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  • Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit
    Swaran Singh    ·   15 Apr, 2010    ·    #3094    ·    Commentary    
    The much-hyped two-day Nuclear Security Summit ended amidst unusually heavy security, marking the culmination of an unprecedented and hectic ten days of President Obama’s nuclear disarmament diplomacy. Starting from the release last wee...
  • Obama’s ‘Surge Strategy’ in AfPak: the Indian Perspective
    D Suba Chandran    ·   13 Apr, 2010    ·    #3093    ·    Commentary    
    While there have been numerous criticisms about Pakistan’s cooperation or lack of it in the War against Terrorism, there has not been sufficient focus towards understanding the American end game in Afghanistan. Is the ‘Obama surge&rs...
  • Obama-Hu meeting at the NSS – A Comment
    Rukmani Gupta    ·   13 Apr, 2010    ·    #3092    ·    Commentary    
    The much publicized meeting between US President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) has been hailed as a huge success by some in the West. An examination of the outcomes of this bilateral ...
  • Waiting for Endgame
    Chiranjib Haldar    ·   12 Apr, 2010    ·    #3091    ·    Commentary    
    Will the United States and Pakistan ever trust each other enough to cooperate fully in fighting the Taliban and al Qaeda? This was the question haunting the recent strategic dialogue between the top brass of the two countries, which aimed to put...
  • Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit: Case for Indo-US Partnership?
    Swaran Singh    ·   12 Apr, 2010    ·    #3090    ·    Commentary    
    Much talked of Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) of President Obama opens today in Washington DC.  Heads of state and government from 44 of the 47 participating countries – along with UN Secretary General and Director General of the Inter...
  • Emergency in Thailand
    Pankaj Jha    ·   09 Apr, 2010    ·    #3089    ·    Commentary    
    Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed Prime Minister of Thailand who is presently living in Europe has become the haunting figure accused of whipping up a political crisis in Thailand. Usually, it is stated that ‘history repeats itself’ bu...
  • Indus Water Commission 2010: Watershed?
    Pia Malhotra    ·   09 Apr, 2010    ·    #3088    ·    Commentary    
    The India-Pakistan Indus Water Commission (IWC) held its 104th meeting in Lahore from 29-31 March this year and at the end of three days of talks, no major breakthrough was achieved. The countries decided to continue the talks at the next meetin...
  • Fighting Naxalism: Need for Change in Strategy
    Vinita Priyedarshi    ·   08 Apr, 2010    ·    #3087    ·    Commentary    
    When Home secretary GK Pillai said at a function in IDSA on 5 March 2010 that “the hardest fighting was still to come” against the Naxalites, few could have visualized that his statement would be proved right within a month. On 6 Apr...
  • Obama’s ‘Surge Strategy’ in AfPak: the Pakistani Perspective
    Salma Malik    ·   08 Apr, 2010    ·    #3086    ·    Commentary    
    The US President’s speech at West Point Military Academy in December 2009 has become a virtual looking glass through which all Afghan watchers are now predicting the future drift of US policies in this region. It is considered by many as a...
  • Strategic Dialogue: Pakistan and United States
    Sripathi Naryanan    ·   08 Apr, 2010    ·    #3085    ·    Commentary    
    The recently concluded strategic dialogue between Pakistan and the United States was hailed as the dawn of “a new day” after “years of misunderstanding” by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. This was the first rou...
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