The Indian National Interest Review
It’s an honour for Pragati and INI to have K Subrahmanyam to write the opening perspective piece in this month’s issue. Arguing that it is premature to dismiss the deal as dead, he writes:
The discussions between UPA and the Left are only a device to buy time for both sides before they reach the inevitable conclusion that they must part company and face the electorate…Since the most significant outcome of the deal not going through is the national and international humiliation of the UPA, Mrs Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh, it is not likely to happen. There may be delays but not an abrogation of the deal. [Pragati]
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Issue Contents
PERSPECTIVE
Life after the delay K Subrahmanyam
It is premature to write off the India-US nuclear deal as dead
Towards the endgame Sushant K Singh
Jammu & Kashmir needs an economic revival and revitalised civil institutions
The tragedy of climate change geopolitics Nitin Pai
Why we can’t expect meaningful international co-operation on tackling climate change
The rising Naxalite rage Shlok Vaidya
The looming threat to India’s economic future
FILTER
Examining Indian policy on Burma; Energizer Bunny; Let’s trade; Terrorism arrives in the Maldives; On taking Tawang
IN DEPTH
Non-alignment 2.0 Zorawar Daulet Singh
Regrounding India’s foreign policy
ROUNDUP
The second step forward Gulzar Natarajan
Rethinking the design of poverty eradication programmes
What ails the Hindi heartland? Rohit Pradhan
And why prescribing more government will make it worse
The coming mutinies Raj Cherubal
India will evolve into a confederation of city-states
BOOKS
Engaging Africa Mukul G Asher
A review of Africa’s Silk Road: China and India’s New Economic Frontier
The web edition is up, where you can read excerpts and leave comments. Download the issue to read the full articles.
Congratulations Nitin for bringing Sri K. Subrahmanyam to Pragati! I hope he’s right. Then again maybe humiliation is the price to pay to stay in power. Also we’re not alone – others needs to be at the other end and their time is running out.
Chandra,
Thanks.
Subrahmanyam’s point is that this deal is a baseline as far as US administrations are concerned. So while the next president may go on a different route temporarily, geopolitical realities will bring her (him?) back on track.
India and America are like two teenagers, shipwrecked on a deserted island. Eventually they will procreate. What else are they going to do?