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  • Visit to India of General Fu Quanyou, Chief-of-Staff of China's P.L.A.
       ·   11 May, 1998    ·    #83    ·    Commentary    
    Since the more normalised pattern of Sino-Indian relations following former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's visit to China in 1988, there has been a steady flow of high-level visitors from China to India and vice versa. All the members of the ne...
  • Reviving Indo-U.S. Relations? US Envoy Bill Richardson's Visit to India
    Jolie Wood    ·   05 May, 1998    ·    #82    ·    Commentary    
    Last week's high-level delegation from the United States was accompanied by a flurry of news reports reflecting the high expectations many Indians have for increased cooperation and closer relations with the US . Special Envoy B...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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...
  • 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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