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The Indian National Interest Review No 28 | July 2009 Published by The Indian National Interest—an independent community of individuals committed to increasing...
Apes on treadmills
How they ended up with way too many bombs IT IS partisan. It is biased. It demonises some characters and lionises others without any attempt at balance. And it is...
Defeating the Taliban: one joke at a time
Seriously! WHILE THERE were many reasons for the Republican Party’s loss in the 2008 US presidential election, one reason was the ridicule poured on former President...
Return of the meddler
The change in government in Kathmandu has turned public opinion against India NEPAL, WITH a population of almost 30 million, may be a medium-sized country. But...
Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof?
Allegations of vote-rigging are misplaced IS ANY device, electronic or not, tamper-proof? The answer, of course, is, no, it is not. Given enough technical, logistical,...
Liberation of Lalgarh
The Left Front’s hold over West Bengal faces a bloody challenge OVER THE past three decades, the Left Front’s Red fortress in Bengal had acquired an aura of...
Military moves and reactions
The PLA’s profile in Tibet is increasing in strength and sophistication RECENT STATEMENTS coming from New Delhi on China have once again upped the ante of the...
A twist in the Asian tale
If China grows slower than India… THE EMERGING markets are a very heterogeneous bunch,” writes Willem Buiter, former member of the Monetary Policy Committee...
Foreign policy challenges for UPA 2.0
What India’s foremost experts say WITH PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh forming a second-successive government at the head of the UPA coalition in May, Pragati...
The politics of reservations
THE ISSUE of reservations in India is like Yossarian’s liver condition in Catch-22. Reservations were supposed to be for 10 years, but they have been extended...


