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Rony · Post by **Rony** » 01 Jul 2014 16:25

BJP among six foreign parties authorised for NSA surveillance

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was included in a top-secret list of six non-U.S. political parties worldwide that the U.S. National Security Agency received official permission to covertly spy upon, according to the latest trove of data released to the media by Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor-turned fugitive whistleblower.

According to documents that Mr. Snowden published via the Washington Post on Monday, the U.S.’ shadowy Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court gave the NSA “broad leeway” in conducting surveillance upon not only these six political parties but also a list of 193 foreign governments – including India – and only four countries were off-limits under this programme.

The Post reported that Washington has long adhered to broad “no-spying arrangements” with only the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, a group known collectively with the U.S. the “Five Eyes.”

Yet the classified 2010 legal certification given to the NSA by the FISA court suggests the Agency received “a far more elastic authority than previously known,” one that reportedly allowed it to intercept through U.S. companies not just the communications of its overseas targets but any communications about those targets too.

The documents further revealed that the FISA court authorised the NSA to snoop on the Internet and telephone communications of the World Bank, United Nations, OPEC, and the European Union.

The other five political parties that the NSA had authority to spy upon were Amal of Lebanon, with links to Hezbollah; the Bolivarian Continental Coordinator of Venezuela, with links to FARC; the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood; the Egyptian National Salvation Front; and the Pakistan People’s Party.

In a comment to the Post Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, “These documents show both the potential scope of the government’s surveillance activities and the exceedingly modest role the court plays in overseeing them.”

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 01 Jul 2014 17:50

Paul, McCain is a quintessential white Christian nationalist first and foremost. He is a hero in US, but all one has to do is listen to the scum bag and you know what he is made up of. Any amount of blood of non whites spilt in pursuit of US interests will not stir his conscience. He will make a few condescending remarks, picking one side or the other in foreign conflicts depending on which way the wind blowing, and one must watch for that.

On NSA snooping in on BJP, I am not surprised. Elementary US policy 101, the core of which is India TSP equal equal, will tell you that US will do all it can to thwart any rise of Hindu nationalism to India's benefit because that causes immense takleef in TSP's arse which is not in US interests. With something so obvious to a passive observer like me, I cannot imagine the naivete of VajpayeeJi and Jassu bhai to go gaga over "India and US are natural allies" crap during NDA's time.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 01 Jul 2014 17:55

The BJP is anathema to the US establishment because the BJP is a pan-India party that emphasises the primacy of India-centric interests over firang puppet masters especially in economic,strategic and foreign policy spheres..Plus the party and parivar stand for a return to the promotion of traditional Indian values and culture which in recent times have suffered at the expense of a global western-oriented culture and lifestyle,heavily promoted by western MNCs using mass advertising,NGOs,etc. No wonder that the NSA had the BJP high on its list of snooping.The least the GOI can do is to demand an apology from the US over the snoopgate scandal,and treat the US in same manner as Brazil did.

The new dispensation must be exceptionally wary of falling into the same trap as the MMS regime,which followed western MNC/WB/IMF advice,and saw the rupee decline by 25% and galloping inflation,the two primary reasons why the UPA/Cong was decimated in the elections.

Yagnasri · Post by **Yagnasri** » 01 Jul 2014 18:16

Our relationship with Gora continue to be master and servant even under NM is the question. I expected some hardness from our side and found none is there. Entire Khan conduct during UPA1&2 and their attacks on NM personally all seems to have forgotten and it is business as usual. With SS I expected something like that. But not with NM.

anmol · Post by **anmol** » 01 Jul 2014 18:19

Johann · Post by **Johann** » 01 Jul 2014 18:28

CRamS wrote:Paul, McCain is a quintessential white Christian nationalist first and foremost. He is a hero in US, but all one has to do is listen to the scum bag and you know what he is made up of. Any amount of blood of non whites spilt in pursuit of US interests will not stir his conscience. He will make a few condescending remarks, picking one side or the other in foreign conflicts depending on which way the wind blowing, and one must watch for that.

CRS, why such an obsession with racial explanations for everything? Have you seen his adopted daughter?

And to clarify, I've lost my respect for John McCain as a politician. Since his defeat in the primaries of 2004 he's gradually surrendered the independence of thought and conviction that marked him as different.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 01 Jul 2014 18:30

She is from Bangladesh IIRC.

schinnas · Post by **schinnas** » 01 Jul 2014 18:43

Johann wrote: ...why such an obsession with racial explanations for everything?

