COMMENTARIES
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The Lahore Declaration
· 16 Mar, 1999 · #177 · Commentary
A meeting of the Friday Group was held in IPCS on March 5 on the "The Lahore Declaration." It was led by Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna and Mr. Anand Verma.
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Indo-Pak Relations: Bus Diplomacy
· 12 Mar, 1999 · #176 · Commentary
The previous agreements between
India
and Pakistan- Tashkent and Shimla-did not lead to lasting peace betweeen the two countries. Thus, the
Lahore
, Declaration is the third attempt to finally break the ice. Unlike
Tashkent
...
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Atal Behari's Lahore Yatra: Limitations and Achievements
AK Verma · 11 Mar, 1999 · #175 · Commentary
Vajpayee's bus visit to
Lahore
has been seen as a milestone in Indo-Pak relations. To evaluate its true impact one must survey the evolution of
Pakistan
since its inception in 1947.
Pakista...
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Recent Trends in Indo-US Relations
Arvind Kumar · 09 Mar, 1999 · #174 · Commentary
The need to improve Indo-US relations was felt immediately after the nuclear tests conducted by
India
last summer. There have been eight rounds of talks between
India
and the
US
since then.
...
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Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States
· 25 Feb, 1999 · #173 · Commentary
A meeting of the Friday Group was held in IPCS on February 11 on the “Nuclear Situation in South Asia; Interaction with the United States”. It was led by Muchkund Dubey, former Foreign Secretary. ...
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Indo-Pak Power Deal and Confidence Building
D Suba Chandran · 12 Feb, 1999 · #172 · Commentary
Three rounds of discussions held at the technical level on the sale of electricity by
Pakistan
to
India
since November 98 have focussed on the following:
a) Quantum of Power that
Pakistan
is to s...
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Integration of Defence Apparatus
· 30 Jan, 1999 · #171 · Commentary
Mr. P.R. Chari initiated the discussion questioning the Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes’ determination to integrate the three Services and the defence ministry within a month. Fernandes had also made a statement that six milit...
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Eliminating Anti-Personnel Landmines
· 15 Jan, 1999 · #170 · Commentary
Unheralded and barely noticed a significant disarmament treaty comes into force from March 1, 1999. It is the Ottawa Treaty banning the "use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmine (APM) and their destruction".&n...
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India's Relations with USA: Post Pokhran-II
· 12 Jan, 1999 · #169 · Commentary
(Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Mr. P.R.Chari. The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and Prof. Ramesh Thakur on India-Japan relations can be found in...
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India's Relations with Japan: Post Pokhran-II
· 12 Jan, 1999 · #168 · Commentary
(Note: This part of the report is based on the presentation made by Prof. Ramesh Thakur, Vice-Rector, United Nations University. The report of other presentations in the seminar by C.V. Ranganathan on Sino-Indian relations and P.R. Chari on India-...
