The Sawers letter: The game plan on Iran is becoming clearer
The Anglo-Americans want a Security Council resolution allowing for the eventual use of force. Iran must play its cards very carefully from now onwards. 25 March 2006The Hindu The game … Continue reading
The U.S. and the Iran pipeline: Did Bush really blink?
For the first time in ages, my old newspaper, the Times of India, has a thoughtful piece on foreign policy with Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph analysing the … Continue reading
Let the IAEA do its work on Iran
Involving the U.N. Security Council will escalate the nuclear crisis and reduce the scope for dialogue and negotiation. India must disassociate itself from any such move. 7 March 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
The IAEA votes to refer Iran
Cuba, Syria and Venezuela voted against, Algeria, Belarus, Indonesia, Libya and South Africa abstained and 27 countries, including India, the P-5, Brazil and Egypt voted in favour of the motion … Continue reading
IAEA report on Iran paints picture that is far from bleak
In its latest report prepared for the February 2-3 extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors , the IAEA says some questions still remain but cites numerous instances of Iranian … Continue reading
A messy compromise on Iran
Reporting Teheran to the Security Council but deferring action till March — as the P-5 have decided — will neither still Washington’s appetite for confrontation nor make a diplomatic solution … Continue reading
Persian Puzzle: What happens next
An idiot’s guide to a familiar plot. 1 February 2006The Hindu Persian puzzle: what happens next Siddharth Varadarajan What have the P-5 agreed to do? The Foreign Ministers of Britain, … Continue reading
India, Iran and the nuclear challenge
Siding again with the U.S. and its allies in their illegal pressure on Iran will weaken India’s hand on the civil nuclear cooperation and energy fronts. 16 January 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
Dateline Beijing: Despite U.S. pressure, India still committed to Iran pipeline
The American embassy in Delhi issued a demarche before the last round of talks between India, Pakistan and Iran expressing its displeasure at the proposed pipeline project. And Condoleezza Rice … Continue reading
Persian Puzzles win a prize…
I just received a press release from the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York announcing that I have won the Silver Medal for Excellence in Journalism in the print … Continue reading
Iranian nukes: When bullying is not enough, try disinformation
The serendipitous discovery of an Iranian laptop full of incriminating details about a nuclear warhead will eventually take its place in the same intel hall of BS as the yellowcake … Continue reading
The unravelling of India’s Persian puzzle
By voting against Iran in the IAEA, India has put its alliance with the United States above any concern of national interest, energy security or international law. 27 September 2005The … Continue reading
The Persian Puzzle III: The world must stand firm on diplomacy
The ‘nuclear crisis’ is the product of 15 years of American hostility towards Iran. Any solution that does not deal with this reality is bound to fail. 23 September 2005The … Continue reading
The Persian Puzzle II: What the IAEA really found in Iran
The best way for the world to satisfy itself that there are no undeclared nuclear activities in Iran is for the IAEA to use its inspection rights under the Additional … Continue reading
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