+1. No need to look through everything with racial / religious filters. There are plenty of publicly available information to arrive at an objective conclusion regarding McCain without bringing in his race / religion into the picture. Unnecessary racial or religious prejudice by an author is often indicative of lack of objectivity in their point of view.

Madhusudhan · Post by **Madhusudhan** » 02 Jul 2014 10:09

Modi needs to announce immediate cancellation of the US visit, and wait for a more friendly government to be in place in the US to grow any ties.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 02 Jul 2014 10:20

Madhusudhan wrote:Modi needs to announce immediate cancellation of the US visit, and wait for a more friendly government to be in place in the US to grow any ties.

Which means that will never happen. There will never be a friendly US government for us so why go ahead with this charade of a visit?

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 02 Jul 2014 10:22

Washington is a city of frequent surprises, but this latest one about Barack Obama and Narendra Modi takes the cake. President Obama was at a fundraiser, a very, very exclusive one, to raise money for Democrats in the Senate and in the House of Representatives who are fighting the November election with their backs to the wall. There — predictably as Indians in their current national mood are prone to assumptions — one of the fat cat donors asked about India’s new prime minister.

Obama replied in his calm, no-nonsense style that he continued to have concerns about Modi’s past. The reply shook up the small audience which was hanging on to every word that came out of the president. It was a surprise because the media coverage after Modi’s rise as the new star over the Indian political horizon had created an impression that bygones are now bygones in the Modi-Obama equation, which the incumbent president, in any case, had inherited from his predecessor, George W. Bush.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140702/j ... 7OYT5SSxKs

anmol · Post by **anmol** » 02 Jul 2014 10:45

Given such atmospherics, it was only natural that Obama’s admission that he continues to have concerns about Modi’s past triggered a supplementary question to Obama as a follow-up. The president was unflappable. He was a master of understatement. His reply was a classic. Once again, the answer vindicated the 2008 rhyming description of him during his first successful presidential campaign as “No Drama Obama.”

“My name is Barack ‘HUSSEIN’ Obama,” was all that he said in a reply that was pithy but pregnant in its implications. The president did not, of course, emphasize his Muslim middle name. The emphasis in the text here is mine. He did not have to: because the self-sustaining emphasis was not lost on anyone present at the fundraiser. There was a brief, but stunned, silence as everyone who heard the president digested the import of what Obama had said in six words that were worth a thousand.

sum · Post by **sum** » 02 Jul 2014 10:55

^^ Am sure a timely thappad will be in store for Amriki "friends" from GoI

Muppalla · Post by **Muppalla** » 02 Jul 2014 10:56

Madhusudhan wrote:Modi needs to announce immediate cancellation of the US visit, and wait for a more friendly government to be in place in the US to grow any ties.

merlin wrote:
Which means that will never happen. There will never be a friendly US government for us so why go ahead with this charade of a visit?

If you just purely think from a India point of view, India does not need US and it even does not need to become anti-US. Modi can send Sushma to UN meet which is a useless stupid international org. Modi should be better off by not visiting US in the first term.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 02 Jul 2014 12:33

I wonder why Modi is going to meet Obama.

1. Is it to gauge whether or not the US is willing to support the Indian attempt (now) to make the economy grow at a much faster pace? If so a visit may not be needed.
2. Is it to forge a personal equation with Obama? That is a fool's errand judging by the fact that a personal equation with Obama is not possible if you go by K. P. Nayar's article in the Telegraph (if we are to believe that, that is).
3. Atmospherics? Just one visit, even if a "spectacular" one is not going to change stuff between the US and India. The US wants a stooge and we no longer want to be one now that MMS is gone. There is too much of a divergence in views between the Indian viewpoint (now) and the US one (always).

Its just a waste of tax payer money in my opinion.

schinnas · Post by **schinnas** » 02 Jul 2014 12:55

anmol wrote:
Given such atmospherics, it was only natural that Obama’s admission that he continues to have concerns about Modi’s past triggered a supplementary question to Obama as a follow-up....
“My name is Barack ‘HUSSEIN’ Obama,” was all that he said in a reply that was pithy but pregnant in its implications.

