NYT: A Jihad Grows in Kashmir
Protests in Kashmir hearken back to Clinton's description that it might be “the most dangerous place on earth.”
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Protests in Kashmir hearken back to Clinton's description that it might be “the most dangerous place on earth.”
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After months of deadlock, the U.S.-India nuclear deal has moved to the next stage, but numerous obstacles to the deal's passage remain.
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Spector, a nuclear nonproliferation expert, discusses the merits of the U.S.-India nuclear agreement and its prospects for passage during the Bush administration.
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An Agreement with the Government of India for the Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear Facilities.
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A piece about hidden Maoists and "tracking" the Indian Separatist Rebels
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This Action Plan from the Indian Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change outlines the steps towards sustainable development and international cooperation on the issue.
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With the Doha trade round in danger of slipping from our grasp, it has become commonplace to assert that the food crisis, while a tragedy, is a shot in the arm for the talks. In this Financial Times op-ed, Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya find that only one such argument passes muster—the fact that high food prices should soften U.S. opposition to lower agricultural subsidies, thereby relaxing key constraints on the final compromises necessary to reach an agreement on agricultural liberalisation.
The Economist reports that China and India are increasingly keen to be seen to be tackling climate change. Though it is dirtier, China is making a more convincing show of action
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India's carbon footprint is relatively trifling, but its energy demand is intense.
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This report on financing energy efficiency draws on lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China, and India.
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Simon Robinson writes about the Naxalites, a Maoist insurgency numbering between 10,000 and 20,000 armed fighters, who are consolidating power across India's poorest regions and posing "the single biggest internal security challenge ever faced by our country," in the words of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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This working paper by Jeremy Carl, Varun Rai and David Victor discusses how India's continued economic success hinges on obtaining reliable and cost-effective energy supplies. Increasingly, those supplies depend on national and foreign delivery chains that are creaking and feared unreliable.
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South Asia expert Bruce Riedel sees the continuing development of U.S.-India ties as a major accomplishment of President Bush, who has built on steps taken by his predecessor.
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As India emerges as an important global player, its foreign policy seeks to balance the country's growing U.S. ties with national interests.
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Charles D. Ferguson discusses the U.S.-Indian nuclear deal.
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Naresh Fernandes examines the discrepancy that exists between the glowing reports of a booming Indian economy and increasing wealth versus the reality that most citizens of India live in poverty. Fernandes writes that Indian media cater more to the aspirations of the elite through aggressive advertising campaigns rather than acting as “the fourth pillary of democracy.”
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Ford Motor Company recently announced it will sell its Jaguar and Land Rover divisions to India's Tata Group. In this Wall Street Journal op-ed Matthew Slaughter argues that such foreign direct investment has long been a source of strength for the American economy. American policy makers should strive to make the U.S. a premier location for the dynamic, high-productivity activities of globally engaged companies—both insourcing companies and U.S. multinationals alike.
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The director of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Indian conglomerate Tata Group, discusses the firm’s businesses and the Indian economy.
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In this article for Newsweek, David Victor says that the deeper cause of China's recent power crisis lies in the fact that China's free-market policies—the same ones that led to China's extraordinary growth in the past decade—have eroded the government's ability to control its economy. In fact, the big challenge in the coming Asian century may not be China and India's burgeoning strength but their weakness.
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The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces
Special operations play a critical role in how the United States confronts irregular threats, but to have long-term strategic impact, the author argues, numerous shortfalls must be addressed.
Reforming U.S. Drone Strike Policies
The author analyzes the potentially serious consequences, both at home and abroad, of a lightly overseen drone program and makes recommendations for improving its governance.
The Power Surge
A groundbreaking analysis of what the changes in American energy mean for the economy, national security, and the environment. More
Two Nations Indivisible
A roadmap for the United States' greatest overlooked foreign policy challenge of our time--relations with its southern neighbor. More
Why Growth Matters
Two experts argue that despite myriad development strategies, only one can succeed in alleviating poverty in India: the overall growth of the country's economy. More