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Derecognition of Western Sahara

The government of India has decided, suddenly without any explanation, to withdraw the recognition granted in 1985 to the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. Why has the government done this when all the considerations for the recognition of the Saharawi Republic in 1985 continue to hold good?

Betrayal of India s Israel Policy

Punyapriya Dasgupta The inevitable anxiety to extract as much benefit as possible from the newly-forged Israeli connection will colour the government of India's west Asia policy and assume forms beyond import of Uzi sub-machine guns from Israel for the security of VIPs. The slippage from the vaunted moral foundation of India's foreign policy will, in the course of time, become clear to even those who are denying it now.

East Timor, India and Self-Determination

Self-Determination Punyapriya Dasgupta India has not made a single statement condemning the recent massacre in East Timor by Indonesian occupation forces. Nor has it ever supported East Timor's struggle for self-determination. Why?

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