The Millennium Cycle A Millennium is a lot of time. Naturally it sees the world change dramatically. But most of the change that had taken place in he present millennium was really in the last 200 years. Until then, the world was poor and growth was upset. The center of gravity of the world economy was not in the west, as it is today, but in the east, over the years...

International Terrorism The biggest threat that the nation-state is facing today, flows out of terrorism which is widespread geographically and diverse ideologically. Modern terrorism thrives on its ability to hit where it hurts the most. While the hallmark of the earlier terrorists was that they wanted a lot of people watching and not a lot of people dead, modern terrorist see death and destruction as an  end in itself. Old terrorists...

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (C.T.B.T)  When the C.T.B.T. negotiations began in 1994, India entertained the hope that the treaty would be directed towards the elimination of nuclear weapons in time – bound manner. But , during the negotiations, India realized that the nuclear weapons states (NWS) were not interested in nuclear disarmament. Therefore, when the C.T.B.T. negotiations ended in 1996, India became its firm opponent, as it was found that the...