Asia was posi...
  • Widening the Nuclear Trigger
    Sabil Francis    ·   24 Mar, 2000    ·    #344    ·    Commentary    
    No matter what is said about civilian control over nuclear weapons, technology will ensure that they will remain in more hands than one. Since a Pakistani missile can destroy New Delhi in five minute, the power to launch a nuclear counter ...
  • Indo-US Rapprochement and Chinese Discomfiture
    Rahul Arun    ·   24 Mar, 2000    ·    #343    ·    Commentary    
    The statement of Indian defense minister George Fernandes in the wake of Pokhran II regarding China was definitely a faux-paux.  But the nuclear dynamics between India and Pakistan can never be understood without facto...
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