Interview: ‘Financial crisis has highlighted the importance of state, social protection’
The failure of the Washington Consensus is leading countries in Latin America to look for more progressive leaders, says Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet… 19 March 2009The Hindu ‘The financial crisis … Continue reading
The real Modi story…
Via Ruchira Gupta, Salil Tripathi in Mint exposes the hollow reality behind the impressive investment figures Narendra Modi has been touting as his big achievement in Gujarat. The key point … Continue reading
India Inc. and Modi
My friend and former colleague, Jyotirmaya Sharma, has written the best piece I’ve seen on the craven ‘Modi for PM’ slogans raised by Sunil Mittal, Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani … Continue reading
See me attack Coca Cola on PBS
I forgot I had given an interview to PBS a few months back on ground water depletion by Coca Cola in Rajasthan… Well, the programme with a couple of my … Continue reading
Dateline Beijing: Manmohan blames it on ‘casino’ capitalism, regulatory failure
The Prime Minister finally said what he should have been saying two years ago … 25 October 2008The Hindu Manmohan blames it on ‘casino’ capitalism, regulatory failure Siddharth Varadarajan Beijing: … Continue reading
Dateline Beijing: Manmohan Singh attacks speculators, warns of impact on real economy
Of course, critics of the Prime Minister are likely to ask why these sage words were not remembered when booming stock markets in India and the world created the impression … Continue reading
Dateline Beijing: Financial crisis to dominate Asia-Europe summit
Everyone agrees on the need for discussions, but solutions remain elusive … 24 October 2008The Hindu Financial crisis to dominate Asia-Europe summitSiddharth Varadarajan Beijing: With the omens of a global … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: The geopolitics of oil
Two books analyse the outlook of international oil and the shifting terrain of world power. 17 June 2008The HinduThe geopolitics of oil Siddharth Varadarajan UNITED STATES FOREIGN OIL POLICY SINCE … Continue reading
Neither flat nor round but bound
REVIEW: Ties that bind the world may not be easy to sever but global connections can be mediated. 22 April 2008The Hindu Neither flat nor round but bound SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN … Continue reading
Indian capital and foreign policy – A preliminary exploration
Bandwagoning with unipolarity has been a trend, but there are limits 15 August 2007The HinduIndependent India at 60 Supplement Indian capital, foreign policyBandwagoning with unipolarity has been a trend, but … 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
Brazil for IBSA link to Mercosur, SACU
Celso Amorim is the intellectual founder of the IBSA concept. Now he wants the three countries to create a “large economic space” linking Mercosur and Sacu as well. 17 July … 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
Myth and reality of ethanol and biofuels
Dateline Sao Paulo: Biofuel from sugarcane may have worked well for Brazil so far but the attempt to expand or replicate the model, especially using corn and other grains, will … Continue reading
