What is the end game in Afghanistan?

The tragedy of Afghanistan continues and is likely to go beyond the upcoming elections. The presidential election in Afghanistan is scheduled to be held on August 20, 2009. The principal contenders for the presidential post are Hamid Karzai (incumbent president), Dr Abdullah Abdullah (former foreign minister) and Dr Ashraf Ghani (former finance minister). None has [...]

John Bolton and the familiar American fantasy!

Yesterday, John R Bolton the former US Ambassador to the United Nations wrote a piece in The Wall Street Journal, “The Taliban’s Atomic Threat”. This guy is so off the wall that there seems to be no hope for Pakistan and its neighbors. The only question is who is worst, Democrats or the Republicans? A [...]

The evolution of India’s foreign policy – Part VI

Vishwanath Pratap Singh and his National Front formed a minority government on December 2, 1989 with outside support from Bharatiya Janata Party and the communists from the left. This was not a viable government to begin with. Just the opposition to Rajiv Gandhi was not enough reason to hold these disparate groups of over-ambitious politicians [...]

The evolution of India’s foreign policy – Part V

The return of Indira Gandhi in many ways was a curse on India. She did learn a lot during her less than three years in wilderness but mostly the wrong things. She introduced convicted criminals into the Indian politics and India is still paying a heavy price for that. She nurtured and financed LTTE (Liberation [...]

Four more years of twisted Afghanistan policy?

The western world has always been clueless about Afghanistan and its people. First it was the British Empire and now it is American, both have tried to impose their will on the people of Afghanistan. The Afghans in general and the Pashtuns in particular are very independent people and they dislike any interference in their [...]

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