Saturday 10 October '09
Obama’s Nobel doesn’t help him at all....Monday 2 February '09
China’s defence white paper contains threats — and an exampleThursday
20 November '08If Obama does decide to go back on some of the initiatives of the Bush administration vis-à-vis India, then it would be as much a problem for broader US foreign policy as it would be for IndiaWednesday
29 October '08What’s the point of having this superb military you’re always talking about” then US ambassador to the UN Madeline Albright told the cautious Army Chief of Staff Colin Powell, “if we can’t use it”?Monday
29 September '08Lata Mangeshkar turns 80 on Sunday. Like a flash of lightning, she lit up a musical world on the verge of change in 1949...Monday
1 September '08Remember those halcyon days when pundits were declaring that the world is witnessing an end of history with liberal...Thursday
21 August '08How the world will have to deal differently with Russia nowTuesday
15 July '08Things are rapidly coming to a head in West Asia. Last month, Israel conducted long-range air exercises over the...Friday
4 July '08As the NPT celebrates its 40th anniversary this week, the non-proliferation regime of which it is part has come under such tremendous strain....Saturday
14 June '08I will do everything in my power to stop Iran from going nuclear,” thus spake Barack Obama while addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...Friday
30 May '08As China ups the ante on its border dispute with India, now even bringing the territory of Sikkim back into the contentious category...Tuesday
29 April '08Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting India when the conservatives have further entrenched themselves in the Iranian power structure by winning two-thirds...Tuesday
8 April '08During Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to the United Kingdom this month, overshadowed by the British media’s obsession...Monday
31 March '08As the invasion of Iraq was about to commence, Colonel Tim Collins addressed his men of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment...Monday
17 March '08History was moving along nicely, it seems, towards its end with the most powerful capitalist-authoritarian regime ready to showcase its economic...Tuesday
11 March '08Iran's ‘democratic theocracy’ works in mysterious ways. Even the candidacy of Ali Eshraghi, a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini...Tuesday
26 February '08It was with a sense of pride, accomplishment and some humility that the US Navy announced with a confidence level...Wednesday
13 February '08As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continue to struggle with the Democratic primaries and John McCain seems set to be the Republican nominee...Thursday
31 January '08The Indian prime minister has returned from China after signing some extravagantly titled documents.Monday
21 January '08Last year when Gordon Brown was in India as the British Chancellor, he had to contend with the rise of a certain Shilpa Shetty on the British cultural firmament.Friday
21 December '07The European Union took a major step when its 27 member-states signed the Lisbon Treaty...Tuesday
27 November '07Bangladesh has become so used to disasters-political, socio-economic, and natural-that Cyclone Sidr which hit the country on November 15 seemed rather mild in comparison.Wednesday
31 October '07Amid all the claims about the rise of India as a major player in the world, it is often ignored that the country continues to face...Wednesday
3 October '07If one were to suggest that a democracy deficit is gradually emerging in South Asia, there is a danger of being ignored completely...Wednesday
1 August '07After five rounds of intense, often contentious, negotiations, India and the US have finally agreed on the contours of the 123 pact
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