North Korea – Construction of Nuclear Power Plant
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In the latest game of one-upmanship vis-à-vis the US and other members of the six-party talks (SPT), North Korea has upped the ante by announcing to the world that there...
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The 2010 U.S. Mid-Term Elections and American Foreign Policy
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U.S. President Barack Obama set off for a 10-day tour of India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan soon after his Democratic Party suffered a resounding defeat in the congressional mid-term...
Read MoreKarachi is Burning, Pakistan is Tottering
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The latest audacious terror attack on the CID Police Headquarters in Karachi on the night of November 11 is a telling commentary on the state of affairs in Pakistan’s biggest...
Read MoreRussia-China-India Trilateral: Calibrating a Fine Balance
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The Russia-China-India trilateral began in the Chinese city of Wuhan on 14 November and will conclude today. India’s External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Russian...
Read MoreNew Zealand’s Defence White Paper 2010
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On November 2, 2010, the New Zealand government released the long-awaited and somewhat delayed Defence White Paper 2010. This was the first review of the country’s national defence posture after...
Read MoreObama’s Visit and the Nuclear Conundrum
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The 2010 American presidential visit to India was arguably an economy-dominant event. Admittedly, Pakistan and the endorsement of the Indian candidature for permanent membership of United Nations (UN) Security Council...
Read MoreChina relents but cannot stop North Korea from weapon proliferation
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North Korea’s nuclear weapons development programme has remained a worry for the world. Global efforts to rein in Pyongyang have yielded little results and the ‘rogue’ state continues to defy...
Read MoreChina Air Show-Zhuhai 16 November 2010
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China began showcasing its air power capabilities in 1996 when it staged the first Air Show in Zhuhai near Macao in the southern province of Guangdong. Since then it has...
Read MoreObama’s Visit and Strategic Trade Management
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The India visit was the first halt in US President Barack Obama’s Asian journey. It resulted in several tangible and intangible outcomes. These outcomes were both exciting and lacklustre. Some...
Read MoreIndonesia-US Relations in the context of President Obama’s visit
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Indonesia is the second stopover after India in President Barack Obama’s four-nation tour of Asia that also includes South Korea and Japan. The much deferred visit to the leading ASEAN...
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