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Big deal: Obama’s shale gas decision is a huge opportunity for India
Quite apart from the obvious economic benefits, shale gas could be a major building block for a new security architecture in Asia.
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Obama’s new guidelines on drone strikes: Pak will remain on radar
President Obama’s new counter-terrorism doctrine is an attempt to restrict the controversial drone programme but without losing his prerogative to still strike wherever and whenever necessary.
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What the appointment of Susan Rice as Obama’s NSA means for India
New Delhi can take heart in the fact that she will be a good counter to Secretary of State John Kerry who is seen as overly accommodating of Pakistan.
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What India could have taught the US about dealing with China
The recent US-China summit was a success – for Chinese President Xi Jinping. He conceded little and ably cast the meeting on his terms.
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Big Brother Wars: Why Snowden is so valuable to China
Is he a hero for opening the door on this obsessive compulsive spying on ordinary citizens or a villain who jeopardized security by doing so?
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Why US shouldn’t accept Dalrymple’s reading of Afghan...
With his latest essay on Afghanistan, William Dalrymple has crossed into the wilds of contemporary geo-politics and proved history can also be someone’s pet interpretation.
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Osama bin Laden and the failure of the Pakistani state
The exhaustive 336-page report is a strong indictment of the entire government machinery – from the all-powerful ISI and the military to the lowly beat policeman and revenue officer.
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FDI reforms: The US must now act its part out
Will the new measures do the trick, stop the bleeding and attract investments quickly? Not really. The reaction from US companies and business associations is one of continued skepticism. They want to...
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Not just Rajnath Singh: Why are Indian politicians disastrous in US?
The failure cuts across party lines. If you have BJP leaders who should read their speeches in Hindi with simultaneous translation rather than in English, you have Congress Party leaders whose...
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Why India simply has to strategically shelve Pakistan
Americans will object on Pakistan’s behalf but surely they understand India can’t keep absorbing attacks from both sides – in Afghanistan as on its Jalalabad consulate and along the LOC.
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Exclusive: S Jaishankar to be India’s next envoy to Washington
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged that truth and assigned S Jaishankar to be India’s next ambassador to the United States, a man he thinks can stem the drift in Indo-US relations and...
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Why is US giving Pakistan weapons to be used against India?
In the context of the recent continuous tensions on the LOC, it is useful to take a hard look at the unhealthy US-Pakistan relationship of dependence, if only as a reminder of how some things never...
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Why there’s no real jaan in Manmohan Singh’s US visit
The PM will have a nice visit, no doubt, with the right amount of cheer and goodwill but there is no real jaan in it
View ArticleHow I grew up with the ‘unbreakable’ Nelson Mandela, sitting miles away
I just want to reminisce about growing up with “Mandela.” His name was a plank on which we rested many fond hopes for a better world. He always seemed solid. Unbreakable.
View ArticleWhy Nancy Powell’s exit can help India-US rebuild relations
US ambassador Nancy Powell’s resignation is the first real indication that Washington has woken up and is starting to smell the “chai.”
View ArticleIraq unrest: Why India needs to worry about the ISIS
India must also consider the fact that Pakistani militants and possibly retired soldiers are fighting in Syria and Iraq after Saudi Arabia turned to Islamabad for help following Washington’s refusal to...
View ArticleAs Kerry arrives to woo Modi, Indo-US relations go from strategic to historic
The Sushma Swaraj-John Kerry meeting should be seen pragmatically -- despite the warmth over doing business together, there remain thorny issues such as Pakistan, the civil nuclear liability law and...
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