COMMENTARIES
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Landmines Elimination: The Global Debate
Jolie MF Wood · 17 Apr, 1998 · #79 · Commentary
The Institute hosted a discussion on "Landmines Elimination: the Global Debate" on 4th April. General Sir Hugh Beach (Retd.), former Adjutant General of the British Army, Brigadier Patrick Blagden (Retd.), an international expert on demi...
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NSC: Why It Has Failed To Come About In India
AK Verma · 17 Apr, 1998 · #78 · Commentary
Few knowledgeable persons will disagree that the failure to arrive at correct decisions has been responsible for several problems that have bedeviled
India
ever since it achieved independence 50 years ago. The list starts with the Kashmir ...
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National Security Council: The Options
PR Chari · 17 Apr, 1998 · #77 · Commentary
The BJP Government’s National Agenda for Governance specifies it would establish a National Security Council "to analyze the military, economic and political threats to the nation, also to continuously advise the government. This counci...
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PAK-US SYMPOSIUM
· 24 Mar, 1998 · #76 · Commentary
This meeting was held under the auspices of the Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad - a government-funded institution (Director, Lt. Gen. Nishat Ahmad), and the Programme in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, at the Univers...
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Indo-US South Asian Futures Conference
· 20 Mar, 1998 · #75 · Commentary
This conference was held on the 20th and 21st of March between the
Institute
of
Peace
and Conflict Studies,
New Delhi
, and the Program for Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security,
University
of
...
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Kashmir Today
· 17 Mar, 1998 · #74 · Commentary
After three elections in two years the
Kashmir
Valley today bears all the attributes of normalcy. Schools opened in the middle of March after the long winter recess. Towns and cities witness the hustle and bustle of daily routine. ...
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Role of China in South Asia's Future
· 16 Mar, 1998 · #73 · Commentary
Not unexpectedly, China was a running thread in almost all the presentations made at the South Asia Futures Conference held in New Delhi (20-21st March 1998), although only the presentation by Jonathan Pollack of the Rand corporation was specifica...
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Nuclear Disarmament: An Indian View
· 16 Mar, 1998 · #71 · Commentary
The Oxford Research Group seminar on Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament held its wrap up session at the USI auditorium on 6 March '98. In addition to a presentation of the Workshop findings, there were a few keynote speeches. The more imp...
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Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament: An Overview
· 16 Mar, 1998 · #70 · Commentary
A workshop of Global Security and Nuclear Disarmament was held from 2-6 Mar 98 under the auspices of the Oxford Research Group (ORG) and the United Services Institution (USI),
India . It was held at the Neemrana Palace Hotel, Rajasthan, some...
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Consequences of India Going Nuclear
Munir Ahmad Khan · 15 Mar, 1998 · #69 · Commentary
India 's BJP government was voted into power on the basis of a manifesto that called for the open development of nuclear weapons and associated missile delivery systems. Now that the BJP is in office, will it deliver on its nuclear promi...
