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.
October 05,2009 15:03:13 PM
Why is it all right for the Chinese Navy to operate in India’s backyard and wrong,from the perspective of our Ministry of Defence,for the Indian Navy to conduct naval exercises in China’s frontyard? As Beijing revels in its newly minted naval nationalism,New Delhi seems determined to curb the Indian Navy’s enthusiasm to raise the nation’s […]
Mon, Oct 05, 2009October 03,2009 03:56:36 AM
As our China debate continues,we must thank Defence Minister A.K. Antony for injecting a new word into the argument capabilities...
Sat, Oct 03, 2009September 30,2009 00:24:10 AM
As China celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Peoples Republic this week,India must take a deep breath and begin a fundamental rethink its strategy....
Wed, Sep 30, 2009September 28,2009 12:37:37 PM
Having been ambushed by the Iran question,Dr Singh has been quick to lay down an early marker for Indian diplomacy.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009September 23,2009 01:36:51 AM
In scrapping the plans to deploy missile defence systems in Poland and the Czech Republic last week,US President Barack Obama...
Wed, Sep 23, 2009September 21,2009 19:28:59 PM
There is a chorus of Pakistani voices opposing Islamabad's latest plan to sell vast tracts of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia.
Mon, Sep 21, 2009September 21,2009 03:01:06 AM
Three recent developments the resurrection of the controversy over the yield of Indias sole hydrogen bomb test in 1998...
Mon, Sep 21, 2009September 16,2009 14:49:57 PM
In just one weekend,Washington has turned the much fancied notion of building a Group of Two with Beijing on its head.
Wed, Sep 16, 2009September 14,2009 18:50:11 PM
As it serenades Mongolia's new President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj in Delhi this week,India must look beyond its latest preoccupation with uranium diplomacy.
Mon, Sep 14, 2009September 09,2009 02:56:12 AM
Big powers playing the Great Game tend to underestimate the political wiles of their local partners in Afghanistan.
Wed, Sep 09, 2009September 07,2009 14:16:43 PM
One of Musharraf's advisers has declared that 'just one phone call from Saudi Arabia will stop all the non-sense' about sending the General to prison.
Mon, Sep 07, 2009September 02,2009 02:38:19 AM
As the world comes to terms with the massive defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party in Sundays elections in Japan,the big...
Wed, Sep 02, 2009August 30,2009 21:43:23 PM
Despite our obsession with Pakistan,official and political India have not yet reacted to Islamabad's latest political move.
Sun, Aug 30, 2009August 24,2009 23:19:32 PM
When the heads of Indian diplomatic missions gather in New Delhi this week for an annual brainstorming and policy guidance...
Mon, Aug 24, 2009August 19,2009 04:14:37 AM
The great game was largely about promoting,and preventing,the integration of inner Asia with the Eurasian rim lands.
Wed, Aug 19, 2009August 12,2009 02:51:56 AM
As India and China continued their seemingly endless negotiations on the boundary dispute last week in Delhi,there was another event in faraway Cochin at the southern tip of the subcontinent.
Wed, Aug 12, 2009August 08,2009 10:42:58 AM
Indias Asian well-wishers hope that in acting quickly on the Korean deal,the UPA government is signalling a strong commitment to East Asian regionalism.
Sat, Aug 08, 2009July 29,2009 15:02:44 PM
As the Lok Sabha debates the drafting skills of Shivshankar Menon and PM Manmohan Singh this week,here is a story on joint statements from Jawaharlal Nehru's days.
Wed, Jul 29, 2009July 25,2009 10:30:06 AM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has an opportunity to rise above the din of Delhis latest political controversy.
Sat, Jul 25, 2009July 22,2009 04:21:14 AM
As the American military surge in Afghanistan puts the Taliban on the defensive,Washington has explained the linkage between the short term and the long in the Obama administrations Af-Pak strategy.
Wed, Jul 22, 2009July 20,2009 00:49:42 AM
In doing the capitals political circuit today,Hillary Clinton enjoys a big advantage that none of her predecessors at the US state department have had.
Mon, Jul 20, 2009July 18,2009 10:49:30 AM
Whether it is global trade,climate change,or nuclear non-proliferation,our mandarins and talking heads think glory lies in imagining pressure and standing up against it.
Sat, Jul 18, 2009July 15,2009 01:46:12 AM
Although China is only an observer at the 15th Non-Aligned Summit this week,Beijings diplomatic,political and economic influence....
Wed, Jul 15, 2009July 14,2009 23:26:29 PM
As a small contingent of the Indian troops marches down the Champs Elysees in Paris today,India owes...
Tue, Jul 14, 2009July 12,2009 16:50:27 PM
PM's remarks on his way back from the G-8 meetings in Italy suggest that a deal with Pak on the resumption of talks,may be at hand.
Sun, Jul 12, 2009