The author missed to state what the follow up question was. Without knowing the question, it is difficult to fully understand what Obama sought to convey by throwing around his middle name.

SanjayC · Post by **SanjayC** » 02 Jul 2014 13:31

The thing is, when you deal with Whites and Muslims, you have to actually deal with their monotheistic prejudices against what they call "idol worshippers" who are going to hell. In short, religious bigotry shapes their worldview against Indian Hindu leaders, and the latter would do well to factor that into the equation rather than signing paeans about "new relationship," "new dawn," etc.

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 02 Jul 2014 14:10

schinnas wrote:
anmol wrote:
The author missed to state what the follow up question was. Without knowing the question, it is difficult to fully understand what Obama sought to convey by throwing around his middle name.

Probably meant

1. He is part Muslim and therefore cannot condone "what Modi has done to Muslims in Gujarat"
2. Signalling to Muslims worldwide that he is one of them and can "take Modi to task" - so he's a protector of Muslims worldwide.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Jul 2014 14:26

Even though I am very wary of a US embrace,there are several other ways in which we can get the US to make up for their actions,DK,Snoopgate,etc.The first would be an open unconditional apology for their mistakes.The snooping programme is a far more sinister affair than that of the DK outrage.It shows that the US does not trust India.We should do likewise.There is no need to go overboard in an embrace with the US strategically or otherwise. When Sen.McCain arrives,he can be treated with coolness and strict protocol,no favours shown,but tasked to take back a stern message to Uncle T.Obama that enough is enough.A "review" of plans to buy additional US weapon systems would be another none too subtle message.Movement on decisions for the same for French and Russian systems in the pipeline would add spice to the dish served to the good senator.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 02 Jul 2014 14:51

^^^^He did not miss. The writer is hinting that Obama feels a secondary obligation to Islam due to it being his father's religion and by virtue of this connection he thinks he is obligated to do something about Modi.

member_28638 · Post by **member_28638** » 02 Jul 2014 16:05

merlin wrote:
Madhusudhan wrote:Modi needs to announce immediate cancellation of the US visit, and wait for a more friendly government to be in place in the US to grow any ties.
Which means that will never happen. There will never be a friendly US government for us so why go ahead with this charade of a visit?

Sounds like a good idea.

Does India really need to suck up to the Americans? It seems as is everyone is courting India at the moment: Russia, China, Japan, Brazil, ...

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 02 Jul 2014 17:14

India summons top US diplomats to raise issue of NSA spying on BJP; calls it unacceptable

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 02 Jul 2014 17:37

Johann, yes I have seen his adopted Bangladeshi daughter. I have observed him closely. As someone else alluded to, he has got this monotheistic superiority complex, and at the same time a fascist bent of mind. So as I said, in his worldview, he and his clan that he represents are so superior, so chosen by God, that anything he does to uphold that view is acceptable. And when he does something "good", like the adoption, he is doing God's work.

rsingh · Post by **rsingh** » 02 Jul 2014 18:13

Rony wrote:India summons top US diplomats to raise issue of NSA spying on BJP; calls it unacceptable

So Modi ji was ok when NSA was listening to all govt communications. Now he is doing strong protest because BJP was spied upon. Sounds fishy. Does that implies that cong or Indian army communications were never intercepted?

UlanBatori · Post by **UlanBatori** » 02 Jul 2014 19:05

rsinghji, why look at it that way? When the NSA revelations came out, Modi was not PM. Did the then-PM or the RajMata "summon" anyone?

The point of the present summons is to convey the Government of India's displeasure about a foreign nation which is presumed to be a friend, spying on an OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTY in India. THAT is the new revelation, and that is where any PM with a spine should call in the Ambassador for a woodshed session.

Why not presume that he will not tolerate foreign spying/interference in ANY Indian political process? Look at the evidence: he IS cracking down on foreign NGOs (translation: Hilary Clinton and BO and their SD) interfering and obstructing India's government, which means BEFORE Modi took over. So given that clear evidence, there is no room to ask whether Modi would be upset if NSA spied on the INC.

You CAN of course ask how upset INC was that NSA spied on everyone.

schinnas · Post by **schinnas** » 02 Jul 2014 19:11

merlin wrote: Probably meant

1. He is part Muslim and therefore cannot condone "what Modi has done to Muslims in Gujarat"
2. Signalling to Muslims worldwide that he is one of them and can "take Modi to task" - so he's a protector of Muslims worldwide.

