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Nehru's World View: More history and less politics please

Monday 11 January '10

We don't have to agree with Shashi Tharoor, the Minister of State for External Affairs, to argue that the Congress party and India could actually benefit from a genuine debate on the foreign policy of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Arabian Sea: Bases for Beijing

Monday 4 January '10

China has put the world on notice that it is considering the acquisition of a naval base in the Arabian Sea.
The Congress Party and its Internationalist Legacy

Tuesday 29 December '09

Congress needs to reflect on the historical evolution of the party's world view and refashion it.
Pakistan: Zardari falls, Kayani rises

Friday 18 December '09

Whether he quits or not, President Asif Ali Zardari has been so severely weakened that he no longer poses a threat to Pakistan's permanent establishment.
Beyond Britain: Why India should lead the Commonwealth

Friday 27 November '09

Given its pre-occupations with the US, China and Pakistan, India may not have the diplomatic energy to grasp the opportunities offered by the Commonwealth.
PM and Sonia in Kashmir: Raising Delhi's Game

Monday 26 October '09

Five broad imperatives must guide Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi as they reach out to the people of Jammu and Kashmir this week.
US and the Pak Army: the mirage of civilian control

Wednesday 14 October '09

As Pakistan debates the US economic aid package of $ 7.5 billion over the next five years, we have a paradox.
Gilgit-Baltistan: India must speak up

Sunday 30 August '09

Despite our obsession with Pakistan, official and political India have not yet reacted to Islamabad's latest political move.
Jaswant, Jinnah and the South Asian Monroe Doctrine

Sunday 16 August '09

BJP leader Jaswant Singh's bold reinterpretation of Jinnah--his book on the founder of Pakistan is being launched on Monday.
UPA’s Asia Strategy: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?

Saturday 8 August '09

India’s Asian well-wishers hope that in acting quickly on the Korean deal, the UPA government is signalling a strong commitment to East Asian regionalism.
Drafting Diplomacy: Pandit Nehru and his Menon

Wednesday 29 July '09

As the Lok Sabha ‘debates the drafting skills of Shivshankar Menon and PM Manmohan Singh this week, here is a story on joint statements from Jawaharlal Nehru's days.
PM, 'Vijay Diwas' and the Nuke Sub

Saturday 25 July '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has an opportunity to rise above the din of Delhi’s latest political controversy.
India’s Diplomacy: Between Semantics and Grammar

Saturday 18 July '09

Whether it is global trade, climate change, or nuclear non-proliferation, our mandarins and talking heads think glory lies in imagining pressure and standing up against it.
India and Pak: Talks about Talks

Sunday 12 July '09

PM's remarks on his way back from the G-8 meetings in Italy suggest that a deal with Pak on the resumption of talks, may be at hand.
The great Game Folio

Wednesday 8 July '09

India should be pleased with the renewal of US-Russian cooperation on Afghanistan announced on Monday in Moscow.
Debating India's stand on military aid to Afghanistan

Tuesday 7 July '09

Should Delhi offer significant military assistance to Kabul? Should India send its troops into Afghanistan?
The new government’s external advantage

Saturday 16 May '09

As the Congress Party returns to power trouncing its ideological opponents on the right and the left, India will command a lot more political respect on the world stage.
Border sense

Wednesday 13 May '09

As mammoth civilisational states, China and India have for long lived with imprecise borders. After they re-emerged as modern states during the last century....
The 'Worst Possible Approach' to the Taliban

Tuesday 14 April '09

An expert cautioned Obama Administration was cautioned that negotiating with Taliban could be “the worst possible approach".
Welcoming Obama's Nuke Initiative

Sunday 5 April '09

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Congress Party’s nuclear red lines for Obama

Wednesday 25 March '09

C. Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala In tune with India’s traditional emphasis on the middle path, the Congress leadership that stared down the nuclear opportunism of the CPM and BJP at home is now looking the non-proliferation ayatollahs, who are back in power in Washington, in the eye.
American embrace

Wednesday 18 March '09

While the Indian communists continue to peddle their sophomoric anti-Americanism, their counterparts in Beijing are relishing the renewed warmth between....
How the CPM might de-nuke India

Monday 16 March '09

RAJA-MANDALA/C. Raja Mohan If the CPM does well and forges a Third Front government, its General Secretary Prakash Karat would be hailed as a hero.
Politics of Missile Defence

Sunday 8 March '09

C. Raja Mohan As India celebrates the third successful anti-missile test conducted off the Orissa coast on Friday, New Delhi might continue to have trouble managing the politics of missile defence at home and abroad.
Lahore and Dhaka on the boil: Delhi should play hardball with a soft touch

Thursday 26 February '09

Indian diplomacy is no stranger to simultaneous crises in the neighbourhood but South Block’s professional skills will be tested this week as it copes with the latest political turn....
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