Military means not a solution to Iran crisis, says India
On a short visit to Tehran, India’s foreign minister stresses the need for diaologue and diplomacy. 7 February 2007The Hindu Military means not a solution to Iran crisis, says IndiaPranab … Continue reading
From mega surge to dual rollback
The U.S. will not leave Iraq without first militarily weakening Iran. 6 February 2007The Hindu From mega surge to dual rollback Siddharth Varadarajan EVER SINCE the Islamic Revolution of 1979 … Continue reading
India must have a proactive agenda in Iran
Energy, trade, and transit issues are important but the key task for India is to assert itself as a factor for peace in Washington’s looming confrontation with Tehran. 5 February … Continue reading
Dictatorship by cartography, geometry
Vast and empty, Burma’s new capital will not fall to an urban upheaval easily… A photofeature in Himal magazine February 2007Himal Southasian Dictatorship by cartographySiddharth Varadarajan Vast and empty, Burma’s … Continue reading
"We will put Nepal’s relations with India on a new and equal footing"
Senior Nepali Maoist leader C.P. Gajurel on the future of Nepal-India relations and on the bizarre set of coincidences which led to his arrest in Chennai in 2003 for attempting … Continue reading
India struggles to steer its own course on foreign policy
India and U.S. are ‘partners’ whose interests often diverge 26 January 2007International Herald Tribune News Analysis: India struggles to steer its own course on foreign policyIndia and U.S. are ‘partners’ … Continue reading
Nay Pyi Taw – A photo album
These are, I believe, the first photographs of Myanmar’s new capital, Nay Pyi Taw (also spelt as Naypyi taw or Naypyidaw) to be published anywhere on the web. Most of … Continue reading
India to supply military equipment to Myanmar
We are willing to expand ambit of military cooperation between two countries, says Pranab Mukherjee in a major Indian policy shift. 22 January 2007The Hindu India to supply military equipment … Continue reading
Myanmar will sell India gas "only if reserves permit"
India has agreed to sell weapons to Myanmar’s military rulers. But it is still not clear whether it will get gas in return. 22 January 2007The Hindu “Gas for India … Continue reading
In Myanmar’s phantom capital, a city slowly takes shape
But Naypyitaw is a city with a difference, its geometry so incredibly vast that even a crowd of half a million is unlikely to pose a political threat. In Myanmar’s … Continue reading
India not interested in exporting ideology: Pranab
Democracy, human rights are Myanmar’s internal affair, says the External Affairs minister. 20 January 2007The Hindu India not interested in exporting ideology: Pranab Siddharth Varadarajan Yangon: Barely days after an … Continue reading
Bringing to book the guilty men of Baghdad
The legal arguments used by the U.S.-sponsored Iraqi court to convict Saddam Hussein of crimes against humanity apply even more forcefully to those American leaders who ordered the illegal invasion … Continue reading
Iran, the U.S. and the burden of history
Ali M. Ansari’s book, Confronting Iran, is an honest and dispassionate account of the less than honest intentions and lost opportunities that have been a part of the U.S. approach … Continue reading
It’s time for Asia to look beyond the dollar: An interview with Joseph Stiglitz
Winner of the 2001 Nobel prize for economics,Joseph Stiglitz is a trenchant critic of the “market fundamentalism” of the International Monetary Fund. I caught up with him last week in … Continue reading
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