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 [...]

Zbigniew Brzezinski reflects a popular worldview of Americans

The former US national security adviser in the Carter administration, Zbigniew Brzezinski, truly represents the single-track world-view of the American people. His foreign policy views on Charlie Rose Show last night were reasonably reflective of the popular opinion in America, however ill-informed! His views on Iran are in line with the Barack Obama administration which [...]

Barack Obama has decided to isolate India!

This is the first time in the history of the Indian subcontinent that the United States of America has invited a Communist China to participate in South Asia. The proposal is part of a broad US push to enlist key allies of Pakistan in an effort to stabilize the country, the Boston Globe reported. Even [...]

The evolution of India’s foreign policy – Part VII

The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in the evening of the first day of balloting on May21, 1991, stunned the nation and the world. We were in Syracuse, New York at that time, everyone looked shocked and apprehensive. I was not all that shocked because Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi were busy playing with [...]

Time to give Harry S Truman a decent burial!

Two thirds of the global problems were created by Shri Harry Truman from 1945 to 1952. We are still paying the price for some of them. There is now a section of American Media and the Democratic Party that wants to re-write the history and lionize the dumb former president. We have a troika of [...]

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