Carrot and Stick!

Due to New Delhi’s slavish use of ‘carrot’ since  Independence, without any equilibrium with the  ‘stick’, the great power potential of India lies in tatters. In fact it threatens to endanger the writ on its territory. Between Naxals in the Red Corridor, Border States particularly the J&K and the Northeast, New Delhi‘s writ barely runs [...]

India-China Relations: Some Reflections

India’s China policy has been marked by friendship, sentimentalism, fear, diffidence, brinksmanship, wishful thinking and engagement. This mixture of attitudes reflects the complexity of the relationship, our difficulties in managing China’s challenge, the nature of the Chinese regime, China’s strategic advantage over India, and the fulgurating rise of China in recent years.

China: Friend or Foe?

Year 2008 will be a special year. It is a leap year and for the first time in modern history, China will organize the Olympic Games. One remembers that in ancient Greece, this was a time for ‘Truce’ (or ‘Ekecheiria’). Established by a treaty in the 9th century BC, the Truce period witnessed athletes, along [...]

Possible Collapse Of Pakistan: Quantifying the Fallout

Benazir’s murder has already taken “The political solution” option off the table. So, overall, the situation appears to be quite hopeless, and under these conditions, it is only the army that can keep the country together. A military state of emergency is therefore definitely on the cards. It is also very possible that Musharraf and [...]