COMMENTARIES
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Improvised Explosive Devices - III: Types of IEDs & Training
Mallika Joseph · 29 Feb, 2000 · #332 · Commentary
Types of IEDs vary based on the type explosive used, method of assembly, and also the method of detonation. As this is restricted only by human ingenuity, the types of IEDs are infinite.
Types of explosives
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Improvised Explosive Devices - II: The Targets
Mallika Joseph · 26 Feb, 2000 · #331 · Commentary
For the Non State Actors (NSAs), their main battle is against the State. Therefore any person, institution and building representative of the State becomes the target for IED use. Security forces – military and paramilitary including police ...
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Improvised Explosive Devices - I: In the terrorist tool kit
Mallika Joseph · 23 Feb, 2000 · #330 · Commentary
Improvised Explosive Devices, most commonly referred to as IEDs, are the most commonly used tools of terror by non-state actors (NSAs). These devices incorporate highly destructive lethal and dangerous explosives or incendiary chemicals and are de...
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Islamic Fundamentalism and Terrorism
· 21 Feb, 2000 · #329 · Commentary
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Kostiner
Research Associate,
Moshe
Dayan
Center
for Near Eastern Studies,
Tel
Aviv
University
Dr. Joseph Kostiner ou...
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Revamping of Intelligence Apparatus
S. Ramkumar · 21 Feb, 2000 · #328 · Commentary
The hijacking of IC 814, and the earlier Kargil intrusions once again highlighted the pathetic state of our national security apparatus, particularly the ineptness of civilian intelligence agencies like the IB and RAW. Hopefully, the review commit...
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The Myth of Kashmir as Nuclear Flash Point
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 21 Feb, 2000 · #327 · Commentary
Kashmir
as a nuclear flashpoint in
South Asia
is a myth perpetuated since the 1980s by the
United States
and its "strategic ally of long standing", namely
Pakistan
. This myth is played up in
India
by...
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Japan and India: Imperatives for a Comprehensive Security Dialogue
Dr. Subhash Kapila · 21 Feb, 2000 · #326 · Commentary
Imperatives for a deep and powerful political relationship between
Japan and
India existed right from the 1950s, soon after the Korean war. However,
Japan at that time was too closely tied to the
United States take independ...
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Nuclear Arms: Strategic and Regional
· 15 Feb, 2000 · #325 · Commentary
Speaker: Ernest W. Lefever
Senior Fellow, Ethics and
Public
Policy
Center
.
Dr. Ernest Lefever began by assessing the reactions to
India
's nu...
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Situation in Kashmir
· 15 Feb, 2000 · #324 · Commentary
Speakers: Dr. Amitabh Mattoo, Mr. Prem Shankar Jha & Prof. Riyaz Punjabi
The views of the panelists concerning the present situation in
Kashmir
were:
· &nbs...
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Religious Organisations in Tibet: A Profile
Bhartendu Kumar Singh · 12 Feb, 2000 · #323 · Commentary
Lamaistic Buddhism has been the main reservoir of energy, ideas and ideals to successive generations of the Tibetan people. Buddhism entered
Tibet
in the fifth century, but for the first two hundred years its impact was not strong. It was ...
