Is North Korea a Diversion for a US-Jordan Invasion of Syria?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes   Article source : Is North Korea a Diversion for a US-Jordan Invasion of Syria? Most of it is shadow boxing. A storm in a teacup. Here is the reason why. 1. N Korea is incapable of waging war with … Continue reading

Diplomatic fracas – a la Devyani

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Diplomats are meant to build relations and not scuttle them. Individuals and minor functionaries have a role in this buildup, but when they are the cause of discord, they place themselves before the state’s interest. Sad case for Indian diplomacy. Continue reading

Prospects of peace in Afghanistan: a Freeperception view

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Peace in the Hindukush has hit a rock. The removal of troops always lead to uncertainty of the host’s future. Do we not know this? Yet there is little regard to the security of those who collaborate with external forces. We hope there is no massacre of innocent lives with the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. It is a troubling thought and there needs to be a amicable solution. Will the US agree to neutral parties negotiating for the,? Continue reading

The Six Party Talks … Chinese checkers?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Six party talks’ is the name given to the multilateral negotiations of six nations, US, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia and North Korea to dismantle the North Korean Nuclear programme. North Korea and South Korea borders are an active conflict … Continue reading

China’s Intrusion into India – fear or domination?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Chinese intrusion into Indian territory is not new. Border issues are kept alive to serve a purpose. It is either a domination or fear that guides China to act in a pedestrian way. While it is of not much importance it is relevant to the current scene in India and China’s regionalism with Japan. Continue reading

What is Good for Facebook is Good for America – Forbes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reflecting on the article on Facebook being a game changer for US economy. Will it really be so. The jobs that Ford and GM created, will it be the same with Facebook? Is everyone really waiting to see the US economy change with the IPO. Continue reading

India to test China Killer missile – Sydney Morning Herald

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Sydney Morning Herald Article on India’s China-killer missile This is an interesting label to the Agni V. The arms race in the sub continent is not new and the causes for such a race has several perspectives. The threat to … Continue reading

The January night Raisina Hill was spooked: Two key Army units moved towards Delhi without notifying Govt – Indian Express

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Click here: The Indian Express article This release of this outdated news heightens the rift between the Army and the Government. I hope it is not what I think it is … a bit of izzat  taken a bit too far, … Continue reading

No Gurkhas in overseas Armies?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes I cannot fathom why the Nepalese parliament would ban overseas recruitment of Gurkhas, unless it sees its nationals fighting against each other for two warring countries. In which case a conflict of interest with Nepal’s foreign policy is significant. This … Continue reading

Iran and the US

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Iran has become a focal point for the US for many reasons, known or just not spoken.  The politics of the region has little to do with the peaceful co existence of the countries of the region, simply because there … Continue reading

9/11 and India …

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Reading Time: 6 minutes The recent bomb blasts in New Delhi, the high alert in New York and a sense déjà vu has made the world stand on an edge again because of terrorism. The fact of this asymmetrical war is that a few … Continue reading

China deploys advanced n-missile on Indian border: US – Indian Express

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Reading Time: < 1 minute http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china-deploys-advanced-nmissile-on-indian-border-us/836941/ In the nuclear warhead count China definitely has more than India. Some of it will be deployed against India for geo strategic supremacy. This can not be denied, but the news has little value in improving relationships with China. … Continue reading

Over the top – Masood Hasan

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Over the top – Masood Hasan  (click to read the article)

It is not uncommon in history when women, the most beautiful, have been sent to soften up relations. It will be a bias to do down a woman who flaunts her beauty and style. The article by a Pakistani, is in praise of Indian lifestyle and humbleness.

Personalities are not the issue, it is a question of ending conflict and ensuring lasting peace. Indo-Pak talks go on and on, nothing really happens and perhaps that is the intention. The charade has new characters, Hina the latest.

If it is going to be war on high heels, Pak knows well that India has a larger, matching and bolder armoury, so bring it on!  

By the Weight of a Mustard Seed – Steavenson

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Pradeep Kanthan 6 June 2011 By the Weight of a Mustard is a book written by Wendell Steavenson, an American academic living in UK or the other way round.  It made interesting reading and gave some insight into the Saddam … Continue reading

All friends and not masters! – the game

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Reading Time: 6 minutes US –Pak relationship came under some scrutiny and suspicion immediately and weeks after OBL was taken out by US Navy seals. The issue is going to become redundant sooner or later. The 23rd May issue of the Time magazine, carries … Continue reading

All friends and not masters?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Osama Bin Laden’s elimination changes very little in the region.  To argue on the legalities and moral issues of the operation still don’t change the equation. The US has done what it has to do and in a timely manner. The timing could not be better for Obama and his government. Continue reading