Bharat Rakshak

US Presses Pakistan http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/world/asia/08policy.html United States officials said the message did not amount to an ultimatum, but rather it was intended to prod a reluctant Pakistani military to go after Taliban insurgents in Pakistan who are directing attacks in Afghanista...

Nobody is talking about pulling out. If Indian troops enter Afghanistan, they stay there for next 500 years and any loss of live will be small as compared to long term security that it brings to India. If we are involved in a UN-type peacekeeping mission, then the causalities would be small. We can...

The economic opportunity arising out of supporting the efficient energy economy. While it has costs in terms of reallocating resources that might be spent on capacity expansion, it also has opportunities in terms of increasing existing capacity and helping us develop manufacturing ability to create...

Afghanistan is not yet fit to govern itself and when it does become fit to govern itself, we want to make sure that its policies are India friendly rather than Pakistan or China friendly. India cannot afford to have an Afghanistan that allies with either Pakistan or China. We already have unfriendl...

Coverage of 1971 war:

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/victory_day/

Bangladeshi newspaper coverage

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/victory_day/

India and Russia break stalemate in aircraft carrier deal
http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article60980.ece

US wants India to step up training of Afghan army

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 301319.cms

FP Book Club

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... books_club

Should India train Afghan troops?

http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2 ... s_to_india

I think Ashok Mitra is needlessly paranoid. However, such pessimistic articles will prevent a docile govt to do another S-e-S. TO BE A SUITABLE BOY - India must abide by the US’s conditions to get its support - Ashok Mitra New Delhi is in a bit of a jam. The prime minister has gone on record; in thi...

Track-II forum floats idea of Siachen ‘peace park’

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/daw ... ark--bi-04

About Bhopal Gas disaster
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/opinion/03mehta.html

Clinton, Gates and Mullen on Pak-Af policy (2 hours 46 minutes video)

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2009/ ... ategy.aspx

Blast in Islamabad.

Karma is a bitch.

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/12/01/what_to_listen_for_in_obamas_speech 1. Why does he believe that 30,000 more troops will lead to success in Afghanistan, given that the ratio of foreign troops relative to the local population will still be much smaller than the number required for succ...

Expansion in Pakistan http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02/world/asia/02strategy.html Yet quietly, Mr. Obama has authorized an expansion of the war in Pakistan as well — if only he can get a weak, divided, suspicious Pakistani government to agree to the terms. The expanded operations could include dron...

In this article, Stephen Walt argues that Muslim rage against the West is not entirely unjustified:

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/200 ... t_30_years

Couldn't find better thread for this link.

pgbhat wrote:Text: Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan

This guy is a hypocrite.

Neshant wrote:what is the guy talking about

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US offers Pakistan expanded partnership: report

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091130/w ... _diplomacy

I haven't read the actual letter. But 'The Hindu' presents another angle:

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/internati ... e57205.ece

I hope this hasn't been posted here: From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/magazine/29Biden-t.html Biden does not view the Taliban as synonymous with Al Qaeda and does not appear to believe that it would be a calamity if the Taliban increased its presence in the Afghan countryside (though he is not...

The Beijing-Brazil Naval Axis http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/30/the_top_10_stories_you_missed_in_2009?page=0,5 Moreover, this article states: The trouble is, only four countries still operate carriers capable of launching conventional aircraft. It appears that they think only US, Braz...

From NBR's "Advising the New U.S. President" http://www.nbr.org/publications/asia_policy/AP7/AP7_B_SpecialRT_AdvisingPres.pdf Though relations with China have improved following two years of early tension, many in Washington continue to press for the “containment” of China both by acceptin...

Not only is this non-sense taught at the JFK School of Govt. and other Ivy League institutes of foreign policy, its also taught in parallel at military academies such as Westpoint and Annapolis. The Bush people did not like academics from the east coast and as such dumped the school of thought that...

From : http://www.indianexpress.com/news/For-key-defence-purchases-from-US--India-must-walk-Obama-sweet-talk/546833 It’s learnt that US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has conveyed to the Prime Minister that it will be difficult for the US to provide related and ancillary equipment for any military p...

That's because entire generations of "political scientist" and "foreign policy eggspurt" ch00tiyas graduate from the JFK School of Govt., Georgetown and other hallowed centers of Amirkhani policymaking, having heard that same Dulles/Brzezinski-lineage of claptrap since the day t...

I don't know if this has been posted before: Growing, Yes, but India Has Reasons to Worry http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/weekinreview/29kapur-web.html Yup, just read it - its half nectar and the other half BS --> its essentially inedible rite now. Sure, Yindia has reasons to worry but none relat...

I don't know if this has been posted before:

Growing, Yes, but India Has Reasons to Worry

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/weeki ... r-web.html

Had a completely bizarre encounter with this person whose close relative (X) worked for Unkils agency. Seems like this person was posted in India from mid 40's to mid sixties :shock: At that time (in mid 40's) portions of US administration did not want India to fall to communism and were tracking i...

I didn't like this article. Earlier, Walt also compared the Indian lobby to Israeli lobby (He is not a fan of Israeli lobby.) http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/24/playing_hard_to_get This FP article is better. http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/24/obama_should_propose_an_asian_g...