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- Pakistan Ripe for Another Coup?
As days wear on, it appears more and more certain that Pakistan is likely to experience another military takeover. There...
- Dr. Manmohan Singh Has Left The Building
For the past several months, a lot of political analysts in India have been lamenting about the direction-less approach of...
- Rahul Gandhi Takes a Left Turn
It is clear that Rahul Gandhi, the "PM-in-waiting" had decided long ago to select a time and place of his...
- Pakistan's New ProblemTwo news items in two well known American newspapers from recent days begged for my attention. Although they were not...
- Making Sense of the European Crisis
The newspapers are awash with details of the European crisis and its effect on Wall Street, the European stock markets...
- Will the Higher Education Bill Help The Education Sector?
The National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill is expected to be presented in the Indian parliament this...
- Why China Needs Double Digit Growth, Part IIPart I looked at the symbiotic dance between China and the US and how the music stopped with the...
- Why China Needs Double Digit Growth, Part I
The drumbeat for revaluation of the Yuan (Renminbi) against the dollar has risen in tempo in the past few weeks....
- Pakistan's Audacity Of Hope
Pakistan is at the top of its game right now. And the US can neither chew nor spit it at...
- Obama's CurseAs President Obama continues to struggle with his agenda in what has become an ungovernable America, several questions are being...
- The Changing Geopolitics of South Asia
Afghanistan has been relatively quiet on the surface for the past couple of months. It might lull any one who has not been...
- Drones for Pakistan - a Potential Game Changer
Soon after the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates left India's shores last week for Pakistan, came the announcement that the...
- The World Awakens to ChinaAs China's economic engine continues to hum and scale newer and newer heights, it is interesting to see a number...
- BRIC Economics - Peering Into The Future
Predictions are powerful because when they are made by influential people they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Witness the result of the...
- No Cop-out At Copenhagen
The lights have been put out at the Bella Center after two hectic weeks of heated debates in Copenhagen. To...
- 2010-11: Crucial Period for South Asia
The coming two years are likely to be 'make-or-break' years for the future security situation in Central and Southern Asia....
- Obama's Surge in Afghanistan
So, the Af-Pak announcement has finally been delivered by President Obama after considerable calculations and hand wringing. As expected, it...
- Where the BRICs Stand Today
In 2001, Goldman Sachs released a report which projected that the four economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China were...
- India's 3G Saga - A Bad Bollywood Movie!
India's 3G story (the auction of 3G spectrum to Wireless Service Providers) is playing out like a bad Bollywood masala...
- Will Obama be a One-term President?
It has been a year since Mr. Barack Obama was elected president and about 10 months since he assumed office....
- Change, or the Climate Will Change You!
It is going to be hot in Copenhagen this winter. That is because the United Nations Climate Change conference is...
- Running With the Hare and Hunting With the HoundsAs the phrase goes, it is considered to be an impossible task to run with the hare and hunt with...
- Chinese Checkers
Back in the early days of this decade, with the BRICs report being published and the "India Shining" banners fluttering...
- The Afghanistan Conundrum
Gen. Stanley McChrystal (military commander of the US forces in Afghanistan) is reported to be seeking a troop increase of...
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