Reinventing Politics In India
Indian democracy took a turn toward ancient Athens this week after the Aam Aadmi Party (“Common Man’s Party”) went to the people a second time in an attempt to resolve a political dilemma. Read Here – Bloomberg
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Nannygate Troubles
The diplomatic row over the arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by U.S. law enforcement officers has built to a genuine crisis in bilateral relations. The dispute threatens to derail a decade of hard work at the foundation of the India–US “strategic partnership.” Read Here – The National Interest
Why Are Indian Leaders So Old?
How many Indian Prime Ministers have been born in independent India? If you said “none so far,” you’re right. Read Here – The Diplomat
Kerry Calls As India-US Row Over Diplomat Deepens
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry expressed his regret toIndia over the arrest and strip-search of a consular official inNew York, as the top American diplomat sought to calm a deepening row over the incident. Read Here – Bloomberg
Struggling With Ideology
According to Perry Anderson’s new book, The Indian Ideology, India’s democracy — routinely celebrated as the world’s largest — is actually a sham. It is fatally compromised by its origins in an anticolonial struggle led by the “monolithically Hindu” Congress party, which Anderson holds largely responsible for the bloodiness of the partition of the British-ruled subcontinent […]
India’s Mr M Is And The U.S. Problem
A series of elections in India last week has exposed a major diplomatic problem for the U.S. State Department: The man expected to lead the world’s largest democracy in 2014 is not legally allowed to enter the United States. Read Here – Foreign Policy
The Troubled Indian Soldier
A string of incidents involving indiscipline and insubordination in the Indian armed forces has set off alarm bells in India’s defense establishment. Read Here – The Diplomat
India’s Financial System Needs New Boost
The Indian financial system suffers from a hangover of cronyism and corruption that have brought the government budgets on the verge of bankruptcy Read Here – The Hindu
“China Won’t Like It”
“China won’t like it.” That has been a consistent refrain of the UPA government and the Congress party in shaping India‘s recent foreign policy. New Delhi‘s self-induced fear of provoking China has restricted the pursuit of beneficial engagement with other major powers and Asian neighbours. India’s self-denial is hardly consistent with its proclamations on “strategic […]
The India-Japan Complimentarity
In many respects, a strategic and economic partnership with India could catalyze Japan’s renewal as a 21st century great power – one no longer as dependent on the United States, and one better diversified to compete with emerging economies. Read Here – RealClearWorld
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