Indian Decade – The Diplomat https://thediplomat.com The Diplomat is a current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific, with news and analysis on politics, security, business, technology and life across the region. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:04:45 +0900 en-US The Forces that Divide Right wing groups on both sides cannot be allowed to continue holding the future hostage for India and Pakistan.

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Legislation Alone Can't Solve India's Rape Problem While India’s politicians offer solutions, the roots of the problem lie deeper than legislation alone can address.

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Rape Victim’s Death Spurs Additional Protests Will public outrage translate into real, lasting change?

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India and Sri Lanka's Civil War India’s relationship with Sri Lanka is complex. Nonetheless, New Delhi could have a role to play in uncovering a difficult past.

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Commission Created as Rape Victim's Health Declines As the victim of a terrible tragedy battles for her life, India’s government promises action.

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India, ASEAN Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Two FTAs ASEAN-India economic ties have grown substantially, but still lag far behind ASEAN’s relations with China.

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The Myth of a South Asia "Community" Many South Asians speak of their thousands of years of shared ties. This however ignores present realities.

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BJP's FDI Gambit Fails BJP’s attempt to embarrass the UPA over FDI backfired, casting further doubt on the opposition’s viability.

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India's South China Sea Gambit A senior naval officer this week said that India is prepared to deploy naval vessels to protect its oil interests in the disputed waters.

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India, Maldives Row Over Airport Contract Relations have become strained after the Maldives government cancelled a valuable contract.

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UPA Promotes Direct Subsidies Payments The Congress Party is promoting a plan for direct subsidy payments ahead of the 2014 general election.

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India, China to Hold Borders Talks Amid Passport Row New Delhi and Beijing will hold the 16th round of talks on their boundary dispute next week.

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BRICS: The World's New Banker? Some of the world’s most dynamic economies are considering the creation of their own development bank and bailout fund.

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India Executes "Lone Survivor" of Mumbai Attacks The decision to hang Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national, was carried out in complete secrecy.

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A Delicate Dance: China and India's Border Issue At what was likely their last meeting, PM Singh and China’s Wen Jiabao met on the sidelines of the EAS.

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Salman Khurshid's New Role Salman Khurshid is embracing his respite away from India’s political soap opera. Still, old habits die hard.

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South Korea: Bollywood's Future Market? Brand Bollywood’s penetration of the South Korean market is an idea whose time has come.

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S. Korea's Tourist Tunnel Model for India India should emulate South Korea’s success in turning a North Korean provocation into a source of revenue.

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Big Names in India: Unknowns Globally Anna Hazare, Narendra Modi, and Arvind Kejriwal may be well known inside India. Not so in South Korea.

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How India Sees the U.S. Presidential Election Dr. Sridhar Krishnaswami gives us a sample of three possible views from India on America’s Presidential race.

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India Resumes Cricket Ties With Pakistan While a small step, could India and Pakistan use “cricket diplomacy” to foster better relations?

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Cabinet Reshuffle Ahead of 2014 Election PM Singh announced seventeen new ministers on Sunday. Is it enough to revive the Congress Party’s chances?

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External Affairs Minister SM Krishna Resigns Could a budding scandal have caused his sudden departure?

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India To Get New Intel Chiefs The heads of India’s intelligence agencies are expected to retire by the end of the year. Who will replace them?

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Ahead of 2014, Congress Eyes Dalits From dedicating anthems to new welfare measures, the Congress Party is wooing this politically important bloc.

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U.S., Iran Delegations Visit India Representatives from both nations were in New Delhi this week to meet with senior Indian officials.

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Cabinet Reshuffle in the Works? A series of meetings in recent days suggest big changes could be coming.

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Congress Defends Khurshid Against Corruption Allegation Law Minister Salman Khurshid is accused of misappropriating funds that were designated for a charity.

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Russia and India: Brothers in Arms Against Terrorism? “Thousands of terrorists and fundamentalists will seek refuge in Afghanistan…”

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India, Australia Press Ahead on Possible Uranium Sales Nuclear cooperation will top the agenda of Australian Prime Minister Gillard’s trip to India next week.

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Former Maldives President Arrested President Mohamed Nasheed arrest is the latest blow to this country’s fragile democracy.

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India Pushes Forward on Economic Reforms More relaxed rules on foreign investment in pensions and insurance provoke a predictable backlash.

