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OPEN SEASON ON PAKISTANI SHIAS
September 13 , 2010 Sushant Sareen
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From Gilgit to Karachi and from Lahore to Quetta, extremist Sunni terrorist groups appear to have declared an open season on the minority Shia community in Pakistan. Despite the expressions of outrage a...

Pakistan

Analysis: Chinese Military “Buildup” in Gilgit
September 10 , 2010
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Selig Harrison’s report on the deployment of 7-11,000 Chinese troops in the Gilgit Region of POK has caused considerable concern in India. By way of denial the Pakistanis and Chinese have not refuted th...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

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MPs’ SALARIES - WORK LESS, EARN MORE
September 6 , 2010 Dr A Surya Prakash
Views: 7146
One does not know whether our MPs are aware of it, but there is widespread public resentment over the humongous salary hike that they have merrily given themselves during the recent Monsoon Session of P...

Governance and Political Studies

India is the Bigger Victim
September 1 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3942
The Jammu and Kashmir problem has imposed heavy political, diplomatic and military costs on India for the last 63 years. It has excessively conditioned our external relations, with much of our diplomacy...

Jammu & Kashmir

What Strategic Ties with The US?
August 29 , 2010 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 3854
We must make a distinction between “improved”, or even “transformed”, relations with the US and a “strategic partnership” with it. We have moved from a relationship traditionally riddled with mutual sus...

International Relations and Diplomacy

India’s Trajectory to Regional and Global Power: Risks, Obstacles and Strengths
August 29 , 2010 A K Verma (Member, VIF Advisory Board)
Views: 6694
Many observers have commented that the 21st century belongs to India (and China). Since economics is increasingly becoming the currency of power this statement acknowledges the changing balance of power...

Governance and Political Studies

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