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Oct 10, 20099 min read
Coming to Terms with China's Presence in South Asia
[Extracts of this article were included in a presentation by the author at a seminar “China in the 21st Century” organised by the VK...
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Oct 4, 20092 min read
October 1: Day Of Mourning In Xinjiang & Tibet
According to reliable source reports from Tibet and Xinjiang, October 1, 2009, which marked the 60the anniversary of the founding of the...
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Sep 22, 200917 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part VII
(To be read along with “Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway” — Part I , Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI)...
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Sep 20, 20098 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part VI
(To be read along with “Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway” — Part I , Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V) The Aga Khan...
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Sep 18, 20093 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part V
(To be read along with “Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway” — Part I , Part II, Part III, Part IV) The Human Rights...
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Sep 16, 20093 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part IV
(To be read along with “Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway” — Part I , Part II, Part III) The anti-Shia incidents of...
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Sep 15, 20095 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part III
(To be read along with “Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway” — Part I , Part II) The first signs of political ferment...
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Sep 13, 20099 min read
Gilgit-Baltistan: The AQ Khan Proliferation Highway—Part I
On September 7,2009, President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan signed what was called the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance...
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Sep 4, 20095 min read
Myanmar: Another Gesture by Junta to US?
The Kokang and Wa regions of the Shan State of Myanmar predominantly consist of non-Han tribals of Yunnanese origin, who are to be found...
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Sep 3, 20098 min read
Bangladesh: Sitting on History's Knife Edge
The history of Bangladesh’s liberation would have been lost had the “January 11” military backed emergency not been imposed. Army Chief...
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Sep 2, 20095 min read
Deterrence by Ambivalence
India’s nuclear weapons capability so far held to be sufficient for the pronounced policy of minimal deterrence took a curious turn...
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Aug 31, 20099 min read
Hatoyama as Japanese PM: Implications For India
(To be read in continuation of my earlier article of August 18,2009, titled “Maritime Security Concerns of Japan & Prospects of...
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Aug 28, 20096 min read
China in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
Among the major development projects in Pakistan in which the Chinese have been involved till now are the construction of an...
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Aug 12, 20094 min read
Myanmar: Suu Kyi’s Conviction & India’s Shameful Silence
The conviction and sentencing of democratic opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, to additional 18 months house arrest by a Yangon...
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Aug 5, 20093 min read
North Korea: Obama's Search for New Diplomatic Options
Former President Bill Clinton paid a surprise one-day visit to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on August 4,2009, and met among...
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Aug 2, 200910 min read
Myanmar: Another Iraq or Another Iran?
Is the military junta in Myanmar trying to acquire a military nuclear capability with North Korean assistance? Or is North Korea trying...
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Jul 20, 200938 min read
Chinese Anger Against National Endowment for Democracy
In the context of the recent violent disturbances in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang province of China, the People’s Daily, published...
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Jul 16, 20096 min read
Nepal : Inviting the Dragon In
Some very dangerous thoughts have recently been articulated by senior Nepalese journalist and political activist, N.P. Upadhyaya in an...
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Jun 9, 20099 min read
Bangladesh: BNP- Jamaat Web -China Connection
There is “something rotten in the Kingdom” of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) in Bangladesh, to...
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Jun 9, 20093 min read
Media Bytes On Chinese Influence in Sri Lanka
Here are my answers to some of the questions raised by media representatives on the growing influence of China in Sri Lanka noticed...
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