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Pragati The Indian National Interest Review No 31 | October 2009 Published by The Indian National Interest—an independent community of individuals committed to...
Partners and their naturalness
While it has received extraordinary attention, especially in recent years, the bilateral relationship between India and the United States has been the subject of...
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Nukes and neighbours Rory Medcalf, director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy focuses on the complications in North Asia in the wake of a renewed...
Enough austerity. How about some consumerism?
Popular cinema in general, and the Indian film industry in particular, is frequently accused of caricature. The critics are not wrong: with its song and dance routine;...
The Afghanistan conundrum
Few challenges to India’s national security loom as large as those presented by the recent deterioration of Afghanistan. While the political implications of failure...
Where our MPs stand
One of the main functions of Parliament is to make national laws. Bills are introduced by the government, examined by committees, discussed in the House and then...
Winning the counter-insurgency endgame
It has been recognised that successful counter-insurgency strategy—recently popularised as the Petraeus doctrine and implemented successfully by the United States...
Money and friends
They have claimed to represent the poorest and most oppressed sections of society for around four decades now. Their attacks have primarily targeted representatives...
Why trying to buy surrender will not work
As folk wisdom goes, pre-empting problems is better than curing them. If not prevented from arising in the first place, the next best thing is to resolve them with...
Hope is the antidote to Naxalism
Two young auto rickshaw drivers were in the queue at the Road Transport Office (RTO). They had already lost two days’ income with no end in sight for their registration...


