Asian growth in an American vaccuum
V Anantha Nageswaran The US House of Representatives considered and voted on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008—‘Paulson plan’ for short—for...
Frontline worry in the war on terror
Nikolas Gvosdev Washington is now faced with several grave dilemmas. What happens when a democratic government won’t endorse its policy objectives? Moreover,...
Fewer laws, more efficient enforcement
Ravikiran Rao …what we are seeing instead is a demand for “stricter” laws. That is a bad idea for more or less the same reasons. Given the number...
Towards a new national anti-terrorism policy
Nitin Pai A seven-point programme for your favourite party’s manifesto Start fighting the war of minds 1. Project the war for what it is—that the New Jihadis...
The Vajpayee-Manmohan doctrine
Dhruva Jaishankar Conventional wisdom has it that India lacks a foreign policy strategy or doctrine; that is, some sort of overarching framework within which a...
A millennium in science
Christopher King After several consecutive years of minimal increase through the 1980s and 90s, India’s output of scientific papers has risen sharply since...
An electric imperative
Gulzar Natarajan Nuclear power forms just over 2 percent of our total power generation and the proposals on the pipeline are expected to add a meagre 3 GW. The...
October 2008 – After the bailout
Issue Contents PERSPECTIVE Asian growth in an American vaccuum A stronger rupee is the path ahead for India V Anantha Nageswaran Frontline worry in the war on terror Washington...


