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Archive for January, 2010

Destroy Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex

01.02.2010 · Posted in Foreign Affairs, Security

And can we not get distracted please! At a time when the astute businessmen running the Times of India are exploiting (via Oh, Teri!) the quintessentially Indian tendency to allow hope to triumph over experience, it is all the more important not to lose sight of reality. At the core of one of the most ...

Pragati January 2010: Stepping up in Afghanistan

01.01.2010 · Posted in Aside, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Public Policy, Security

The January 2010 issue of Pragati discusses India’s options in Afghanistan. While there are a number of options ranging from scaling up training of Afghan national security forces to actually scaling down development projects if the United States quits prematurely, editorially, we argue that it is in India’s interests to send combat-ready troops to Afghanistan. ...