India wants no preconditions for talks
Not willing to provide assurance on composite dialogue resumption … 11 Febrary 2010The Hindu India wants no preconditions Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: India is ready to discuss any issue Pakistan … Continue reading
For India and Pakistan, nomenclature triggers more unease than dialogue
As long as the rose is not named, each side can live in hope that it will prevail. But if the two sides start fighting over names at the first … Continue reading
India awaits Pakistani response to talks offer
Invitation to discuss ‘issues affecting peace, security’ conveyed two weeks ago …5 February 2010The Hindu India awaits Pakistani response to talks offer Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: In an effort to … Continue reading
Can Chidambaram pass the Thackeray test?
The Centre and the Maharashtra government must make it clear to the Shiv Sena that they will not be allowed to threaten Shah Rukh Khan with violence… 3 February 2010The … Continue reading
Absence of dialogue is hurting India
The IPL fiasco shows it is impossible to maintain cordiality or rationality at the level of civil society when the government lacks the will to engage with Pakistan … 2 … Continue reading
Watch me @ CNN-IBN: Time for India to start talks with Pakistan?
I was on CNN-IBN’s ‘Face the Nation’ with Sagarika Ghose discussing whether India should start talks with Pakistan. Co-panelists were Ambassador K.C. Singh (pro-dialogue) and Chandan Mitra of the BJP, … Continue reading
Talk to Pakistan, says 26/11 inquiry committee member
Sustained dialogue with Pakistan is the only way to isolate and marginalise the jihadi elements says a former Special Secretary, R&AW … 27 January 2010The Hindu Talk to Pakistan, says … Continue reading
Asessing the NSA II: It’s strategic culture that counts
Revamping the National Security Council structure to remedy the lack of long-term planning must be a top priority for the new NSA… 22 January 2010The Hindu ASSESSING THE NSA – … Continue reading
The NSA: More effective externally than internally
With the record of 11 years and three incumbents before us, a review of the National Security Adviser’s role as an institution is needed to see what improvements are possible… … Continue reading
Slimmer portfolio awaits new NSA
Shiv Shankar Menon the front-runner, Left not keen on M.K. Narayanan as West Bengal Governor… 16 January 2010The Hindu Slimmer portfolio awaits new NSA Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Although the … Continue reading
Conduct worthy of a police state
The peremptory deportation of a Nepali student from India and the unlawful detention of a tribal woman shot by the police in Chhattisgarh raise troubling questions about the power of … Continue reading
It takes more than visa power to stop a terrorist
How Headley got his Indian visa is the wrong question. What we should be asking is why his travel profile into and out of the country did not trigger alarm … Continue reading
Manmohan signals return to Vajpayee line on CTBT
Tells Yukio Hatoyama that U.S., Chinese accession will create ‘new situation’ … 30 December 2009The Hindu Manmohan signals return to Vajpayee line on CTBT Siddharth Varadarajan and K.V. Prasad New … Continue reading
Japan’s new focus on Asia is good for India
Time to take relationship beyond narrow focus on China, ‘balance of power’… 28 December 2009The Hindu NEWS ANALYSISJapan’s new focus on Asia is good for India Time to take relationship … Continue reading
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