COMMENTARIES
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Indo-Pak Detente: From Periphery to the Core
AM Vohra · 25 May, 1998 · #97 · Commentary
On 23 March 1997
Pakistan
's then President Mr. Leghari said at the OIC Summit that
Kashmir
is essential for the survival of
Pakistan-
"is a matter of
Pakistan
's survival." In his book 'Raiders i...
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India was wrong to test, but what can the world do?
Ramesh Thakur · 25 May, 1998 · #96 · Commentary
New Delhi
seems to have concluded that the marginal costs of additional sanctions are outweighed by gains in national security and pride.
India
has long nursed a sense of grievance about international ''nuclear apartheid.&#...
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Pokharan II and its Impact on Chinese Strategic Thinking
Jonathan Pollack · 25 May, 1998 · #95 · Commentary
Sino-US Relations
It does seem to me that the timing of the tests (i.e., very near to
Clinton
's trip to
China
) presents the Chinese with at least a public relations opportunity with the
US
. T...
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Pokharan II: The way forward
PR Chari · 21 May, 1998 · #94 · Commentary
The hiatus between the developed nations and
India
is presently complete.
Australia
represents the maximalist position. Its Foreign Minister announced, "
India
must immediately sign the CTBT, join the international nucl...
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Pokharan II: Now What?
PR Chari · 21 May, 1998 · #93 · Commentary
The germane question now arises: can
India
’s forward march to nuclear weaponization be reversed? Perhaps, not. Before
India
proceeds ahead to weaponization, however, the direct and indirect costs involved need adding up.
...
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Pokharan II: Why?
PR Chari · 21 May, 1998 · #92 · Commentary
No doubt the BJP’s election manifesto, issued in February, promised to "re-evaluate the country’s nuclear policy and exercise the option to induct nuclear weapons"; and "expedite the development of the Agni series of bal...
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Pokharan II: How?
· 21 May, 1998 · #91 · Commentary
What do
India
’s five nuclear tests signify in technological terms? Before discussing this question a more pressing one arises: why did
US
reconnaissance satellites not discover these tests. The Atomic Energy Commission and th...
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Ghauri Missile : What Variant Is It Anyway?
Ashutosh Mishra · 11 May, 1998 · #90 · Commentary
Ever since the Pakistani government announced in April its having conducted a test of the "Ghauri" missile, 5th in the Hatf series, the debate is not so much on its lethality as its origins. In
India
, various theories have been f...
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Ghauri Missile Test and Pakistan's Security
Ashutosh Mishra · 11 May, 1998 · #89 · Commentary
Any nation's primary goal is to protect and secure adequate defence of its homeland. Any nation feeling insecure would be diverting its energies towards removing the sources of insecurity. They can resort to bilateral, and/or multi-lateral all...
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Madeleine Albright's Trip to China, 29-30 April 1998
Jolie MF Wood · 11 May, 1998 · #88 · Commentary
United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visited
Beijing
from 29 to 30 April in preparation for President Bill Clinton's visit in June, the first by a
US
head of state since the
1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. In...
