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Author Archives: Thebookreviewindia

Contours of Calamity

Volume III No. 6 - MAY/JUNE 1979By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Recently, after the publication of the volume under review, parts of coastal Andhra, and to a lesser extent coastal Tamil Nadu, faced the fury of a cyclone, with considerable loss of life and pro­perty, leaving a grim trail of sorrow and suffering. But this year’s cyclone can hardly be compared with the calamity that struck the Andhra coast twenty months ago.

When Nature Strikes

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

An unprecedented Indian Ocean tsunami created havoc in December 2004 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Southern India where thousands of people died and lakhs of people became homeless.

Roadblocks to Ethnic Reconciliation

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

he Sri Lanka Army ended 25 years of Tamil separatist insurgency on May 19, 2009 when it defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).

The South Asian Terror Story

UncategorizedBy ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The contributors to this volume including former Indian Army Chief General V.P. Malik, S.D. Muni, Arvind Gupta among others, all belonging to the South Asian region, have provided valuable insights on the issue of terrorism and have also suggested measures to deal with the problem.

Caught in a Time Warp

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

In recent months, Kohistan, or the Land of Mountains, a remote area located in Northern Pakistan, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Confrontation, Dialogue and Radicalization

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Fatal Faultlines is a lucid account delving into many difficult questions which lie at the heart of interactions between Islam, the West and Pakistan. These range from historical confrontation between Muslim and western civilizations and their impact on the current ‘dialogue’ between Muslim countries and the West.

Geo-strategic Role in South Asia

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

As Bangladesh approached, and successfully crossed the 40-year milestone of its existence as an independent country, several non-Bangladeshi and expatriate-Bangladeshi authors have written comprehensively about this nation.

Afghan Futures

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Among the many metaphors for Afghanistan, cross roads in the most commonly used. Now it can additionally be described as the junction point of intellectual and academic endeavour: on war and terrorism; on religion and fundamentalism; on conflict zones and instability; on institution building and State construction.

Managing A Complex Security System

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The security discourse of the first decade of the 21st century will be remembered for the enormity ofSeptember 11, 2001 manifest in the catastrophic and unexpected terrorist attack on the twin towers in New York—now enshrined in the US lexicon as 9/11.

The Problematique of Statehood

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

The concept of self-determination generally implies that communities—ethnic, linguistic, regional or otherwise—should be left to themselves to choose the form of self-government that suits them best. But the ‘themselves’ are often politically, economically and socially too fragmented to come to a consensus on the best choice.

Catering to Insecurity Dilemmas

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

Nuclear weapons are here to stay in spite of the ‘global Zero’ initiative, enthusiastic support given to the ‘zero’ movement by US President Barack Obama, and the ever-increasing amount of international efforts that are under way to disarm nuclear weapons.

What Does the United States Want?

Volume XXXVI No. 9 - SEPTEMBER 2012By ThebookreviewindiaSeptember 1, 2017Leave a comment

As the material power of India and China is being enhanced due to their economic growth rates in the last two decades, the established global power, the United States has been undertaking several studies and policy options to cope with the emerging actors in the international system.

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