The second part is less likely as this was a private talk to his close campaign supporters where recording was prohibited. But it does indicate #1 above that he personally (and as POTUS) believes that Modi did some harm to Muslims in 2002. I inferred as much but was curious about what was the question that prompted it. Ex: The follow up question could have been "Why are you concerned about it" or "How concerned are you" or "is the concern personal or in your capacity as POTUS?". Knowing the question will mildly influence how I interpret the response. But it seems that Obama is open in accepting his islamic ancestry and wants to show that he consider harm to muslims as something personal.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 02 Jul 2014 19:40

calm, no-nonsense style, unflappable, master of understatement, reply was a classic, “No Drama Obama", what Obama had said in six words that were worth a thousand.,

really...looks like nayar is head over heels in love with ombaba..

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 02 Jul 2014 19:43

My name is Barack 'Hussein' Obama: US Prez on why Modi 'concerns' him

Nayar writes that Barack Obama was at a very exclusive fundraiser for the Democrats when one of the “fat cat donors” asked about India’s new prime minister.
Obama replied in his calm, no-nonsense style that he continued to have concerns about Modi’s past. The reply shook up the small audience which was hanging on to every word that came out of the president.
Nayar writes that the audience was surprised because the breathless coverage of Modi after his decisive victory had given them the impression that Washington had pretty much made a U-turn on Modi. His invitation to visit the White House when he came for the UN General Assembly is not an honour that’s often extended.
But more was to follow. Someone asked a follow-up question asking Obama what his concerns were.
His reply was a classic. Once again, the answer vindicated the 2008 rhyming description of him during his first presidential campaign as “No Drama Obama.”
“My name is Barack HUSSEIN Obama,” was all that he said in a reply that was pithy but pregnant in its implications .

In America however his middle name has been used more by his most implacable foes on the right-wing than by him.It is regarded as the “H-bomb”. Ann Coulter, a right-wing pundit, likes to call him B. Hussein Obama. His opponent John McCain apologized after a right-wing talk show host at his own rally kept calling Obama Barack Hussein Obama to get the crowd worked up. He found it “disparaging” of Obama.

Obama has been effusive and gracious in his praise of Manmohan Singh. “I can tell you here at the G20, when the prime minister speaks, people listen,” Obama had said about the man often made fun of in India for his silences. He's said little about Modi. Obama called Modi to congratulate him after his victory and the big visit in September was about showing that actions speak louder than words.

Now there is a new spying row about reports in the Washington Post that the country’s National Security Agency had sought permission to spy on the BJP along with other parties including Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Pakistan’s PPP.

At a rally in Delhi, Modi relished drawing a portrait of the groveling PM, begging on bended knee, "Obama-ji, I have come from India. I am the PM of a poor country."

Clearly New Delhi thinks the grand welcome planned for September will be tantamount to whatever apology Modi feels he is deserved and does not want to jeopardize it. Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff had to pull out of a US visit when it was revealed the NSA had spied on her presidential communications system.

That’s why this new revelation, if true, is doubly perplexing. Why would Obama, whatever his private feelings, drop the H-bomb on a visit that is both so delicately poised and has so much riding on it?
It might have been a closed-door fundraiser, but in planning for a red-carpet welcome, it’s surprising that Obama did not just sweep old baggage under the carpet.

Nandu · Post by **Nandu** » 02 Jul 2014 20:21

Unless there is corroboration from another source, I am simply going to assume that Nayar is misinformed.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » 02 Jul 2014 20:23

Nayar is a well connected source. He has good contacts in DC. Old timers will remember looking forward to his snippets on the IUCNA in 2005.

Rudradev · Post by **Rudradev** » 02 Jul 2014 20:58

This whole business of Obama's "concern regarding Modi's past", coupled with strutting his Muslim middle-name (something he had gone out of his way to downplay from the highly secular American voters during two election cycles) needs to be seen from a perspective that focuses on the Berkeley Haas Cauldron.

The Berkeley Haas Cauldron comprises all the actors in India, the US and elsewhere who were responsible for the slander campaign and visa denial in the first place. If "concerns" persist in Obama's or Hillary's mind about "Modi's past", despite not only the Supreme Court of India's SIT vindication but the overwhelming mandate Modi received in the May elections... that can only mean one thing. The Berkeley Haas Cauldron has an unbelievably effective and disproportionate degree of control over opinions at the highest levels of GOTUS (forget the NYTimes-level hacks, this is the President of the United States here).

