Herebelow you shall find the latest writings by cutting edge strategic thinkers, and elite opinion influencers, in India. These are the thinkers who are imagining, debating, influencing, and shaping the strategic morphing of India in the 21st century, and we are glad to bring you their collective thoughts.
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(names listed in alphabetical order)
- Amitabh Mattoo
- A. P. Venkateswaran
- B. Raman
- B. S. Raghavan
- Bharat Karnad
- Brahma Chellaney
- Brijesh Mishra
- C. Raja Mohan
- C. Uday Bhaskar
- G. Balachandran
- G. Parthasarathy
- K. Subrahmanyam
- Kanwar Sibal
- Kiran Karnik
- Lalit Mansingh
- Maroof Raza
- M. D. Nalapat
- M. K. Narayanan
- M. K. Rasgotra
- Mohan Guruswamy
- Naresh Chandra
- Pratap Bhanu Mehta
- Radha Kumar
- Robinder Sachdev
- Sanjaya Baru
- Shashank
- Shashi Tharoor
- Shyam Sharan
- Siddharth Varadarajan
- Swaminathan S. A. Aiyar
- T. P. Sreenivasan
October 11, 2010, C3SIndia, “Coping With China’s Core Interests” - B.S.Raghavan
“Observe calmly; secure our position; cope with affairs calmly; hide our capabilities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership” — Deng Xiaoping…more
September 30, 2010, Business Line, “Indo-Pak ties: No sporting matter” - G. Parthasarathy
India's television channels went gaga on September 9, on the news that the India-Pakistan duo…more
September 27, 2010, Indian Defence Review, “The challenge of China” - Lt. Gen. Vinay Shankar
The recent denial of a visa by China to one of our senior most serving army officers has taken the Indian Security…more
September 6, 2010, Joong Ang Daily, “Economics isn’t everything ” - Brahma Chellaney
Improved geopolitics should have been as much of a priority as greater economic interdependence. …more
September 3, 2010, Sri Lanka Guardian, “My Thoughts on the Maoist Hostage - Taking in Bihar ” - B. Raman
The Maoists of Bihar kidnapped on August 29,2010, Sub-Inspectors Rupesh Kumar and Abhay Prasad Yadav …more
August 29, 2010, Eurasia Review, “Time To Put China In Its Place ” - B. S. Raghavan
What is the US up to in North Korea and Vietnam? That is the most worrying question for Beijing today …more
August 24, 2010, Centre for Policy Research, “Nuking Rights :It’s a no-risk, all-profit biz for four firms” - Brahma Chellaney
It is a reflection of the murky politics in the country that the government was able to cut a deal with. …more
August 23, 2010, Business Line, “Incredible India, incredible Indians?” - B. S. Raghavan
About the incredible attractions of India as a tourist destination, there has never been any dispute. …more
August 20, 2010, Deccan Chronicle, “Emergency exit?” - Shashi Tharoor
A year from now, the United States will have reached its self-imposed deadline to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan …more
August 19, 2010, Centre For policy Research, “It’s land, stupid... Larger/Smaller” - Pratap Bhanu Mehta
The issue of land acquisition is not just a technical issue about compensation to farmers. …more
August 19, 2010, The Hindu, “Nuclear deal: Elusive benefits, tangible costs” - Brahma Chellaney
With accident-liability protection constituting another layer of state subsidy to foreign reactor vendors. …more
August 19, 2010, The Tribube, “US at crossroads in Afghanistan” - G. Parthasarathy
America’s “Special Representative” for the AfPak region, Mr Richard Holbrooke, recently described Pakistan Army. …more
August 19, 2010, Business Line, “More chaos to India's west” - G. Parthasarathy
Faced with mounting casualties, the US is under pressure to reduce its involvement in Afghanistan. …more
August 17, 2010, ramanstrategicanalysis.blogspot, “PAKISTANI FLOODS: STRATEGIC INVISIBLES” - B. Raman
It wiped out villages. Destroyed crops. Over 3.6 million people were directly affected …more
August 15, 2010, Live Mint, “The wages of the nuclear deal” - Brahma Chellaney
The N-deal has turned out to be what the US mandated, not what the Prime Minister had assured India …more
August 9, 2010, The Hindu, “Corruption as a national scourge and shame” - B. S. Raghavan
Little evidence of corruption going down, says Plan panel” is the headline of a news report appearing in Business Line, August 2). …more
August 6, 2010, Foreign Affairs, “India and the Balance of Power ” - C. Raja Mohan
: India is on the verge of becoming a great power and the swing state in the international system …more
July 19, 2010, The Hindu, “Burqa ban may help Islam reformist effort” - B. S. Raghavan
France's National Assembly, with an unerring eye on irony, chose the eve of the Bastille Day …more
July 16, 2010, The Hindu, “Using a hammer to swat a fly”
- B. S. Raghavan
It is like a typical massive pile-up of cars and trucks on an American inter-state highway …more
July 14, 2010, ET Bureau, “Climategate: Beyond inquiry panels”
- Swaminathan S. A. Aiyar
Two British committees, one Dutch committee and a US Senate committee Have investigated …more
July 13, 2010, The Hindu, “Kampala Blasts: Indian Casualties?”
- B. Raman
Seventy-four persons, 60 of them reportedly Ugandan nationals, were killed and 70 others
…more
July 12, 2010, The Hindu, “Medieval horror in 21st Century”
- B. S. Raghavan
Khap panchayats have been hogging the headlines these past few weeks and from all that is
…more
July 6, 2010, The Washington Times, “China's latest export innovation?” - Brahma Chellaney
Relieving pressure on overcrowded national prisons by employing convicts as laborers …more
June 16, 2010, Business-Standard, “India Needs to have Sharper focus” - Shyam Saran
New Delhi should support the move to expand the East Asia Summit to include the US and Russia …more
June 16, 2010, Wall Street Journal, “Engage America's Friends on Afghanistan” - G. Parthasarathy
As General Stanley McChrystal prepares his offensive to end Taliban control of southern Afghanistan …more
