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What Does the Chinese Take Over of Gwadar Imply?
February 21 , 2013 Radhakrishna Rao
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In a development that did not cause any surprise, Pakistan has handed over the administrative control of the Gwadar Sea Port on Makrana coast in Balochistan province to China Overseas Ports Holding Comp...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

As US goes Retrograde in Afghanistan Pakistan gets an Upgrade
February 20 , 2013 Monish Gulati
Views: 5455
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Afghanistan, US, Pakistan, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

Giving Delhi Some Parisian Delight
February 18 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 6116
France was first to offer a strategic dialogue after our 1998 nuclear tests, forswear sanctions and announce a “business as usual” policy towards India. This remarkably pragmatic position, surpassing th...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

The Politicisation of Criminal Justice
February 14 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 7214
Afzal Guru masterminded the attack on Parliament in 2001, which left nine security and parliament staff dead, with five attackers also being killed. He was arrested and tried for his crimes, sentenced ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Police - Law and Order, Governance and Political Studies

Afzal Guru’s Execution: Propaganda, Politics and Portents
February 12 , 2013 Sushant Sareen
Views: 3543
More than 12 years after the most audacious and outrageous act of terrorism against India – the attack on the Indian Parliament – one of the prime accused in the case, Afzal Guru, was finally executed a...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

India’s Compass on Terror is Faulty
February 12 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4161
Afzal Guru’s hanging shows the ineptness with which our political system deals with the grave problem of terrorism. The biggest challenge to our security, and indeed that of countries all over the world...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Terrorism

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