Living up to the legacy of Nuremberg
With 100 states on board, the International Criminal Court is slowly negotiating the hurdle of universality. But with major countries like the United States (and India) outside its purview, how … Continue reading
Russia sees India as long-term partner in energy sector
7 December 2005The Hindu Russia sees India as long-term partner in energy sector Siddharth Varadarajan Iran pipeline vital for energy security, regional cooperation: Manmohan Sakhalin-I project clear indication of a … Continue reading
India, Russia inching towards fresh nuclear cooperation
7 December 2005The Hindu India, Russia inching towards fresh nuclear cooperation Siddharth Varadarajan Moment for broadening scope of nuclear ties will soon be at hand, says Putin India is a … Continue reading
Manmohan Singh urges Russians to discover a "new generation of Raj Kapoors”
Dateline Moscow: Is a “young” India the answer to “ageing” Russia’s demographic nightmare? Can the two work together to better harness Russia’s scientific and techological skills? Manmohan Singh seems to … Continue reading
Fuel for Tarapur not related to nuclear deal with the U.S., says Manmohan Singh
Dateline Moscow: Here’s yet another instance of the U.S. trying to push the envelope on the July 18 nuclear deal. The American commitment to secure LEU for Tarapur was not … Continue reading
Manmohan yet to make up mind on External Affairs
Natwar Singh’s days in government are seriously numbered but the Government stil won’t say why it slept on the news that India’s ruling party and foreign minister were being implicated … 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
If you can’t shoot the messenger, lock him up
President Bush’s alleged threat to bomb Al Jazeera shouldn’t surprise us. Ever since the NATO attack on Yugoslavia, the U.S. has looked at the media it can’t control as the … Continue reading
India is vulnerable in Afghanistan
The brutal murder of an Indian driver by the Taliban is a reminder that India has plenty of hands wielding shovels in Afghanistan but no boots on the ground there. … 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
Toxic truths from the Iraqi battlefront
How come a weapon that is not considered kosher enough to have been dumped in theocean in 1945 is OK to dump on human beings in Fallujah, Iraq, some 60 … Continue reading
U.S. raises the bar on nuclear deal with India
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Parliament on July 29 during the debate on the Indo-U.S. nuclear agreement that India would “never accept discrimination”. But discrimination is what’s on offer. In … Continue reading
India submits to the Bush doctrine?
The Manmohan Singh government’s `bold’ new line on nuclear non-proliferation is full of sound and fury but signifies nothing other than the loss of our official capacity to analyse the … Continue reading
Indo-U.S. deal: Negotiating the nuclear fine print
India needs to play its hand carefully on sequencing, separation, and safeguards. 21 October 2005The Hindu India-U.S. deal: Negotiating the nuclear fine print Siddharth Varadarajan THE JULY 18 nuclear agreement … Continue reading
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