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  • Vajpayee's China fiasco
       ·   12 Nov, 1998    ·    #151    ·    Commentary    
    India 's China policy is more or less a shambles today and the 'credit' for that belongs to Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee. This is not the first time that he has been 'a bull in a China shop'. In 1977-78, ...
  • Sino-Indian relations
       ·   12 Nov, 1998    ·    #150    ·    Commentary    
    The following is a combined report of two seminars organized on 16 and 23 October 1998 by the IPCS on Sino-Indian relations. The seminars were organized by the IPCS on Sino-Indian relations following the return of the speakers/resource persons a...
  • India-Pakistan Dialogue: A Small Step in the Right Direction
    Ashutosh Mishra    ·   30 Oct, 1998    ·    #149    ·    Commentary    
    Recently, India and Pakistan have realised that evolving less hostile relations with each other is a prerequisite to improving their battered images in the eyes of the international community. Also, the Pokhran-Chagai tests have fo...
  • No Use for a 'No First Use' offer: Pakistan's impeccable logic
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   26 Oct, 1998    ·    #148    ·    Commentary    
    Such is the state of India-Pakistan relations that even a resumption of foreign-secretary level meetings is hailed as an event of importance, even if they achieve only marginally. The recently held talks in Islamabad resulted in nothing mo...
  • The US Task Force and Celeste's Kashmir remarks
    Sushil J Aaron    ·   01 Oct, 1998    ·    #147    ·    Commentary    
    The recommendations of the Independent Task Force (ITF) established by the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution regarding a course of action for the United States towards a post-nuclear South Asia , especially ...
  • The Nuclear Scene: The Current Situation
       ·   30 Sep, 1998    ·    #146    ·    Commentary    
    1. Four months after the nuclear tests in South Asia it is time to take stock. The Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers have spoken recently at the UN General Assembly. Where do we stand now?     2. Both Prime Minis...
  • Against Nuclear Apartheid
       ·   28 Sep, 1998    ·    #145    ·    Commentary    
    The Case for India 's Tests     While the end of the Cold War transformed the political landscape in Europe , it did little to ameliorate India 's security concerns. The rise of China an...
  • CTBT Blues
    Prof. RVR Chandrasekhara Rao    ·   28 Sep, 1998    ·    #144    ·    Commentary    
    The matter of India signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)  has again surfaced from as good as a source as the Prime Minister himself. Atal Behari Vajpayee referred to a conditional adherence to the treaty.  Still, it r...
  • Kashmir Today - A Trip Report
       ·   15 Sep, 1998    ·    #143    ·    Commentary    
    What is the reality of insurgency in Kashmir today? In several ways the end of the 1998 summer will remain a major turning point. It follows three recent elections in the State. Which in turn has led to the current normalcy in the Valley. ...
  • US Air Strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan: Vital Questions and Important Lessons
       ·   15 Sep, 1998    ·    #142    ·    Commentary    
    Pre- emption rather than 'deterrence' seem to be the buzzword of U.S. administration. The recent U.S. missile strikes on the suspected W. M. D. facilities in Sudan and on terrorist bastions in Afghanistan ar...
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