Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Nergui Manalsuren UNITED NATIONS, Oct 29 (IPS) – Civil society groups are urging the U.N. to fully implement a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for greater women’s participation in conflict prevention, resolution and peace-building. On Wednesday, [...]
CULTURE-NEPAL: Religious Tradition vs Maoist Secularism
October 23, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Rita Manchanda KATHMANDU, Oct 23 (IPS) – Nepalis, religious and tradition-bound as they are, have in recent months worried over the fate of their centuries-old rituals and customs in the newly minted Maoist republic. Ceremonies around [...]
The Rise and Fall of Shining Path
May 6, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Tuesday, May 06, 2008 © Copyright 2008 Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA. All rights reserved. Link to the original article on COHA.org By Waynee Lucero, Research Associate, COHA.org In the Beginning: The Shining Path (Sendero Luminosos) Maoist guerrillas were formed by university professor Abimael Guzman in the late 1960s and were based [...]
From Green Revolution to Red Revolution
January 3, 2008 By
International Terrorism Monitor–Paper No. 329 Global Geopolitics Net Thursday, January 03, 2008 Copyright © B. Raman – South Asia Analysis Group www.southasiaanalysis.org By B. Raman This feature article was originally published on the SAAG web site in four parts. Here all four parts are included. Part I Shri K. S. Subramanian, a distinguished officer of [...]
