The strategic consequences of Manmohan Singh’s vulnerability So he stood his ground, and didn’t make use of the lifelines that were created for him by the foreign ministry. Whether he intended it or not, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has made himself personally vulnerable. Whether he intended it or not, his Sharm-el-Sheikh lollipop is a gamble: ...
Social justice is not justice, and it is dangerous and wrong to conflate the two It’s not out yet, but we are at imminent risk of being drenched by a book on the principle of justice written by an celebrated expert on…economics. Now, no one would give too much credence to a book on nuclear ...
…was a prudent and astute move by New Delhi Rebiya Kadeer is indeed a remarkable woman. In recent weeks—not least due to China’s propaganda campaign to demonise her—she has emerged internationally as the best known symbol of Uighur separatism in China’s Xinjiang province. She has unequivocally advocated a non-violent political struggle, claimed that she is ...
India need not be defensive, apologetic or overly concerned about correcting Pakistan’s allegations of meddling Yesterday’s post pointed out why the mention of Balochistan in the India-Pakistan joint statement at Sharm-el-Sheikh hurts India’s interests. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s giveaway enables Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex to distract attention from the Talibanisation of the Pakistani state, and unite ...
Reinforcing the Denial in Pakistani society is setback for India Mirror-imaging is not uncommon in popular conceptions that Indians and Pakistanis have of each other. You hear it from Indian lofty-softies when they declare that Pakistanis are “people like us”. But while Indian mirror-imaging generally stops with an innocent notion of the nature of Pakistani ...
And anyway, the United States just confirmed that it won’t block ENR technology transfers to India In today’s Mint, I argue that the anxiety over the G-8 statement on restricting transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) technologies is unwarranted. It might be that the Obama administration’s prejudices make it less sensitive to its own need ...
Three big steps against nuclear weapons—and one big one towards removing the poison in the India-US strategic relationship Here are two ironies: First, that the political establishment around the US Democratic Party should think (via Atanu Dey’s blog) that the Obama administration ought to deliver ‘a tough message’ to India on nuclear weapons. Ironic, because ...
Unless the United States is sensitive to India’s interests, bilateral ties will suffer Hillary Clinton’s op-ed in the Times of India doesn’t say much—but Mint’s editorials on the subject of her visit say a lot. After the last eight years of warmth and friendship, Indo-US relations are heading towards the thermidor, unless, of course, corrective ...
The sharam at Sharm-el-Sheikh Dr Manmohan Singh met Yusuf Raza Gilani at the sidelines of the NAM summit in Egypt and among others, agreed that “dialogue is the only way forward. Action on terrorism should not be linked to the composite dialogue process and these should not be bracketed.” They’ll continue playing dossiers-and-lawsuits. If this ...
The G-8 statement on non-proliferation does not take away the core benefits of the India-US nuclear deal Don’t blame yourself if you have difficulty in navigating through the jargon, subtext and the writers’ agenda in the return this week of the India-US nuclear deal into the media limelight. But before you subscribe to any of ...