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China-Pakistan Railway Project
July 19 , 2010 Debasish Chaudhuri
Views: 23407
There were considerable enthusiasms in Pakistan prior to President Asif Ali Zardai’s visit to China which ended with much less triumph because the two main areas of negotiations, namely, civil nuclear e...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

India-Pak talk: TRUST DEFICIT AND CURRENCY OF HOPE
July 17 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4449
It is not clear what External Affairs Minister’s visit to Pakistan in mid-July can realistically achieve in bridging the trust deficit between India and Pakistan. This distrust spans sixty three years. ...

Pakistan

Ensnare Pakistan in Afghanistan
July 17 , 2010 Sushant Sareen
Views: 4803
With the Americans having conceded a central role to Pakistan in the latest round of the never-ending ‘endgame’ in Afghanistan, the spectre of Taliban returning to power in Kabul is all too real for cou...

Afghanistan

A China-Pak Nuclear Axis Against India
July 14 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 10032
The issues involved in China’s sale of two more nuclear reactors need to be better understood. Arguments that India, as a non-NPT state, has itself secured a nuclear deal with the US and therefore has l...

Nuclear and Disarmament

Reflecting upon Urumqi Riot on its First Anniversary
July 12 , 2010 Debasish Chaudhuri
Views: 4837
Last year summer, the northwestern city of Urumqi experienced an unprecedented outburst of ethnic tension between the Han and the Uyghur communities. The riot popularly came to be known as “July 5th inc...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

PAK ACTIONS NOT DIALOGUE WILL REDUCE TRUST DEFICIT
July 6 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3647
It is easy to take the position that we must have a dialogue with Pakistan. It can be argued that as Pakistan is a neighbour, and cannot be wished away, we have to talk to it whatever the provocation. N...

Pakistan

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OVERVIEW The African continent witnessed significant developments over the past two weeks. The continent faces numerous...

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Economic The U.S. Has Been Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing. But China Is in Another League. Countries around the...

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In this Issue I. Defence and Security Sudarshan S-400 'Shot Down' Almost Entire 'Enemy' Package in Exercise India Tests...

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Potsherds adorned with fish motifs; copper objects excavated from Tamil Nadu's Keeladi- Deccan Herald In the previous week,...

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