This reality completely demolishes the false premises which have been liberally thrown around on this thread: "Americans and Indians have common values, an essential commonality of worldview as people, there is a fundamental meeting point between the civilizational spirit / guiding principles of India and US" etc.

In fact: Americans at every level, from the "informed" man-on-the-street to the media to the President, find far more resonance with the Berkeley Haas view of India than with the views of crores of Indian voters themselves. That should give us something to keep well in mind, for the next time a barrage of MUTU propaganda is emitted on this forum.

On the broader subject of why Modi is going to the US: he has his priorities very well established. He intends to open up the economy to international investment in many sectors in a big way. He knows that there is a constituency in the US that would utterly ignore any and all notional "concerns" to avail of the investment opportunities he is putting on the table. While ostensibly the purpose of his DC visit is to meet Obama, the real purpose is to galvanize that constituency, including Newt Gingrich, Cynthia Morris-Rodgers and the commercial interests they represent.

If he cancels the visit for H&D reasons he misses the opportunity to assure the American FDI constituency that their hard-nosed investment plans will not suffer because of pique. They know he has been insulted and continues to be insulted, and that he is going to do business with US investors regardless. Which is exactly the kind of confidence they need to start forking over the money that India can definitely use. Modi is doing exactly as he said: putting the national interest first despite the continuing and noxious personal issues that the Berkeley Haas cauldron is singularly dedicated to keeping alive.

Jarita · Post by **Jarita** » 02 Jul 2014 21:59

US bans Modi Visa for years but dismisses lawsuits against those responsible for torturing and maiming thousands of children

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1874369/posts

A United States federal judge dismissed a lawsuit July 30 seeking damages from two United Arab Emirates leaders for the use of thousands of children to ride racing camels, saying the case does not belong in U.S. courts.

Philip · Post by **Philip** » 02 Jul 2014 22:51

Tx Vivek for the underscoring of the middle name of Uncle T.,B.Hussein O'Bomber.It's citizens also died!what was discussed many moons ago on Hussein's predeliction for not spanking some Islamic outfits and a mollycuddling of terrorist state Pak,rewarding it with $15B in aid,military and otherwise for its 26/11 attack against India,in which US and Israeli citizens also died. While Hussein's origins are well known,the fact that he openly paraded his middle Muslim name in an open gathering,as if it was the Congressional medal of honour,is a stark revelation where his sentiments truly lie.

In the light of such concealed animosity towards Mr.Modi by the Muslim president of the US,he needs to be exceptionally careful in setting foot on US soil.In the past the US has done everything possible to remove from the scene world leaders who dared to stand up to it like Hugo Chavez,Fidel Castro and others. O'Bomber has no compunctions about "droning" his enemies at long distance range in Af-Pak. His support,$500M openly approved for anti-Syrian govt. rebels at the same time that ISIS announced its "Caliphate" if ISIL,from Iraq to the Levant ,while it ravages Iraq,is in fact a green signal to ISIS to now concentrate upon removing Assad from power.Is Hussein O'Bomber the secret "Mahdi" in western clothing? His actions speak louder than words.

RoyG · Post by **RoyG** » 02 Jul 2014 23:05

O'Bomber is a tired man. He just wants his tenure to end and earn massive income from his books and talks and probably spend time with his family. Modi is fresh, determined, and wiser. It's useless to ruminate on such utterances. It will not dent Indo-US relations. We have a good cabinet with an excellent NSA and principal secretary. We will secure our national interests and the country will grow until we replace the US as the chief economic power of the world. O'Bomber is just a little jealous.

KrishnaK · Post by **KrishnaK** » 02 Jul 2014 23:16

svinayak wrote: Watch the House of Cards - Kevin Spacey showing the Americans how to come out of this special interest lobby which includes US business lobby.

Are you sure the US SD wasn't trying to influence your and BRF's opinions through netflix and the house of cards ?

Cain Marko · Post by **Cain Marko** » 02 Jul 2014 23:25

Rudradev wrote:This whole business of Obama's "concern regarding Modi's past", coupled with strutting his Muslim middle-name (something he had gone out of his way to downplay from the highly secular American voters during two election cycles) needs to be seen from a perspective that focuses on the Berkeley Haas Cauldron.

