Archive for May, 2009

Changing China

Changing China

D S Rajan The PLA is fast becoming a professional and apolitical army, with entry into it of qualified persons in engineering and science and technology. Its cyber...

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Chasing the black money

Chasing the black money

Harsh Gupta IN THE run-up to the Lok Sabha elections,. the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has raised the issue of illegal wealth in Swiss banks and other tax havens—astutely...

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Tampering with evidence

Tampering with evidence

Rohit Pradhan WHO IS Teesta Setalvad? A tireless fighter for the unfortunate victims of 2002 Gujarat riots waging a relentless battle against an unsympathetic state...

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Showing unhappiness

Showing unhappiness

David Bandurski UNHAPPY CHINA, a now best-selling book by several Chinese academics arguing in Darwinian terms that China should carve out for itself a pre-eminent...

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Waiting for true federation

Waiting for true federation

Umair Ahmed Muhajir IT HAS been apparent for some time now (at least since the killing of Baloch leader Nawab Aftab Ahmed Bugti in August 2006 by the Pakistani...

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Taliban at the gate

Taliban at the gate

Ahsan Butt THE INCREASING concern—internationally, regionally, and nationally—directed at Pakistan’s internal stability is well-founded. The threat from the...

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“It was always about oil, dear!”

“It was always about oil, dear!”

T S Gopi Rethinaraj ONE OF the most controversial and misunderstood issues in history and contemporary affairs is the relationship between natural resources and...

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