News Analysis: Obama presidency to pose challenges for Indian diplomacy
From nuclear issues to terrorism and protectionism, India has reasons to be cautious but not alarmed… 6 November 2008The Hindu NEWS ANALYSIS Obama presidency to pose challenges for Indian diplomacy … Continue reading
Obama’s foreign policy speech serves notice on Pakistan
Promising a military surge in Afghanistan, the Democratic presidential contender has come as close as he can to warning the Pakistani military: You are either with us or against us. … Continue reading
U.S. subverting Nepal poll mandate
The U.S. ambassador in Kathmandu, Nancy Powell, is actively pushing for Girija Prasad Koirala to remain Prime Minister despite the Maoist victory in the elections. 26 April 2008The Hindu U.S. … Continue reading
A recent interview on Indo-U.S. relations
I should have posted this earlier but never got around to doing so. Karthik Ramanathan, a U.S.-based freelance journalist, interviewed me in Delhi in July about United States policies towards … Continue reading
Between the Nimitz and the deep blue sea
In exchange for ‘help’ in becoming a ‘world power’, India is being called upon to do all it can to ensure the 21st century becomes the century of America in … Continue reading
Americans disown Rademaker
Yesterday, I reported how Stephen G. Rademaker, the former U.S. assistant secretary of state for non-proliferation and international security, admitted before an audience of Indian security-wallahs in New Delhi that … Continue reading
So now we know for sure…
that India’s votes against Iran at the IAEA in 2005 and 2006 were ‘coerced”. For that’s exactly what Stephen G. Rademaker, a former senior official in Bush administration, admitted at … Continue reading
Don’t lose sight of the hurdles in the last lap
Between Manmohan Singh’s assurances in Parliament and the changes sought by Condoleezza Rice is a big gap that is unlikely to be addressed by the “reconciled” text of the proposed … 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
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
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
Less than allies, more than partners
Review: C. Raja Mohan’s Impossible Allies is an establishmentarian account of the India-U.S. nuclear deal that overstates the extent to which the two countries share strategic interests. 16 May 2006The … Continue reading
And now on to the NSG
As the United States and India move forward to implement their agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, one hurdle which must be crossed is the Nuclear Suppliers Group to which all … Continue reading
Siddharth Varadarajan 