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One of the great tragedies of our time is the near total decline in the credibility of the Western media. There are some exceptions but only some.
 
 
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The US-Iran Standoff and India
Dr Uma Purushothaman
04 February 2012
While India would be hoping that the reported secret talks between the US and Iran succeeds, avoiding a conflict, New Delhi could take a leaf out of the Chinese and Japanese strategy of reducing its exposure to Iranian oil in return for a waiver from US sanctions.
 
India's MMRCA decision: Strategic implications
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
04 February 2012
For India's current administration, beset with corruption scandals, letting technical merits alone determine the MMRCA decision was probably the politically easiest choice. But its strategic merits are somewhat less clear.
 
Law on food security: Time to focus on farm productivity
Jayshree Sengupta
03 February 2012
The proposed Food Security Act will cost the government around Rs 100,000 crore a year. Though it is big money, especially when the economy is on downslide, when lots of money were spent on events like the Commonwealth Games and industry given huge tax sops.
 
India should ensure arms deals are not one way traffic
Deba R Mohanty
02 February 2012
While India will spend around $200bn-plus in the next 10 years, future contracts like the MMRCA should pave the way for opportunities for Indian firms to upgrade their design, development, production and innovation capabilities. India must ensure that arms deals are not a one-way traffic for suppliers.
 
Afghanistan: Talking to the enemy
Vikram Sood
02 February 2012
The US position on Afghanistan has many weaknesses. Having announced prematurely that the US would withdraw in 2011, efforts at backtracking have only meant that the locals and their Pakistani masters believe that it is a matter of time before the US and NATO will leave.
 
Maldives: From one crisis to another, and yet another?
N Sathiya Moorthy
02 February 2012
The latest in the series of crises that have hit the young Maldives democracy is the arrest of Chief Justice of the Criminal Court, Abdullah Mohammed, and the involvement of the Maldivian National Defence Force in executing the arrest request from the police.
 
The Great Power Game still continues
Vikram Sood
02 February 2012
Closer home, the Great Power Game will be played in the unstable fields of Ayatollahs' Iran, a Talibanised Afghanistan, whose leaders have their own world view, and a Sunni radicalised nuclearised Pakistan. The main contestants will be China and the US and our strategic planners may have to start planning for an uncertain future.
 
Punjab elections: Some interesting departures
Tridivesh Singh Maini
02 February 2012
The results of the Assembly elections in five States, including Punjab, will be out on 6 March. It remains to be seen whether Punjab will stick to history and vote out the incumbent Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-BJP government or whether history will be made and the latter will be re-elected.
 
India will keenly watch Russia elections
Samir Saran & Jaibal Naduvath
01 February 2012
The Indian public sphere is unlikely to engage comprehensively with the happenings in the run up to the Russian presidential elections. On the other hand, the Indian establishment will keenly follow political developments in Russia as the importance of the election outcome.
 
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