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  Resolving the Pakistan - Afghanistan stalemate

  United States Institute of Peace, 2006

  This report discusses the history as well as the contemporary situation along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border characterised by conflict around the border lands, the poor development situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan and the contemporary conflict and the potential for a border settlement.The report argues that Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the neighbouring regi
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  ETFRN News 43/44: forests and conflicts

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2006

  This newsletter highlights the theme of forests and conflict. While there is much international debate on security and governance issues, sustainable management of natural resources appears to receive inadequate attention.
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  Property restitution in practice: the Norwegian Refugee Councils' experience

  Norwegian Refugee Council, 2005

  Despite considerable advances in human rights and humanitarian law in recent years, the right to land, housing and property restitution is only gradually gaining recognition. This paper assesses the experiences of displaced peoples' property rights in a variety of regions in which the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) works.
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  Of broken social contracts and ethnic violence: the case of Kashmir

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2005

  This paper examines the conflict in Kashmir, arguing that the main reason for political discontent and resort to violence has to do with repeated infringement of the social contract by the central government of India, acting often in tandem with the state government. It first considers the theoretical debates concerning nationalism and ethnicity.
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  Jammu and Kashmir dispute: examining various proposals for its resolution

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2002

  India and Pakistan have fought four open wars, all stemming from the central issue over the control of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Given the fact that the security paradigm has been completely changed with the unveiling of nuclear arsenals on both sides of the border, this five-decade long conflict has disastrous possibilities if ignored.
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  South Asia: counter-terrorism policies and postures after 9/11

  Institute for Conflict Management, India, 2004

  India has been engaged in counter-terrorism efforts since the 1980s, having diverted massive amounts of financial and military resources towards addressing low-intensity conflicts that characterise terrorist activities. There has, however, been no coordinated policy-level effort to address the issue of counter-terrorism, and most of India’s reactions to events has been ad-hoc.
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  Rise of religious parties in Pakistan: causes and prospects

  Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India, 2003

  In the October 2002 general elections, religious parties and two Provincial Assemblie (those of North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and Baluchistan) made inroads into the National Assembly. A conglomeration of six parties, the Muttahida Majilis-e-Amal (MMA) emerged as a new political force and a political alternative to the PPP and PML-Nawaz (PML-N).
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  US-Pakistan military operations in Pak-Afghanistan border

  Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2004

  Since the attacks of 9/11, Pakistan has come under immense pressure from the United States to root out Al Qaeda and Taliban elements from within. As a result, since October 2003, the Pakistani Army has been engaged in aggressive military operations in the tribal lands of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of the country.
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  Pakistan’s Nuclear blackmarketing: North Korea, Iran and Libya

  Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2004

  Over the past two years, deep institutional and strategic linkages have been revealed between Pakistan and North Korea, Iran and Libya. Pakistani technology, know-how, and in some cases physical components have been found in each of the three aforementioned nuclear programmes.
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  India’s growing influence in Central Asia: implications for Pakistan

  Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2003

  This paper assesses India’s foreign policy goals in Central Asia, and its possible impacts on Indo-Pakistani relations. Since their independence in 1991, Central Asian countries have continued to foster good relations with India which were initiated during Soviet times.

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