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		<title>Rivalries are forever</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/11/06/rivalries-are-forever/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magoo</dc:creator>
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By Mohan Guruswamy. November 3, 2009. The short answer to whether India and China will always be rivals is YES. But rivals need not be enemies and neighbors need not get fratricidal. If there are two large and rising powers in a region, rivalry is inevitable. France and Germany or Brazil and Argentina come readily to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India China Relations.</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/11/05/india-china-relations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>magoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Mohan Guruswamy]]></description>
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		<title>Waging war in Iraq &#8211; The Validity of Post-Modern Warfare and the Revolution in Military Affairs</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/10/26/waging-war-in-iraq-the-validity-of-post-modern-warfare-and-the-revolution-in-military-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darko Perun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post-modern warfare is a new term used to justify the new type of warfare, whereby it is fought with precision weapons with minimal collateral damage and extensively improved types of immediate information (speed of sending info), surveillance and of equipment for locating targets. This new type of warfare has been possible due to the new military technology available, the RMA (Revolution in Military Affairs) and the information technology.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinas Population Problem &#8211; Not as we see it 4-2-1 &#8211; Implode !!</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/07/31/chinas-population-problem-not-as-we-see-it-4-2-1-implode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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An excellent analysis written by, Nimmi Kurian for the Indian Express 1st August 2009.(The writer is an associate professor at the Centre for Policy Research.)Questions to be asked (Please add more If you feel like )1) Where does this leave India?2) Will China become an Imperial power annexing smaller nations to feed its labor demand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First stage of sea trial of Nerpa N-sub for India completed</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/07/27/first-stage-of-sea-trial-of-nerpa-n-sub-for-india-completed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markmywords</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moscow: Russia has completed the first stage of pre-delivery trials of the Akula-II class &#8216;Nerpa&#8217; nuclear-powered attack submarine, which is likely to be operational with the Indian Navy much before New Delhi&#8217;s indigenous &#8216;INS Arihant&#8217;.
The &#8216;Nerpa&#8217; submarine will join the Navy by the year-end with the first set of sea trials being completed successfully according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Makings of a Police State-Part II at RevolutionRadio.org</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/07/27/the-makings-of-a-police-state-part-ii-at-revolutionradio-org/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>covert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Makings of a Police State-Part II at RevolutionRadio.org.
 
Sibel Edmonds123RealChange.com
The Discretion Factor &#38; TSA Black Hole
Around 1:00 p.m. on March 9, 2009 I stood in front of the US Air ticket counter in Ft Myers, Florida, and sighed with relief. I had just checked in two suitcases and had an hour and fifteen minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan Opium And Terror In South Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.southasiastrategicforum.com/blogs/2009/07/27/afghan-opium-and-terror-in-south-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramtanu</dc:creator>
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http://www.countercurrents.org/maitra060109.htm 
 
By Ramtanu Maitra 06 January, 2009
Countercurrents.org
Following the Mumbai massacre (Nov. 26- 29, 2008), many “important” personnel moved through the Indian Subcontinent, ostensibly with the intent of unearthing the ghastly plot that killed at least 200 people and made a mockery of India’s security. During the visits of these “important” personnel, and subsequently, only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MumbaiMassacre Calls For a Probe of British Role</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramtanu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://int-history.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&#38;updated-max=2010-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&#38;max-results=23
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008
MumbaiMassacre Calls For a Probe of British Role
by Ramtanu Maitra
The Nov 26-29 siege by terrorists of two top Mumbai
hotels and the Nariman House, where a Jewish group
had its residence and office, not only resulted in the
deaths of more than 200 individuals, but made clear
that India, like the United States, is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Troops Move Into Pakistani Tribal Area: A British Stronghold</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramtanu Maitra
29 Sep 2008
In recent weeks, particularly following the removal of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former President and Chief of Army Staff, on 18 August, Washington has begun to train its guns on Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which is on the border with Afghanistan.
On 3 September, US troops raided a known habitat of Taliban [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Planned Killing of Benazir Bhutto</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramtanu Maitra
12/30/07
The gruesome killing of Benazir Bhutto in the evening hours of Dec. 27 in Pakistan&#8217;s garrison town of Rawalpindi is yet another step in the process of weakening, and eventual break-up, of Pakistan.
Despite the crocodile tears shed in Washington and London over Bhutto&#8217;s assassination, it was a disaster waiting to happen and therefore, was [...]]]></description>
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