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Hu Jintao’s India Visit Boosts Sino-Indian Relations

The Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to India signifies an important milestone in bilateral relations. The visit showed that there is a mutual willingness to keep the irritants aside and...

Jagannath P. Panda |
November 30, 2006 |
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Impression on International Seminar on Defence Finance and Economics

The recently concluded three-day international seminar on Defence Finance and Economics, organised by the Indian Ministry of Defence (Finance) in New Delhi, covered a wide variety of issues concerning defence...

Laxman Kumar Behera |
November 24, 2006 |
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Dynamics of China’s Supply of Nuclear Reactors to Pakistan

Despite the categorical denial by the Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson about a report published by a British newspaper in January 2006, that Islamabad was engaged in talks with China to...

Rajesh Kumar Mishra |
November 23, 2006 |
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Engaging ULFA in Assam

Efforts by the Government of India on the one hand and by non-governmental organizations on the other to bring the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to the negotiating table...

M. Amarjeet Singh |
November 23, 2006 |
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Vietnam in WTO: New Economic Calculations

Vietnam was inducted into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on November 8, 2006. This was approved by the General Council, the WTO's major decision-making unit, after due deliberations on October...

Pankaj K Jha |
November 22, 2006 |
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Terror in the Assam Hills

The two hill districts of Assam, North Cachar Hills and Karbi Anglong, are fascinating because these territories together are a microcosm of the larger ethnic profile of Northeast India. The...

Namrata Goswami |
November 21, 2006 |
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China’s Claims over Arunachal: Reflections on Chinese Foreign Policy and what India needs to do

Refuting China's claim over Arunachal Pradesh, India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee firmly reiterated that "The whole of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India." Coming as it did...

Abanti Bhattacharya |
November 21, 2006 |
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Chinese Strategy in the High Himalayas

As the India-China relationship continues to grow in the new Asian dynamics, Mr. Hu Jintao's maiden visit will indeed help to keep the momentum of improving ties going. The main...

Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy |
November 21, 2006 |
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Sri Lanka: Between Hope and Despair

At present Sri Lanka is witnessing the worst fighting since the signing of the ceasefire agreement (CFA) on February 22, 2002. The fighting was sparked by the LTTE's blockade of...

M. Mayilvaganan |
November 21, 2006 |
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Russia is Harnessing its Energy Potential to Regain its Former Glory

Russia's energy potential is undeniably playing a significant role in its geopolitical and economic revival. Viewing energy as the major source for its growth, Russia is modernizing and diversifying its...

Nivedita Das Kundu |
November 21, 2006 |
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External Linkages of Meitei Militants

The arrest of three United National Liberation Front (UNLF) leaders at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on October 2, 2006 necessitates an evaluation of the external linkages...

T. Khurshchev Singh |
November 21, 2006 |
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Fragging Cases in the Indian Army

Cases of soldiers serving in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) turning their weapons on themselves or their fellow soldiers have been reported recently. This is a cause of serious concern and...

B. S. Sachar |
November 20, 2006 |
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The Neutral Caretaker Government Interregnum in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh National Party (BNP), which came to power in 2001, completed its term on October 28, 2006 amidst violent protests that saw 24 people losing their lives. Rejecting the...

Smruti S. Pattanaik |
November 09, 2006 |
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While China Scrambles Africa Builds Hope

While commemorating 50 years of China's diplomatic ties with Africa, the China-Africa Summit, held on November 4-5, 2006 adopted a three-year action plan to deepen the existing political and economic...

Nivedita Ray |
November 09, 2006 |
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China’s Power Projection in Africa

The two-day China-Africa Summit on November 4 and 5, 2006 in Beijing, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of China-Africa diplomatic ties, created a new milestone in China's...

Abanti Bhattacharya |
November 07, 2006 |
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The SCO’s Current Approach

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental international organization founded in Shanghai on June 15, 2001 by six countries: Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Its member states...

Nivedita Das Kundu |
November 07, 2006 |
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The ISI’s Supervisory Role in Assam

Apart from aiding and abetting terrorism in Kashmir, Pakistan's intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), has also been fully engaged in building terror infrastructures in the rest of India,...

M. Amarjeet Singh |
November 07, 2006 |
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Airborne Laser Aircraft Rolls Out

"Not since that time nearly 2000 years ago, when Archimedes reflected the sun's rays to set the Roman fleet on fire, has the world seen a weapon that puts fresh...

A. Vinod Kumar |
November 06, 2006 |
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Changing World Strategic Landscape and India

It may have seemed ironic that Russia, the erstwhile archenemy of western military alliance was hosting, in St Petersburg earlier this year, the summit meeting of G-8, the epitome of...

Virendra Gupta |
October 31, 2006 |
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China’s Approach to the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

China's cautious approach to defusing the ongoing North Korean nuclear crisis underscores the dilemmas that exist in its difficult relationship with North Korea on the one hand and its interests...

Jagannath P. Panda |
October 31, 2006 |
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