Potential Military Strikes in Syria Threaten Regional Flare-up
The reported chemical weapons strike in the Eastern suburbs of Damascus in Syria on 21 August which killed up to 1300 people has taken the current Syrian conflict to yet …
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Beyond regime change politics: Spare Syria more violence
Some years ago Dr. Khalid El Sheikh, former Palestinian Ambassador to India, a fine human being and a scholar, gifted me a book he had authored on the history of …
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Changing Myanmar: Two years after that fateful meeting
On August 19, 2011, Myanmar’s President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met at the presidential palace in Naypyidaw. Photographed together for the first time, with Aung …
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Reassessing the US Pivot to Asia
As the US continues its ‘pivot’ back to Asia, three important points need to be reiterated. First, is there really a ‘pivot’? Did the US really leave Asia to pivot …
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Mujib’s world vision and India
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is popularly known as Bangabandhu or Friend of Bengal. He became the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1972. He was a close friend of Prime Minister Indira …
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China-EU solar panel duel: Between a rock and a hard place
On July 27 this year, the European Union (EU) and China struck a deal to regulate Chinese solar panel imports – an issue that had been at the heart of …
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Turning a fresh page? Free up India-Pakistan ties from curse of terror
It’s time to emancipate India-Pakistan ties from the scourge of cross-border terror and violence. This was the overarching message of India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the day India celebrated its …
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Reforming global financial governance: G20 and India
The G20 had played a key role in responding to the global financial crisis of 2008-09. During and after the global financial crisis of 2008, while advanced economies experienced dwindling …
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Panda Love: China’s cuddly soft power
A round-the-clock spotlight would make anyone feel like a celebrity. Now China’s famous and endangered giant pandas are the stars of a 24-hour live online channel, www.ipanda.com, exclusively dedicated to …
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India warns Pakistan, Sharif plays peacenik
Amid mounting tensions and rising political temperature in India over the killing of Indians soldiers in Kashmir, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has struck a placatory note by calling for …
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