NATO Realigns

Group Profile Portugal Summit Redefining Threats NATO leaders on Friday adopted a new Strategic Concept that will serve as the alliance’s roadmap for the next 10 years and that reconfirms the commitment to defend one another against attack as the bedrock of Euro-Atlantic security. The document lays out NATO’s vision for an evolving alliance that will remain [...]

Western Morals or Another Pakistan on Our East

Aung San Suu Kyi‘s release, post the Sham elections in Burma, have raised a lot of questions about the moralistic value of Indo Myanmar relations and the in between path of reconciliation taken by Indian leadership with the Junta government. The Western world led by Obama have gone on record to condemn the elections and [...]

Thus Spake Obama

Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Yeah, Mr Obama has left the Indian capital last morning. That is not the news. We all know it. Quite interestingly, he appeared to be satisfied with the business he could generate here. Ten billion US dollars, after all and along with it, according to his ‘own’ estimates, around fifty thousand jobs [...]

Win Win and the Winner is…

There has been much song and dance about the visit of Obama and Michelle to India. Both endeared the youth and the nation alike in India and back home in US dancing their way through the storm of the showdown in the mid term elections. The US got to sign $10 Billion worth of deals [...]

Obama’s Visit: The Hidden Dimension

The sole superpower exists in the world. Still, Kenneth Waltz’s hypothesis of a ‘world peace’ does not seem to be tightly grounded in reality. India’s best bet as it seems at this juncture is to ride the wave of “Pax Americana”, till it acquires economic and defence autarky to a relatively healthier extent.

No Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai

Ravi Shanker Kapoor Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his recent meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in Hanoi, raised the issue of stapled visas that Beijing gives to Kashmiris. “The Prime Minister raised the issue of all difficult questions and showing sensitivity to each other… The Prime Minister spoke of the need to show [...]

US Mid Term Elections and South Asia

The mid term elections in US have ominous portents for Obama ranging from the domestic to foreign policy issues. This post attempts at unraveling some of the the thoughts being proposed and debated by think tanks across the globe. The domestic issues are for US to take a call om. The real danger is from “New” ideas of military expansionism in South Asia.

Resolving Kashmir

The people of Kashmir have been caught up in the multidimensional battle amongst various interest groups for their very existence. The peaceful valley suffered at the hands ofZia ul Haq’s aspirations translated through Op Topac in 1989. A mayhem and religious frenzy ensued which massacred innocent Kashmiri Pandits, marginalised the valley and left deep scars on the psyche of the people of the state – hindus, muslims or ladakhis.

Chinese Encirclement or China Encircled

In its quest to pursue its global aims, China is keeping India tied to the pole by needling her in a geopolitical bind while maintaining a straight face. The discussions in various events over the last month brought out Chinese dynamics in Pakistan, Burma, Afghanistan and Nepal. This also brings in the Sri Lankan narrative. Apparently, the two regional heavy weights are busy shadow boxing in South Asia with India kind of getting bitten by a China phobia. In strategic circles, Chindia is a dirty word.

Kashmir or Security Council – Obama’s Visit

For the U.S., reducing and resolving the India-Pakistan Cold War before it goes hot is critical to stability in South Asia, isolating the jihadi extremists and preventing a war in South Asia that could go nuclear. Riedel The recent spate of Kinetic activities indicate growing restless of America in resolving Af Pak or should we [...]

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