India`s power slipping away?
Once in a blue moon, an Indian bureaucrat gets it right. R.V. Shahi, the union power secretary in 2003, took on a backwater job that few wanted, and resurrected the…
The roots of terrorism
A Cursory analysis of the Stary Global Terrorism Database reveals that over the past decade, Pakistan has had the highest number of terrorismrelated deaths in the world. In fact, the…
Russia`s rise
Obsessed as it is by `the rise of China`, the United States has been rather indifferent to the steady deterioration of its relations with Russia. Come to think of it,…
Time to revisit nuclear deal
Nearly eight years ago, the then US president, George W. Bush, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced their intention to draw up a civil nuclear cooperation agreement. President Bush…
The inauguration’s Latino flavour hard to miss
There are so many Hispanic stars, celebrities and other guests at Barack Obama's inauguration that it almost seems like he should swear an oath in Spanish when he starts a…
Torturing the facts
Eleven years after George W Bush sent the first detainees to Guantanamo, the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty made its national debut. Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons.…
Obama may turn Medicare reform into wider health debate
President Barack Obama could seek common ground with Republicans in the looming battle over Medicare spending by broadening the debate over entitlement reform to encompass the spiraling healthcare costs that…
Unwarranted assessments
The civil-nuclear agreement announced in 2005 by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was declared to be a boon for US-India relations and a grave threat to…
Bagram and the fine print
US President Barack Obama dominated headlines last week for tossing out George W. Bush’s plans for a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe. The praise with which that decision was…
Obama’s Asia policy
NO two American presidents could be as different in their view of the world as George W. Bush and Barack Obama. That the latter succeeded the former makes this change…
