The challenge of Asian security architecture
If the ‘Asianists’ in both New Delhi and Beijing prevail, a stable `win-win’ environment can be established in the region. Erected on the building blocks of the East Asia summit … Continue reading
Pipelines should carry energy, not project power
A major international seminar in Delhi saw experts discussing the enormous potential for energy and transport links between South Asia and Central Asia. 29 November 2006The Hindu Experts call for … Continue reading
New Delhi, Beijing talk nuclear for the first time
China may finally be open to backing India-United States deal on civil nuclear energy. 22 November 2006The Hindu NEWS ANALYSIS New Delhi, Beijing talk nuclear for the first time Siddharth … Continue reading
Delayed, perhaps, but not quite dead
The Democrats’ resounding victory in Congress makes the task of tying up the India-U.S. nuclear agreement’s loose ends more difficult but the underlying strategic rationale for the deal from the … Continue reading
When Bob Gates came calling
President Bush’s nominee for Secretary of Defence had sought to defuse India-Pakistan tensions in 1990. But was there really a nuclear danger, as Seymour Hersh claimed? 10 November 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
For India, North Korea’s test poses key challenge
Reconfiguring the nuclear order is no longer a simple matter. For the simple reason that there is no longer any nuclear order.11 October 2006The Hindu For India, North Korea’s test … Continue reading
North Korean case different from India’s, says Tony Blair
India does not support emergence of another nuclear state: Manmohan 11 October 2006The Hindu North Korean case different from India’s, says Tony Blair Siddharth Varadarajan London: Condemning North Korea for … Continue reading
‘World big enough to accommodate India and China’
The Indian Prime Minister tells businessmen there may be some worries about China, “but they have to be taken on board in a constructive manner”.11 October 2006The Hindu World big … Continue reading
India condemns North Korean test
Though India itself, as a non-signatory to the Nonproliferation Treaty, tested nuclear weapons in 1998 and North Korea is no longer a state party to the NPT, New Delhi claims … Continue reading
New economic policy meets old paranoia
From ports to telecoms, Chinese FDI in India is hitting “national security” barrier. 28 September 2006The Hindu Chinese FDI hitting `national security’ barrier Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: The numbers involved … Continue reading
In Nepal, time to check the dangerous drift
The road map for the formation of an interim government with Maoist participation is more or less in place. But powerful forces are intervening to derail the process. 20 September … Continue reading
India and the quest for world order
The Manmohan Singh Government’s foreign policy may or may not be independent. What is certain is that it is not effective or imaginative. 9 September 2006The Hindu India and the … Continue reading
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s red lines
At the end of a vigorous debate on the implementation of the nuclear deal with the United States in the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of Parliament, on Augsut 17, … Continue reading
A Call to Honour: Not exactly total recall
Jaswant Singh provides a partial account of a key period in Indian diplomacy. He may have been answering a call to honour but there are clearly events and decisions that … Continue reading
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