Posts About India
Time for Peace in Kashmir
The political stars are finally aligned for India and Pakistan to end this conflict.
India's Promising Momentum: David Ignatius, April 9th 9:15am
India feels like a country confidently embracing the future and well on its way toward getting there; Pakistan feels wracked by the torment of becoming modern.
'Firaaq' Holds a Mirror to National Healing
Nandita Das's absorbing film, "Firaaq" is a realistic view of vulnerable people in urban India during times of strife and turmoil.
The Return of Zheng He? China's Navy on the Move
China's navy is returning to its blue-water roots. Shades of the Ming Dynasty.
India's Greatest Ally: Pakistan
The two countries are ultimately an extension of one another and therefore must recognize that attacks and counterattacks will reverberate across their borders.
Pakistan's, and India's, Terror Trap
We must understand and appreciate that militant attacks of this sort are a problem for both India and Pakistan, and that dealing with them by more saber rattling will achieve nothing but tension.
India's Options Are Limited
Whether justified or not, India shall be hard-pressed to adopt an American-style, "Bush Doctrine" posture of preemptive strikes against terrorists, or a policy of hitting back at any cost similar to adopted by Thatcherist Britain during the Falklands Episode.
India's Rough Neighborhood
Every nation has the right for self-defense to deflect real threats coming from any other nation. India, however, knows that it cannot emulate America because Pakistan is not Iraq or Afghanistan.
Indian Muslims Choose Loyalty to Country
While international attention has focused on Pakistan, where the attackers hailed from, it's important we don't paper over the iniquities faced by Muslims in India, which spawned home-grown version of al-Qaeda in recent years, and where resentment is growing.
How Should India Respond to Another Mumbai?
If India discovers that another Mumbai plot is on the way from Pakistan, what should it do? What right of unilateral self-defense should international law allow?
Crisis in India Shows Us the True Recession
That the lifestyles of the world's wealthy have been hit does not mean that the world at large is experiencing a current global recession.
The Choice for Pakistan's Military
Unless Pakistan changes how it conceives of its interests and strategy, it will remain an unstable and distrusted place.
This Fire Needs to be Put Out
The horrific attacks in Mumbai should be a call to arms for the region.
Wanted: A New U.S. Grand Strategy
Obama and his foreign policy team needs to develop a grand strategy to confront global recession and rising powers -- or urgent events on the ground will overwhelm the nation's interests.
Mumbai May Derail India-Pakistan Peace Progress
Even as the civilian death toll of the Mumbai attacks climbs, fallout from these terrorist actions threatens thawing relations between India and Pakistan.
Should Smoking Be Banned?
India recently passed a national smoking ban. Should the rest of the world follow, or is that stepping over the line?...
China’s Resource Thirst Here to Stay
Think China buying up the world’s resources is threatening? Get used to it.
