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Narendra Modi’s new-model India
Aug 23, 2019 16:32Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi likes to practice what American generals call “shock and awe.” The last time Modi stunned the country was when he announced, on a few hours’ notice, the demonetization of 96% (in value) of India’s currency.
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The hypocrisy underpinning Britain’s contrasting approach to Kashmir and Hong Kong
Aug 20, 2019 09:27By turning a blind eye to India’s arbitrary constitutional changes (in respect of the revocation of Article 370) and to its wide-ranging security lockdown on the disputed region of Kashmir, the British government hopes to change India’s mind about a speedy post-Brexit trade deal.
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India’s vanishing nuclear scientists
Jul 30, 2019 16:35Nuclear scientists were among the world’s most coveted assets during and after World War II, so much so that powerful nations engaged in a tug-of-war on the European playground to claim as many as possible.
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The world is de-dollarizing
Jul 23, 2019 15:09What if tomorrow nobody but the United States would use the US-dollar?
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India’s ‘free-riding’ strategy dooms SAARC
Jul 22, 2019 14:55The nationalist politics that assured Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a second term in office – and particularly his determination to isolate Pakistan – has doomed the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in favor of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).
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A water treaty is what the world needs
Jul 20, 2019 00:00The world has enough water for 7 billion people, but not if countries waste, hoard, or weaponize it, says Conn Hallinan, a ‘Foreign Policy In Focus’ columnist for ‘Common Dreams’, titled: “A Water Treaty is What the World Needs”.
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India staring at a water apocalypse
Jul 08, 2019 18:38A combination of climate change, bad policies and political apathy is steadily pushing India into a catastrophic water crisis that threatens stability in South Asia. Recent studies document that glaciers feeding the Indian subcontinent’s rivers will recede rapidly, while rapid ground water depletion poses an existential challenge to agriculture.
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Russia-India-China share a room with a view
Jul 04, 2019 21:25The most important trilateral meeting at the G20 in Osaka was confined to a shoddy environment unworthy of Japan’s unrivaled aesthetic minimalism. Japan excels in perfect planning and execution. So it’s hard to take this setup as an unfortunate “accident.” At least the – unofficial – Russia-India-China summit at the sidelines of the G20 transcended the fate of an interior decorator deserving to commit seppuku.
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Are we edging closer to nuclear war?
Mar 15, 2019 20:45Stephen Kinzer, author of the book “Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq”, says in his article for the Common Dreams site, titled: “Are We Edging Closer to Nuclear War” that one wrong move and the world would be embroiled in a catastrophic atomic conflict.
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Israel’s hidden role in the brewing India-Pakistan conflict exposed
Mar 11, 2019 14:28Israel’s export of Zionism and neocolonialism — and the accompanying oppression that in practice actually helps to create many of the very terrorist groups they fight against — is just as dangerous as its export of arms.