November 08, 2010 02:39 IST
The US has escaped terrorist attacks this far,but there are no guarantees
Mon, Nov 08, 2010November 01, 2010 05:24 IST
If the US turns towards protectionism,India will suffer and that means America will,too
Mon, Nov 01, 2010October 18, 2010 05:22 IST
China cant grow fast indefinitely if its people are allowed only economic liberty without political liberty
Mon, Oct 18, 2010September 27, 2010 02:47 IST
The US cannot depend on China to develop electric-car tech.
Mon, Sep 27, 2010September 23, 2010 03:28 IST
Democracies are inexplicably fazed by the China story.
Thu, Sep 23, 2010June 28, 2010 04:17 IST
Throughout most of their conflict,Arab and Israeli leaders have tended to oscillate between two,and only two,worldviews...
Mon, Jun 28, 2010May 27, 2010 23:25 IST
I confess that when I first saw the May 17 picture of Irans president,Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,joining his Brazilian counterpart...
Thu, May 27, 2010May 17, 2010 02:59 IST
By the time I got there,the fire at the Marfin Egnatia Bank on Stadiou Street had been extinguished,but the smell of the...
Mon, May 17, 2010January 14, 2010 02:34 IST
Its problems are all too apparent,but dont underestimate the countrys capacity to fix them
Thu, Jan 14, 2010August 11, 2005 00:16 IST
Sorry to be so cynical, but an energy bill that doesn’t enjoin our auto companies to sharply improve their mileage standards is just no...
Thu, Aug 11, 2005August 05, 2005 00:09 IST
I’ve been thinking of running for high office on a one-issue platform: I promise, if elected, that within four years America will have ...
Fri, Aug 05, 2005July 30, 2005 00:00 IST
In visiting Gaza and Israel a few weeks ago, I realised how much the huge drama in Iraq has obscured some of the slower, deeper but equally ...
Sat, Jul 30, 2005July 28, 2005 00:00 IST
There is no doubt that Lance Armstrong’s seventh straight victory in the Tour de France, which has prompted sportswriters to rename the...
Thu, Jul 28, 2005July 21, 2005 00:00 IST
On the question of whether China’s CNOOC oil company should be permitted by the US government to purchase the US oil and gas company Un...
Thu, Jul 21, 2005July 18, 2005 00:00 IST
A few years ago I was visiting Bahrain and sitting with friends in a fish restaurant when news appeared on an overhead TV about Muslim terro...
Mon, Jul 18, 2005July 14, 2005 00:00 IST
Gush Katif, the Israeli settlement bloc in the heart of the Gaza Strip, is an unusual place — a bizarre combination of ‘‘Fidd...
Thu, Jul 14, 2005July 09, 2005 00:11 IST
Thursday's bombings in downtown London are profoundly disturbing. In part, that is because a bombing in our mother country and closest ally,...
Sat, Jul 09, 2005July 07, 2005 00:00 IST
Gaza City, Gaza Strip: I was having coffee at a Gaza hotel on Saturday with a group of Palestinian and Egyptian businessmen when one of the ...
Thu, Jul 07, 2005July 02, 2005 00:00 IST
Dublin, Ireland: There is a huge debate roiling in Europe today over which economic model to follow: the Franco-German shorter-workweek-six-...
Sat, Jul 02, 2005June 30, 2005 03:31 IST
Dublin, Ireland: Here’s something you probably didn’t know: Ireland today is the richest country in the European Union after Luxem...
Thu, Jun 30, 2005June 17, 2005 00:00 IST
Ever since Iraq’s remarkable election, the country has been descending deeper and deeper into violence. But no one in Washington wants ...
Fri, Jun 17, 2005June 10, 2005 00:00 IST
BANGALORE: Every time I visit India, Indians always ask me to compare India with China. Lately, I have responded like this: If India and Chi...
Fri, Jun 10, 2005June 04, 2005 00:00 IST
It was extremely revealing traveling from Europe to India as French voters (and now Dutch ones) were rejecting the EU constitution—in o...
Sat, Jun 04, 2005June 02, 2005 00:00 IST
A few years ago, my youngest daughter participated in the National History Day programme for eighth graders. The question that year was ...
Thu, Jun 02, 2005May 30, 2005 00:00 IST
Shut it down. Just shut it down.I am talking about the war-on-terrorism POW camp at Guantanamo Bay. Just shut it down and then plow it under...
Mon, May 30, 2005