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India, Sri Lanka – The Tamil Question
March 29 , 2013 Dr M N Buch (late)
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The island country of Sri Lanka is geographically part of the Indian sub-continent and though the Palk Strait does provide a narrow stretch of water physically separating Sri Lanka from India, not far b...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Back From The Brink
March 29 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 6098
Contrary to all expectations, the Italian marines have returned to India for trial. After having formally announced that the marines will not come back, the Italian government has dramatically reversed ...

Europe, International Relations and Diplomacy

Pakistan’s Dangerous Quest for Tactical Nukes
March 29 , 2013 Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Monika Chansoria
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Pakistan’s quest to acquire tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) has added a dangerous dimension to the already precarious strategic equation in South Asia. The security discourse in the subcontinent revolve...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Pakistan, Nuclear and Disarmament, Neighbourhood Studies

Stance on Sri Lanka a Blunder
March 26 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4496
Our conduct at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at Geneva on the US sponsored resolution against Sri Lanka on human rights violations of the tamilian population has raised questions about...

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

Pervez Musharraf Returns...From Exile into Oblivion?
March 26 , 2013 Sushant Sareen
Views: 2948
Pakistan’s former military dictator, Gen Pervez Musharraf, has ended his nearly five year long self-exile to return home to a tepid welcome by a handful of die-hard supporters and what was clearly a ‘re...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Anti-Lanka vote was a bad idea
March 25 , 2013 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4727
India has once again joined the US and other western countries to censure Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on the Tamil issue. This is objectionable on many counts....

Sri Lanka, Neighbourhood Studies

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February 7, 2025
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