The Indian National Interest Review
January 2010
Issue no. 34
Featured articles
- Afghanistan
Why India must send troops to Afghanistan
The proposal to deploy Indian troops in Afghanistan is based on the simple logic of force fungibility. As the nuclear factor makes it unfeasible for Indian troops to directly attack Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex, India should ensure that US troops do so. The US ‘surge’ in Af-Pak is a strategic opportunity for India.
- Afghanistan
Giving Kabul a leg up
India must invest in training Afghan national security forces. The answer to the United States’ resource constraints in Afghanistan lies in India. New Delhi must respond positively to a US request for training and equipping the ANA.
- foreign affairs
Not unpopular in China
The Chinese people might not share their government’s bellicosity towards India. The authoritarian leadership in Beijing may be out of step with domestic opinion when it beats the India drum.
- internal security
Time for the Party
The National Conference’s weak party structure has seriously damaged Omar Abdullah’s reputation as an administrator and a political leader. One year on, and the challenges for Omar Abdullah…
- internal security
Telangana Liberated
How the prospective state might fall to the Naxalites, Naxalites support the demand for a separate Telangana state with an eye to making it part of their agenda set up a ‘Compact Revolutionary Zone’.
Table of contents
- Afghanistan
Why India must send troops to Afghanistan
The proposal to deploy Indian troops in Afghanistan is based on the simple logic of force fungibility. As the nuclear factor makes it unfeasible for Indian troops to directly attack Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex, India should ensure that US troops do so. The US ‘surge’ in Af-Pak is a strategic opportunity for India.
- Afghanistan
Withdrawal symptoms
If the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, so might India. If the US quits prematurely, New Delhi might follow by downscaling its role in giving aid and implementing development projects in Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan
Giving Kabul a leg up
India must invest in training Afghan national security forces. The answer to the United States’ resource constraints in Afghanistan lies in India. New Delhi must respond positively to a US request for training and equipping the ANA.
- foreign affairs
Before the enemies reach Panipat
India’s costly refusal to see beyond itself and the subcontinent
- Nuclear Policy
A nuclear power by any name
India should sign the NPT as a nuclear weapons state, though the proposal to limit the liability of US nuclear reactor operators is both unnecessary and highly worrisome.
- foreign affairs
Not unpopular in China
The Chinese people might not share their government’s bellicosity towards India. The authoritarian leadership in Beijing may be out of step with domestic opinion when it beats the India drum.
- internal security
Time for the Party
The National Conference’s weak party structure has seriously damaged Omar Abdullah’s reputation as an administrator and a political leader. One year on, and the challenges for Omar Abdullah…
- public policy
More states, not satrapies
Fiscal independence will multiply the benefits of new states. The debate on state size stops after considering economic viability and state capacity and does not cover fiscal autonomy.
- internal security
Telangana Liberated
How the prospective state might fall to the Naxalites, Naxalites support the demand for a separate Telangana state with an eye to making it part of their agenda set up a ‘Compact Revolutionary Zone’.
- In Brief
Filter
US-Pakistan strains
STEPHEN P COHEN of the Brookings Institution traces the history of the fluctuating relationship between Pakistan and the U.S. since the inception of Pakistan over 60 years ago. In his book, “Superpower Rivalry and Conflict: The long shadow of the Cold War on the 21st century” he states that this relationship has resulted in [...]
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The Indian National Interest Review
No 34 | January 2010
Published by The Indian National Interest—an independent community of individuals committed to increasing public awareness and education on strategic affairs, economic policy and governance.
Advisory Panel
Mukul G Asher
Sameer Jain
Amey V Laud
V Anantha Nageswaran
Ram Narayanan
Sameer Wagle
Editors
Nitin Pai
Ravikiran Rao
Sushant K Singh
Editorial Support
Dibyojyoti Haldar
Aruna Urs
Priya Kadam
Acknowledgements
International Studies/Sage Publications
William Rock
Premila Nazareth
US Army (Cover Photo)
Rory Medcalf
PRS Legislative Research
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