IDR Blog
India and Japan: Imperative for Bullet Train Journey
Prime Minister Modi’s just concluded visit to Japan has been successful on various counts. Politically, the India-Japan relationship has been solidified; economically, prospects of major Japanese investments in India have improved; on the security front, enhanced understandings should give substance to defence cooperation in the future. Above...
Why jihad against India must continue
The statement by Al Qaeda leader Al Zawahiri about India, Myanmar (he called it Burma – something that the Americans do also) is too important to be ignored by the media. Yet the issue and its significance has probably been lost by the competitive sensationalism that has described the contents of the video tape. Whether or not an Al Qaeda cell...
How India and Australia became happy allies?
The transformation of India-Australia relations in the last decade has been remarkable. We have moved rapidly from a lack of empathy to recognition that our relationship can be mutually rewarding. A non-aligned India and an allied Australia had separate political trajectories for decades. Australia shared western prejudices on India-Pakistan...
Pakistan: A Failed Democracy
Pakistan is headed towards another period of uncertainty. With the developments unfolding over the last few days pointing to the increasing role of the army in meditating in a dispute that was largely civilian and political in nature, no one knows how the script will unfold from here on. Imran Khan of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party would have...
Role of Pak Army in domestic turmoil
This is no Arab Spring. There is no Tahrir Square either. There is no spontaneous peoples’ movement. Only a movement led from the top and more a soup of four ingredients – one man’s ambition (Imran Khan), another’s opportunism (Tahirul Qadri), one man’s vendetta (Nawaz Sharif) and the fourth man’s reputation (General Raheel Sharif). Hyper...