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Every Man’s Second Country
Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, is supposed to have remarked that France is every man’s second country. India’s tryst …Continue reading »
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The Jewel and the Crown
The visit of Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom to India in the immediate footsteps of French President …Continue reading »
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The Italian Job
The perfidy of the Italian government in the case of two of its marines detained in India for the charge …Continue reading »
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Diplomatic Immunity or Impunity?
In the latest development of the Italian Marines case, the Supreme Court of India ordered the Italian Ambassador, Daniele Mancini, …Continue reading »
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The Price of Failure
Early this week, news broke that China would provide Pakistan with Chashma-5, a 1000-MW Pressurised Water Reactor. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman …Continue reading »
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China’s Cat and Mouse Game
On April 15, Chinese troops of about a platoon’s strength crossed the Line of Actual Control that separates India from …Continue reading »
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India’s Nuclear Posturing
India’s former foreign secretary and chairman of the National Security Advisory Board, Shyam Saran, declared a few days ago that even the …Continue reading »
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Is Israel Flirting With Pakistan?
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz recently carried a story about newly-released data from the British Department for Business, Innovation & Skills …Continue reading »
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Nuclear Monopolies
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) held its 2013 plenary meeting in Prague last week. Little of what transpired at the meet …Continue reading »
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First Principles
President Barack Obama’s second-term Secretary of State, John Kerry, is visiting India right now. In a speech at the India …Continue reading »
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Visa Woes
The United Kingdom recently announced that some visitors from certain high-risk countries will have to pay a £3,000 (₹270,000) security bond …Continue reading »
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Beware The Stories Your Friends Tell
William Dalrymple’s Brookings essay, A Deadly Triangle – Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, has stirred up a hornet’s nest among observers …Continue reading »
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The Prickly Indian
Had Graham Greene written his 1955 bestseller on India instead of the United States, it would have been titled, The …Continue reading »
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Sentinels in the Himalayas
China’s prolonged incursion into India in April this year, and perhaps the media attention it garnered, finally proved the nudge …Continue reading »
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India’s War in Afghanistan?
The Indian mission in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, was attacked this Saturday. According to reports from the ground, three terrorists drove up …Continue reading »
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How To Think About Pakistan
Yet another attack across the Line of Control between India and Pakistan and yet more casualties; weeping families, opportunistic politicians …Continue reading »
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Thinking Beyond the Horizon on Afghanistan
Last weekend’s bombing in Jalalabad came as a reminder to India’s policy makers that there is no free lunch in …Continue reading »
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Quo Vadis, Mr. Modi?
It ought to be clear by now that neither the Indian National Congress nor the country’s media have any interest …Continue reading »
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Islamic Banking – Where’s The Beef?
Whatever benefits Islamic banking may or may not have in its favour, public relations is not one of them. The …Continue reading »
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South Asia’s Awkward Ménage À Trois
There was an interesting article in Force magazine a fortnight ago regarding China’s role in the dynamics of the India-Pakistan rivalry. In …Continue reading »
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