Articles By Vikram Sood

Pakistan-US relations in a trough, but only for now

Pakistan-US relations in a trough, but only for now

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2012

Towards the end of his last State of the Union address on January 24 President Obama said “One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the Seal Team took with them on the mission to get Bin...

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Tawang China's fixation

Tawang China's fixation

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2012

“At 14,000 feet above the sea, the presence of a certain mystery can be felt, like having stepped into heaven…” is how a “In Search of Greener Pastures” – a touristy blog run by two enterprising...

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Wanted Dead or Alive - Well, Not Quite

Wanted Dead or Alive - Well, Not Quite

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Apr , 2012

Once again, Pakistan’s most treasured jehadi jewel, Hafiz Saeed the leader of the Jamat ut Dawa, listed by the US as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, and the ideological patron of the rabidly...

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Difa-e-Pakistan: The New Kid on the Block

Difa-e-Pakistan: The New Kid on the Block

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2012

They are there on web pages, on FaceBook and Twitter and, using the latest technology, wish to push their society back to the Dark Ages. This is the creed of the newly formed Difa-e-Pakistan...

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Intelligence Reform

Intelligence Reform

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 17 Dec , 2011

‘Nothing should be as favourably regarded as intelligence; nothing should be as generously rewarded as intelligence; nothing should be as confidential as the work of intelligence.’ Sun Tzu, The...

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India in the Neighbourhood

India in the Neighbourhood

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 19 Aug , 2011

Leo Tolstoy’s classic Anna Karenina begins with the famous sentence: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The Indian subcontinent is somewhat like...

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Iran-US Confrontation

Iran-US Confrontation

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 05 Jan , 2011

The world has watched most of the last year and the one preceding, the Iran-US confrontation, at times with baited breath as the two seemed to be on hair trigger alert from time to time. The...

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The Great Game: 21st Century Version-III

The Great Game: 21st Century Version-III

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 16 Dec , 2010

Both China and Pakistan are getting ready for an economic boom that will include transit trade to Central Asia. The Pakistan Army’s National Logistics Cell, which has a near monopoly, will...

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The Great Game: 21st Century Version-II

The Great Game: 21st Century Version-II

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 15 Dec , 2010

The new US foreign policy of “transformational diplomacy” is not merely about just reporting the world as it is but about replicating nation-states into US clones. Post conflict multinational...

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The Great Game: 21st Century Version-I

The Great Game: 21st Century Version-I

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 14 Dec , 2010

The Rules of the Game:The current century began in an intensely violent manner and there are no signs of a let up. Two and a half deadly wars are being fought in our neighbourhood and threaten to...

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Global Terrorism and Responses

Global Terrorism and Responses

By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 09 Nov , 2010

In today’s context when we talk of international terrorism, we invariably refer to Islamic/jehadi terrorism. Unfortunately, the response to this, described as the global war on terror, is...

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