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Voice from America
Modi’s US Visit: So Much Promise, Such Little Outcome
Amit Gupta. · 06 Oct, 2014 · #4681 · Commentary
September was an eventful month for Mr Modi since he met the leaders of the three countries that are most important to India’s current security and economic calculations - China, the US, and Japan. The anticipation and results of all three me ...
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Islamic State: Straining the US Defence Budget
Vivek Mishra. · 30 Sep, 2014 · #4677 · Commentary
The most recent estimation vis-à-vis the US’ military campaign against the Islamic State (IS) has it that the cost of Washington’s war against the IS has surpassed $780 million. This comes at a time when the Pentagon has hinted a ...
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Failed Nuclear Deal with Japan: Will it affect Indo-US Nuclear Cooperation?
Vivek Mishra. · 19 Sep, 2014 · #4666 · Commentary
While Modi’s visit to Japan in early September yielded dividends in other sectors, it failed to accomplish on the nuclear deal between the two countries. Reactions (or the lack of them) from Washington DC are important and warrant analysis, a ...
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South Asian Dialectic
Obama’s New Strategy towards the Islamic State: Implications for India
PR Chari. · 15 Sep, 2014 · #4659 · Commentary
In his widely anticipated 15th anniversary address on the 9/11 attacks, President Obama has clarified his objectives in the Middle East: “We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, [the Islamic State] through a comprehensive and sus ...
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Eagle Eye
Changing Global Balance of Power: Obama’s Response
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 08 Sep, 2014 · #4649 · Commentary
The term ‘unipolar world order’ has slowly been erased from the lexicon of current debates on world affairs. While the Obama Administration appears determined to keep the flag of Pax Americana flying around the world, events in Latin Am ...
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Nuke Street
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Musings on the Bomb
Sheel kant Sharma. · 21 Aug, 2014 · #4621 · Commentary
August is the month of remembrance of the ghastly tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Such remembrance is far from a mere annual routine of some ritual happenings – there is no dearth of moral, ethical, legal or humanitarian condemnation of th ...
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Assessing US-India Relations: A Perspective from China
Bo Zhen. · 20 Aug, 2014 · #4619 · Commentary
Three US political heavyweights - Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel - just visited India successively within a fortnight. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the U ...
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Indian Ocean: Multilateralism Takes Root
Vijay Sakhuja. · 19 Aug, 2014 · #4612 · Commentary
India will host the Indian Ocean Dialogue (IOD) at Kochi, Kerala in September to discuss issues of maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean. The initiative emerges from the 13th meeting of the Council of Ministers in Perth, Australia held i ...
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Obama’s Russian Dilemma
Amit Gupta. · 12 Aug, 2014 · #4603 · Commentary
Has the shooting down of MH-17 heralded the start of a new Cold War? Observers in the west have likened the situation in Europe to 1914 and the hawks in Western Europe and North America have been calling for tougher sanctions against Russia. Caught i ...
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Eagle Eye
Obama Administration: Re-engaging India
Chintamani Mahapatra. · 11 Aug, 2014 · #4601 · Commentary
After months of downgrading its engagement with the Indian government, US President Barack Obama’s administration has woken up to the new reality of a transformed political profile in New Delhi, and has managed to alter its diplomatic course. ...
