The memoir of an unknown Indian soldier
What I present to you is two stories. One is of a simple Indian soldier from a village near Mangalore, one who, according to his brother Louis, “never got...
After the great earthquake
On March 11, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake––said to be the fifth largest in the world since 1900––occurred off the northeastern (Tohoku) coast of Japan. The...
In a Japanese pressure cooker
Japan, India and non-proliferation commitments Photo: Jackson Boyle/Flickr India’s refusal to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty may delay—or even...
Engaging the East
The recent months have witnessed energetic economic diplomacy initiatives by India in the Asia-Pacific region. These initiatives should aim to expand India’s economic...
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Raising India’s Lusophone profile CONSTANTINO XAVIER, fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses states that in the wake of Goa’s successful...
Higher education—a bridge to Japan
As India embarks on the long-overdue higher education reform—which includes promoting research culture in universities—it should diversify the partners with...
MacArthur should return
Nitin Pai The focus on the war in Afghanistan has rendered the United States blind to the strategic reality that ‘surges’ and reconstruction efforts...
Dealing with China’s power projection
Harsh V Pant Indian policy towards China continues to be premised on the “liberal fallacy” that strategic problems will inevitably produce satisfactory solutions...







