Demilitarization of the Siachen conflict zone : concepts for implementation and monitoring.

Pakistani and Indian militaries have been occupying the Siachen Glacier and surrounding regions for decades. Although a cease-fire is in place, continued occupation carries the risk of an inadvertent conflict, which could escalate into a full-fledged nuclear-backed confrontation. Political and military analysts in Pakistan and India now question the strategic significance of the Siachen Glacier and agree that under the right circumstances, military withdrawal from the Siachen Glacier region would not adversely affect either state. The difficulty lies in conducting the withdrawal in such a way that neither side feels vulnerable, and in maintaining the demilitarization in a way that can be verified. In this paper, the authors who have both held command responsibilities in the Siachen Glacier region present a process for conducting and verifying the demilitarization of the Siachen Glacier region. The authors discuss the role of monitoring and verification tools and their relevance to this border zone of conflict

Autobiography of an Indian Army surgeon ; or, leaves turned down from a journal.

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Yenangyaung [cartographic material] /

1st ed. Feb. 1945. Map of Yenangyaung and surrounding area showing transportation, ground and water features, vegetation, damadged and whole buildings. Relief shown by contours.; Standard map series designation: [Series] HIND 1036.; "Refer to this map as:- HIND 1036 Yenangyaung first edition.".; "Reference HIND/SEA/A/1036".; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn676326.Series HIND 103

Bassein [cartographic material] /

1st ed. Feb 1945. Map of Bassein and surrounding area showing transportation, ground and water features, religious and other buildings.; Standard map series designation: [Series] HIND 1036.; "Refer to this map as:- HIND 1036 Bassein first edition".; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn676345.Series HIND 103

[Middle East 1:253,440] [cartographic material] /

Various eds. Topographic map series of eastern Turkey and eastern Syria, northern Iraq, Kuwait, Iran and Afghanistan showing international, provincial and district boundaries, transportation, communications, water features, religious, military, public and tourist sites and buildings.; Each sheet covers 1 degree Lat. by 1 degree Long.; Each sheet has individual name and number.; Includes adjoining sheet index, administrative index, compilation index, glossary, pronunciation, special road information, and reference tables.; Relief shown by form lines, contours, hachures, and spot heights.; Includes air information, Indian numbering, reliability, and magnetic variation diagrams on some sheets.; "Quarter inch series", "1/4 inch sheet".Quarter inch series1/4 inch shee

[Iran and Iraq] [cartographic material] /

Various eds. Relief shown by contours, form lines and spot heights.; Map series of Iran and Iraq showing railways, roads, tracks, paths, tramways, boundaries, buildings, accommodation, water features, villages, mines, graves and vegetation.; On verso of some sheets: Glossaries, road information and reference tables, administrative and compilation indexes, and index to sheets.; Reliability diagrams and indes to sheets on some sheets.; Each sheet is named and numbered individually.; Title supplied by cataloguer.; "PID 9003", "IDR 9003", "IDR 9106", "XDR 9003"; Some maps ares surveyed, drawn and reproduced by 4 Ind. Fd. Survey Coy., 2 Ind. Fd. Survey Coy., 4 Ind. Fd. Survey. I.E., 19th Field Survey Coy. R.E. (574), 19th Field Survey Coy. R.E. (644)".This map also refer to as: 1:100,000 sheetTitle on some sheets: 1:100,000 series `IraqTitle on some sheets: 1:100,000 series IranTitle on some sheets: 1:100,000 series Iran, `Ira

Town plan of Kyaukpyu [cartographic material].

1st. ed. Dec. 1944. Town plan of Kyaukpyu showing transportation, ground and water features, vegetation, bombed sites and buildings. Relief shown by hachures.; Standard map series designation: [Series] HIND 1036.; At head of title: Burma. Scale 1:1 7500.; "Refer to this map as:- HIND 1036 Kyaukpyu first editon".; "Surveyed and drawn by No. 5 Ind. Air Survey Coy., I.E., 1944. Reproduced by Survey Dte. Main H.Q. A.L.F.S.A. Dec. 1944.".; "HIND/SEA/A/1036".; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn2776724.Series HIND 103