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Neighbour is not Sporting but we have Handed out invite.
March 28 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Not only the World Cup sporting fortunes of our cricket team in the quarter final match against Australia were in play, the political fortunes of our relations with Pakistan were at stake too. Unknown ...

International Relations and Diplomacy

China - Naxalite linkages: Gauging its dimensions
March 25 , 2011 Anoop A. J.
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The linkages synthesized by Maoist groups with militant organisations, North East insurgents and radical Islamic organisations particularly for availing terror logistics continues to be a key concern f...

Leftwing Extremism

Kashmir – A History of failed Interlocutors
March 25 , 2011 Indranil Banerjie
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If the Indian Home Minister is to be believed, then a solution to the Kashmir problem is at hand. Home Minister P Chidambaram told a Parliamentary Consultative Committee1 in early December 2010 that th...

Jammu & Kashmir

The ‘Londonistan’ Phenomenon and UK Intelligence
March 25 , 2011 Dr Prem Mahadevan
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Abstract This paper aims to explain how and why London came to be a hub for Pan-Islamist jihadism during the 1990s. It posits that the origins of the ‘Londonistan’ phenomenon lie in a long British tra...

Terrorism

The Prussian General Staff: Lessons for Indian Think Tankers
March 25 , 2011 Dr Prem Mahadevan
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This essay argues that if Indian think tanks are to influence policy, they need to replicate the conditions under which policy allows itself to be shaped by expert advice. The essay uses the 19th centur...

Governance and Political Studies

Hardly Any Water In Wikileaks Revelations
March 25 , 2011 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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Professional diplomats will find little that is new or startling in the Wikileaks cables. For them the quality and content of reporting in the leaked cables is quite standard fare.

International Relations and Diplomacy

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