India and the Ottawa Treaty

As the Ottawa treaty completes a decade this September, it has been termed a "success in progress" by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). ICBL is upbeat about its...

• Medha Bisht |
• September 26, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Hyderabad Woes: Mecca Masjid, Lumbini Park…

Hyderabad has been reeling under deadly terror strikes. Three months after the serial blasts at Mecca Masjid on May 18, 2007, another pair of coordinated attacks rocked the city on...

• T. Khurshchev Singh |
• September 13, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Re-emergence of an Assertive Russia

Russia's decision to resume the Soviet-era practice of sending strategic bombers on long-range flights well beyond its borders, just a few days after concluding an air exercise over the North...

• Nivedita Das Kundu |
• August 29, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Student Violence Signals Growing Resentment against: the Caretaker Government in Bangladesh

"I want a country where the army cannot arrest anyone without a warrant. I want our political parties to be democratic, transparent and accountable. I want fair and neutral judges....

• Sreeradha Datta |
• August 24, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Bishkek Summit

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is gradually gaining clout and influence in the Central Asian region, which is increasingly attracting international attention. Dramatic events during the course of 2005 in...

• Meena Singh Roy |
• August 21, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Hizb ut-Tahrir’s Jakarta Conference

The Caliphate Conference of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) in Jakarta on August 12, 2007 brought together its global leadership from more than twenty countries. It reemphasized the establishment of an Islamic...

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay , Pankaj K Jha |
• August 18, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Assam-Nagaland Border Face Off

Come August, Assam and Nagaland breathed a sigh of relief with the heavens opening up to an extent, bringing with it much respite to the local people from recurring floods...

• Namrata Goswami |
• August 17, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Need to Enhance Diplomatic Impetus in India’s Global Energy Strategy

Overseas energy being a key factor in India's economic development, it is necessary to think whether we need to treat the country's global quest for energy resources as a purely...

• J Nandakumar |
• August 16, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Army that can Deliver

Bangladesh's Chief of Staff General Mooen U Ahmed's visit to India scheduled in the fourth week of August now stands postponed in wake of the severe floods sweeping across the...

• Sreeradha Datta |
• August 08, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Indian Defence Acquisition: Time for Change

The latest Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) Performance Report on Defence Services (No. 4 of 2007) has once again exposed the problems involved in Indian defence acquisition. The report has...

• Laxman Kumar Behera |
• August 03, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Imperative of Finalising the Nuclear Deal by 2008

Even though the Indo-US nuclear deal has passed one more hurdle with the completion of the 123 Agreement to the satisfaction of both governments, the remaining hurdles include the signing...

• Cherian Samuel |
• August 03, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Emerging Islamic Militancy in North-East India

The emergence of several Islamic militant groups in North-East India and their ability to forge close ties with the region's most violent militant groups like the United Liberation Front of...

• M. Amarjeet Singh |
• August 03, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Tackling the Challenge Posed by Amateur Terrorists

After a month of global media frenzy, alliterative headlines, statements by senior politicians across continents, charges and rebuttals, the terrorist attempts in London and Glasgow appear to be finally gaining...

• Alok Rashmi Mukhopadhyay |
• August 01, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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India-Bangladesh Relations after the Foreign Secretary Level Talks

The recently concluded Foreign Secretary level talks in Dhaka between India and Bangladesh saw agreement on three broad issues. The first of these related to sharing of intelligence pertaining to...

• Smruti S. Pattanaik |
• July 17, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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India and the Container Security Initiative

While the amorphous threat of terrorism can be extrapolated on the basis of what happened on 9/11, this constitutes only the 'visible horizon' of the extent of the terrorists' innovation....

• Gurpreet S Khurana |
• July 17, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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India and the US-India Agreement for Civil Nuclear Cooperation

Although it is nearly two years since the July 18, 2005 Joint Statement between President George Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced their intention to facilitate civil nuclear commerce...

• G. Balachandran |
• July 03, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Change the Pattern of Aid to Afghanistan

Nearly six years after the toppling of the Taliban regime and the completion of the Bonn Process, the situation in Afghanistan continues to remain fragile. A recent visit to provinces...

• Shanthie Mariet D'Souza |
• June 28, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Gaza on the Boil

The factional fighting between the Islamist Hamas, represented by the recently dismissed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip, and the 'moderate' Fatah, headed by the President of...

• S. Samuel C. Rajiv |
• June 21, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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The Caspian Pipeline Deal and Russia’s Energy Strategy in Central Asia

Vladimir Putin’s week-long visit to Central Asia in the second week of May 2007 was aimed at courting Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan as part of Russia’s future energy strategy in the...

• Meena Singh Roy |
• June 11, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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Surge in Infiltration Attempts Across the Line of Control in J&K

A surge in infiltration attempts by heavily armed terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K has been reported in the last two months. With the snow receding on...

• B. S. Sachar |
• June 07, 2007 |
• IDSA Comments

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