C. Raja Mohan holds the Korea Chair at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Delhi and is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.
July 07, 2009 12:27 IST
Should Delhi offer significant military assistance to Kabul? Should India send its troops into Afghanistan?
Tue, Jul 07, 2009July 01, 2009 05:00 IST
If you havent had your fill of strategic triads and political quads,here is the latest offering...
Wed, Jul 01, 2009June 29, 2009 14:59 IST
Few in New Delhi might have noticed a memorandum of understanding signed by the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan during early May in Washington about regional trade and transit.
Mon, Jun 29, 2009June 24, 2009 03:48 IST
The visit of the US National Security Adviser,James Jones...
Wed, Jun 24, 2009June 21, 2009 17:21 IST
Realism has acquired a pejorative meaning in Washington these days amidst Prez Obamas reluctance to challenge Tehrans violent crackdown on peaceful protesters.
Sun, Jun 21, 2009June 17, 2009 01:40 IST
All the soaring rhetoric from Yekaterinburg on the solidarity of the second tier powers against Anglo-Saxon hegemony cant hide one simple reality....
Wed, Jun 17, 2009June 15, 2009 00:46 IST
There is no alternative to dialogue with Pakistan. India must focus on the larger objective
Mon, Jun 15, 2009June 10, 2009 00:33 IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would surely have wanted a substantive first trip abroad in his second term.
Wed, Jun 10, 2009June 07, 2009 16:33 IST
As New Delhi grapples,once again,with the question on when and whether to talk to Islamabad,here are four lessons that stand out from the recent history of Indo-Pak diplomacy.
Sun, Jun 07, 2009June 04, 2009 04:37 IST
Twenty years ago this week when the student protests in Beijings Tiananmen Square ended in a violent crackdown...
Thu, Jun 04, 2009June 03, 2009 00:08 IST
Whatever the Western world might have to say on the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown this week...
Wed, Jun 03, 2009June 01, 2009 18:11 IST
External Affairs Minister S M Krishna's categorisation of India as a 'responsible power' has found an echo in the just-concluded Shangri La dialogue.
Mon, Jun 01, 2009May 27, 2009 00:58 IST
Mention the Great Game and our gaze turns naturally towards Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Wed, May 27, 2009May 25, 2009 16:11 IST
It did not take too long for S M Krishna,a self-confessed rookie on diplomatic front,to lay out his worldview over the weekend.
Mon, May 25, 2009May 22, 2009 02:04 IST
Agenda for Dr Singhs new term: the long overdue strategic outreach to the Muslim world
Fri, May 22, 2009May 16, 2009 16:10 IST
As the Congress Party returns to power trouncing its ideological opponents on the right and the left,India will command a lot more political respect on the world stage.
Sat, May 16, 2009May 13, 2009 00:10 IST
As mammoth civilisational states,China and India have for long lived with imprecise borders. After they re-emerged as modern states during the last century....
Wed, May 13, 2009May 08, 2009 13:14 IST
It is not often that a nation launches a major military offensive on its own territory at the behest of another.
Fri, May 08, 2009May 06, 2009 00:20 IST
Obama mustnt buy stories of Pakistani collapse. That plays into the armys hands
Wed, May 06, 2009April 30, 2009 14:28 IST
All the gloom and doom in Western media about Pak has begun to translate into faster cash-flow from Washington to Islamabad and with far fewer conditions.
Thu, Apr 30, 2009April 29, 2009 01:05 IST
After Beijing showed off its maritime muscle last week,the stage is now set for a competitive modernisation of naval power in Asia.
Wed, Apr 29, 2009April 22, 2009 16:12 IST
For some years now there has been an open debate within the strategic community on the benefits and costs of acquiring carriers.
Wed, Apr 22, 2009April 17, 2009 22:09 IST
As donors meet in Tokyo,dont expect too many stern conditions on Islamabad
Fri, Apr 17, 2009April 15, 2009 01:42 IST
As Beijing revisits an old debate on who should control the gun the Chinese Communist Party or the state no one is betting on new answers.
Wed, Apr 15, 2009April 14, 2009 19:29 IST
An expert cautioned Obama Administration was cautioned that negotiating with Taliban could be the worst possible approach".
Tue, Apr 14, 2009



