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Odyssey Dawn, a Homeric tragedy
Two games of domino are under way in West Asia and North Africa, one of mass struggle against U.S.-backed regimes, the other of military intervention aimed at co-opting or defeating … Continue reading
The Nobel and the audacity of hope-giving
The world is so accustomed to American presidents waging war that the first incumbent to promise diplomacy gets to win the Nobel peace prize regardless of what he does… 10 … Continue reading
BRIC is not a bloc but a soft balancer
Brazil, Russia, India and China will make their debut as a joint political act next week. Here’s why the world may never be the same again… 13 June 2009The Hindu … Continue reading
SCO and BRIC both crucial, says India
The Indian foreign secretary on why the Prime Minister is going to the SCO and BRIC summits in Russia… 13 June 2009The Hindu SCO and BRIC both crucial, says IndiaSpecial … Continue reading
Rising power, insecure elite
For all our pretensions to being a big power, two recent events have demonstrated the corrosive effect America’s strategic embrace is having on India’s self-confidence… 11 November 2008The Hindu Rising … Continue reading
Ten steps to a new world
Barack Obama says his victory is proof that America can change. But can Obama change America enough to make a difference to the world? 6 November 2008The Hindu Ten steps … Continue reading
The Amorim interview: ‘We are changing the world’s geography’
On the eve of the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Foreign Ministers meeting in New Delhi, Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim spoke to The Hindu about the future and significance of the … Continue reading
The Brics/Bicsam/G5 summit idea takes hold…
The G8 forum of rich countries has limited utility for the developing world. 11 June 2007The Hindu Brazil proposes G5 summitSiddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Though largely overshadowed by the brief … Continue reading
G8 statement ignores disarmament
There’s loads of advice and fatwas for others but the Heiligendamm statement is silent on the nuclear weapons states’ obligation to get rid of their arsenals and the new ‘Cold … Continue reading
Forget the G8, it’s time for a Brics summit
Dateline Brasilia: Instead of waiting like supplicants outside the portals of the G8, Brazil, India, China, and South Africa should realise a summit of their own would transform the world … Continue reading
A willing suspension of disbelief
Forget about Iran, North Korea, and terrorism, the principal security challenge of our time is how to restrain the U.S. from pursuing policies that promote conflict and undermine international stability. … Continue reading
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
At Shangri-La, Rumsfeld fears lost horizon in Asia
I have been arguing for some time now that as Asia emerges into its own in the 21st century, what the United States fears most is being excluded from the … Continue reading
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