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Obama and Afghanistan
Obama’s WarMilton Bearden writes in Foreign Affairs:“Since the United States first dispatched troops to Afghanistan in October 2001, the war in Afghanistan has been an orphan of U.S. policy. But with the release last week of a revamped U.S. polic...
Obama as global shepherd
President as global shepherd ND BatraFrom The StatesmanReflecting on the G-20 meeting in London, it would appear that world leaders of the most powerful economies had succeeded in realising that concerted action was needed to halt the precipitous glo...
US Global Pre-eminence
Obama and emerging American valuesCYBER AGE - ND BatraFrom The StatesmanIN every country there is always some or the other cultural struggle going on. When the struggle becomes too fierce to be contained in civil discourse, it becomes a cultural war ...
Smart Power: What is it?
Matrix of smart powerCYBER AGE - ND BatraFrom The StatesmanThe Obama administration is orchestrating its foreign policy in a new key, one based not on any political ideology such as the mission of spreading of democracy as the Bush administration att...
Afghanistan and the new military doctrine
Afghanistan and the new military doctrine CYBER AGE - ND BatraFrom The StatesmanIt is unthinkable that President-elect Barack Obama would give up on the historic legacy of the US as the most decisive and responsible global power in spite of the rise ...
China or the USA?
Will 2009 be the year of China or the USA?ND BatraFrom The StatesmanThis may be a defining year for both China and the US. Both are in trouble. The US is in recession. China’s export-driven economy has slowed down significantly. How each one comes ...
Yes, India Can
Give India weapons of self-protectionCYBER AGE - ND BatraFrom The Statesman India needs weapons of mass self-protection, not the false sense of security of regionalism as is being proposed in some quarters. Mr Ahmed Rashid, the renowned Pakistani jou...
The re-Education of a businessman
What business schools need to doFrom The StatesmanCYBER AGE - ND BatraBusiness schools emphasise quantitative analysis and sophisticated computer modelling as if real life in the street could be enclosed in a Gaussian Bell Curve and events could be p...
Behold US Diplomatic Might
NSG waiver: This day will live in glory for IndiaFrom The StatesmanND BatraIf you had any doubt about the global power and reach of the US diplomacy, you should ponder the one-off waiver that the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) gave in connection with ...
Pakistan Today
If Musharraf couldn’t do it, who could?From The StatesmanND BatraPakistan and its humongous problems won’t go away. In fact they are spilling into neighbouring countries and beyond.In its six decades of bloody history, one of the country’s prim...
Iran Matters
Iran sends a long-range messageFrom The StatesmanND BatraIt was a spectacular display of missile firepower exceeded only by the Revolutionary Guard air force commander General Hossein Salami’s rhetoric. According to the official IRNA news agency, h...
Nuclear Energy: Why should India be left behind?
India must broaden nuclear freedomFrom The StatesmanND BatraLast week Russia and the US signed an unprecedented civilian nuclear power deal under which companies in both countries would have access to nuclear technology through joint ventures. The pa...
Brand India
Becoming a global brand and keeping it From The StatesmanND BatraIt is doubtful if Ford Motor Company would have sold a high-profile brand portfolio like Jaguar and Land Rover to a Chinese auto company. Tata is embedded in a multicultural open societ...
Pakistan and America
Pakistan transformed, really? From The StatesmanND BatraLooking at the election results of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province that hugs Waziristan and Afghanistan, a region notorious for the Taliban and Al-Qaida sanctuary and terrorists’ bre...
Bhutto's assassination and the US
Pakistan factors in US presidential race From The StatesmanND BatraBenazir Bhutto’s assassination has hit the US presidential neck-to-neck race like a thunderbolt. Foreign policy credentials and experience have become suddenly very important as the...
Peaceful Iran?
Iran War a non-starter?Frrom The statesmanND BatraThe rhetoric of war against Iran has become muted. The hawks are in disarray. US Vice-President Mr Dick Cheney has been boxed and shoved into a corner for now. Democrat and Republican presidential can...
The Merchant of Arabia
Uncle Sam and the merchant of ArabiaFrom The StatesmanND BatraWith the rise of crude oil to $90-100 a barrel, the camel is overloaded with the greenback. And there is no better place for the Arab merchant to unload his petrodollars than to lend it Am...
Don't Cry for Pakistan
A moment of meditation on PakistanFrom the StatesmanND BatraPakistan is not a failed state but at present it is in a state of dynamic instability, which could spin out of control if the situation is not handled wisely by its neighbors, international ...
PAKISTAN HAS A FUTURE, YES
What can India do for Pakistan?From The StatesmanND BatraBenazir Bhutto represents a future that must happen: a progressive, liberal and secular Pakistan that should become a model for rest of the Islamic world. That is in India’s national interest...
Corporate CEO as diplomat
The art of being a corporate diplomat From The StatesmanThe days of autocrat corporate CEOs are gone.Even a powerful man like Rupert Murdoch, the most powerful global media tycoon who is trying to take over Dow Jones, the company that owns the **Wall...
Let history judge George W. Bush
Bush stands firm like a rock From The StatesmanPresident George W Bush - not public opinion polls - is the prime political mover in the United States. Foreign policy of course cannot run on public opinion polls, which go up and down so often that it...
With a friend like China, who needs enemies?
Not easy sleeping with a friend like ChinaFrom The StatesmanChina is not an easy country to deal with. Chinese diplomats are tough negotiators; they use whatever leverage they have and in the process create more opportunities for themselves, as the A...
Saving Pakistan
Heed the voice of Dawn's Haroon From The StatesmanND BatraPakistan is undergoing political and cultural turmoil unnoticed by rest of the world, says Hameed Haroon, the publisher of the Dawn group of newspapers, in a piece published in the Wall Street...
Engaging Iran
Engaging Iran through diplomacy and moreFrom The StatesmanND BatraPrime Minister Tony Blair will be retiring after the May elections and should be indeed thankful for diplomacy to have succeeded, regardless of any under the table quid pro quo, in the...