The Berkeley Haas Cauldron comprises all the actors in India, the US and elsewhere who were responsible for the slander campaign and visa denial in the first place. If "concerns" persist in Obama's or Hillary's mind about "Modi's past", despite not only the Supreme Court of India's SIT vindication but the overwhelming mandate Modi received in the May elections... that can only mean one thing. The Berkeley Haas Cauldron has an unbelievably effective and disproportionate degree of control over opinions at the highest levels of GOTUS (forget the NYTimes-level hacks, this is the President of the United States here).

This reality completely demolishes the false premises which have been liberally thrown around on this thread: "Americans and Indians have common values, an essential commonality of worldview as people, there is a fundamental meeting point between the civilizational spirit / guiding principles of India and US" etc.

In fact: Americans at every level, from the "informed" man-on-the-street to the media to the President, find far more resonance with the Berkeley Haas view of India than with the views of crores of Indian voters themselves. That should give us something to keep well in mind, for the next time a barrage of MUTU propaganda is emitted on this forum.

On the broader subject of why Modi is going to the US: he has his priorities very well established. He intends to open up the economy to international investment in many sectors in a big way. He knows that there is a constituency in the US that would utterly ignore any and all notional "concerns" to avail of the investment opportunities he is putting on the table. While ostensibly the purpose of his DC visit is to meet Obama, the real purpose is to galvanize that constituency, including Newt Gingrich, Cynthia Morris-Rodgers and the commercial interests they represent.

If he cancels the visit for H&D reasons he misses the opportunity to assure the American FDI constituency that their hard-nosed investment plans will not suffer because of pique. They know he has been insulted and continues to be insulted, and that he is going to do business with US investors regardless. Which is exactly the kind of confidence they need to start forking over the money that India can definitely use. Modi is doing exactly as he said: putting the national interest first despite the continuing and noxious personal issues that the Berkeley Haas cauldron is singularly dedicated to keeping alive.

Problem with Berkeley Haas cauldron is that a good portion of it is made up of Indians iirc, gives them a degree of credibility with WH is my guess. They have to be demonstrably sidelined as non-actors in Indian scenario, bigwigs will have no choice but to desert them then.

member_22733 · Post by **member_22733** » 02 Jul 2014 23:33

I find it rather fascinating that el-Presidente Senor Barack Hussein Obama is going to take Modi to task for allegedly being "responsible" for a riot which was minor in impact compared to the scale of riots in India (1984 Delhi, 1969 Gujrat etc). Not to mention that was the first successfully contained riot in Indian history.

I find it even more fascinating that el-Presidente himself is presiding over the massive drone killings of his fellow Abrahamics in Afghanistan and presides over a government that has, in all likelihood, killed more muslims in the history of Islam than muslims themselves have managed to do.

Hypocrisy and racism are the two trademarks of the US power structure that refuse to die. It is very predictable in that respect. Fascism is the next logical step, and we are going there at breakneck speed. It is heartening to see that el-Presidente has not veered off from this trademark American style of dealing with the "other".

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 02 Jul 2014 23:50

What is Berkeley Haas Cauldron?

Rudradev · Post by **Rudradev** » 03 Jul 2014 00:01

vivek.rao wrote:What is Berkeley Haas Cauldron?

http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu/research/acr.html

http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu/rese ... eople.html

http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu/rese ... -bios.html

vivek.rao · Post by **vivek.rao** » 03 Jul 2014 00:09

^^ http://nonprofit.haas.berkeley.edu/rese ... jects.html

Shashi Buluswar, Senior Fellow at Haas, and anthropologist Angana Chatterji lead this initiative to create a policy and protocol framework for protecting people’s rights in situations of internal armed conflict, to facilitate psychosocial healing and amelioration of abuses. India serves as a case in point, given that several diverse parts of the country are beset by armed conflict. Civilian populations—especially children, youth, women and minorities—suffer in the absence of adequate governance, responsible development, and the preservation of human rights. Buluswar and Chatterji co-chair the project, which focuses on six contemporary conflict areas and brings together Indian and international experts. This project will focus on questions of transitional and transformative justice; governance and rule of law; as well as multi-sector humanitarian approaches, including involving education technology and social enterprise toward inclusive development.

That says it all