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.

February 07, 2005 01:33 IST
The announcement in the Nepali media last week that a bus service will soon be launched between Kathmandu and Lhasa was not news to South Bl...
Mon, Feb 07, 2005
February 02, 2005 00:00 IST
Having reacted sharply against King Gyanendra’s coup in Kathmandu today, the Manmohan Singh government faces a huge challenge in matchi...
Wed, Feb 02, 2005
January 31, 2005 01:41 IST
With Iraq’s first general elections in over half a century set to create a constituent Assembly and a transitional government, India mi...
Mon, Jan 31, 2005
January 27, 2005 01:23 IST
As Jigme Singye Wangchuk, the King of Bhutan, wraps up his visit to India, the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade and his hosts will soo...
Thu, Jan 27, 2005
January 25, 2005 00:00 IST
As the nation celebrates the 55th anniversary of the Republic, the external environment has never been as favourable to independent India as...
Tue, Jan 25, 2005
January 20, 2005 00:00 IST
As the fragile peace process in the subcontinent begins to fray at the edges, Condoleezza Rice, the top diplomat in the Second Bush Administ...
Thu, Jan 20, 2005
January 18, 2005 01:47 IST
India is eager to get import energy through Bangladesh. But will New Delhi give economic concessions in return? That’s the big question...
Tue, Jan 18, 2005
January 11, 2005 00:00 IST
The quality of mercy, Shakespeare wrote, is not strained. It is twice blessed. He went on: “It blesseth him that gives, and him that ta...
Tue, Jan 11, 2005
January 11, 2005 00:00 IST
Reinforcing the message that it is fully capable of dealing with the domestic consequences of the tsunami on its own, India politely turned ...
Tue, Jan 11, 2005
January 07, 2005 01:05 IST
The appointment of M K Narayanan as the interim National Security Adviser brings the recent story of India’s national security manageme...
Fri, Jan 07, 2005
January 04, 2005 01:57 IST
Ambling up to him at a gathering in the Capital last night, one quickly sensed that National Security Adviser J.N. Dixit was about to get in...
Tue, Jan 04, 2005
January 03, 2005 01:36 IST
Besides drawing legions of armed forces and triggering high-profile global diplomacy, the tsunami strike in the Indian Ocean has reinforced ...
Mon, Jan 03, 2005
December 31, 2004 02:21 IST
Responding to the extraordinary humanitarian challenge arising from Sunday’s tsunami strike, India and the United States have begun to ...
Fri, Dec 31, 2004
December 30, 2004 02:34 IST
That the Indian Navy could join the relief operations in Sri Lanka that bore the brunt of the tsunami strike is a reflection of the positive...
Thu, Dec 30, 2004
December 29, 2004 01:50 IST
AS India considers long-term options on disaster management, in the wake of the terrible tsunami strike, one major imperative stands out...
Wed, Dec 29, 2004
December 28, 2004 02:32 IST
The credit that former prime minister A.B. Vajpayee reportedly gave this week to his predecessor P.V. Narasimha Rao for building India’...
Tue, Dec 28, 2004
December 28, 2004 00:00 IST
As he packs his bags for the first foreign policy venture in the new year — the annual summit of the South Asian nations in Dhaka —...
Tue, Dec 28, 2004
December 21, 2004 01:55 IST
China’s massive programme to build roads all along the border in Tibet and into the sub-continent has finally woken up India and Bhutan...
Tue, Dec 21, 2004
December 15, 2004 02:03 IST
Dispelling political concerns all around and overcoming many procedural difficulties, a rare conversation among Indians, Pakistanis and Kash...
Wed, Dec 15, 2004
December 14, 2004 00:00 IST
As India and Pakistan start talks on nuclear and conventional military confidence-building measures this week in Islamabad, part of the atte...
Tue, Dec 14, 2004
December 13, 2004 01:35 IST
When the word appeared in Pakistani media earlier this month that the National Security Adviser J.N. Dixit was all set to meet his Pakistani...
Mon, Dec 13, 2004
December 02, 2004 01:23 IST
It is not often that a government advertisement stops the traffic. ‘‘Reviving the spirit of Punjab, Punjabi, and Punjabiyat,’...
Thu, Dec 02, 2004
November 30, 2004 02:38 IST
The meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday in Vientiane should be an occasion to celebrate ...
Tue, Nov 30, 2004
November 30, 2004 00:00 IST
Does the United Nations really matter when it comes to war and peace in the 21st century? To ask this question when long promised reform of ...
Tue, Nov 30, 2004
November 25, 2004 02:34 IST
The first crisis in the peace process since the composite dialogue began last June has been averted by renewing reassurances that both sides...
Thu, Nov 25, 2004




