COMMENTARIES
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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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Generalship in the Kargil war
· 24 Mar, 2000 · #342 · Commentary
One questions begins to form in one's mind almost imperceptibly Was there any generalship in the Kargil War? Either on the Indian or the Pakistani side. True enough that there has not been enough scope in space and time to exercise this ...
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Indo-US Joint Effort on Countering Terrorism
Rajashree Kanungo · 24 Mar, 2000 · #341 · Commentary
The December 24 hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane by Harkat-ul-Mujahideen terrorists again exposed the ugly face of terrorism in
South Asia
. It was given a wake up call to the international community to counter the menace of terrorism....
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India's Peacekeeping Missions
N. K. Pant · 23 Mar, 2000 · #340 · Commentary
The dawn of the twenty first century is witness to many conflicts being fought around the globe than there were during the cold war period. The nature of conflicts has also become increasingly complex, which demands new approaches to resolve the...
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Reconaissance Sattelites
N. K. Pant · 12 Mar, 2000 · #339 · Commentary
One of the recommendations of the Subramaniam Committee report on Kargil tabled in Parliament in the last week of February, 2000 is strengthening aerial surveillance capability by the use of satellites. Reconnaissance satellites detect static or m...