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Sex and Politics A casual remark by a government minister ignites a row over sexism.

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Policing the High Seas The Coast Guard agencies of 17 Asian nations meet in India.

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Mamata and Congress at Each Other’s Throats A thorn in the government’s side, the chief minister of W. Bengal is courting the Congress party’s regional allies.

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India and Japan Come Together https://thediplomat.com/2012/10/india-and-japan-come-together/ https://thediplomat.com/2012/10/india-and-japan-come-together/ No Quick Solutions for Kashmir While some have argued for an independent state, it could make matters even worse.

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Sweet Nothings and Diplomatic Somethings A rumored romance between members of Pakistan’s political elite causes amusement and concern in India

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Mamata Divorces UPA - But Economic Reforms May Come of Age An ally deserts India’s embattled government, but the PM presses on with plans to reinvigorate the economy.

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UPA Unscathed By Protests The All India Strike, far from demonstrating a unified opposition, could actually strengthen the UPA.

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Don't Count the UPA Government Out Just Yet Despite the loss of its second largest coalition ally, it would be premature to write the Singh government off.

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India's Israeli-Palestinian Balancing Act No longer guided by zero-sum calculations or outdated ideologies, can India befriend both rivals?

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With Eye on China, India Embraces Maldives India and Maldives strengthened their defense ties during Defense Minister Atony’s visit this weekend.

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Congress Party Takes on Economic Reforms “If we have to go down, we have to go down fighting”

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India's Space Agency Conducts 100th Mission Having passed this milestone, it’s time for the Indian Space Research Organization to look ahead.

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India, Pakistan Loosen Visa Restrictions People-to-people relations are the latest area to receive a boost as the two sides continue their thaw.

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Singh vs. The Washington Post The PM’s Office is taking the Washington Post to task for a critical article it published. The Post has stood by its work.

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Is Krishna's Pakistan Trip All Hype? It increasingly appears that little will get done during the External Affairs Minister’s visit this weekend.

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India Hosts MGC Talks As part of its “Look East” Strategy, New Delhi hosts the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation meeting for the first time.

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Team Anna Leaders Square Off With the group now dissolved, two of its senior members look to settle old scores with each other.

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India’s Interest Rate Debate The Reserve Bank of India has refused to heed politicians demands for lower interest rates.

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Singh Heads to NAM Summit Singh’s trip to Iran, as well his itinerary there, is bound to upset the United States.

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India's 'Realist' Iran Policy “India’s readiness to work with Iran stems from careful, hard-nosed calculations of what it deems to be in its vital interests.”

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India Ups the Ante Along Chinese Border India has reactivated its Panagarh air base in W. Bengal with possible mid-air refueling tanker aircraft.

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India's 'CBR' Security Challenge New Delhi must do more to protect itself against Chemical-Biological-Radiological (CBR) threats.

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RK Singh: SMS Message Panic Originated in Pakistan “We will raise this issue with Pakistan. I am certain they will decline it but our technical team is certain.”

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Reports Claim UPA Wasted Tens of Billions of Dollars Some are calling for the Prime Minister to resign over contracts awarded to the coal, power, and aviation industries.

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Singh Speaks on India's Independence Day The Prime Minister outlines his goals for India’s future.

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UPA’s Ramdev Challenge Although he was dismissed by the governing coalition, Baba Ramdev has the opposition’s backing.

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The Great RSS Image Makeover One particular political party in India appears to be moderating its positions ahead of the 2014 election.

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America and India: Growing Partners in Afghanistan Washington should push New Delhi to take a more active role Afghanistan – even at the displeasure of Pakistan.

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Opposition MP Calls UPA 'Illegitimate' Sonia Gandhi and other Congress Party leaders slam Advani’s controversial remark.

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Why India Shouldn't Criticize U.S. on Sikh Shooting Indian politicians condemning America for gun violence against its Sikh population forget India’s own past.

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India's New Philanthropists Indians are taking up the banner of “giving back”. Many more might join if incentives to do so could be enhanced.

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'Team Anna' Declares Political Ambitions Can Anna Hazare provide a political alternative to the people of India?

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India Suffers Another Terror Attack India is reeling yet again from another series of bomb attacks.

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India Hit With Major Blackout 650 million people across 20 different states are without power.

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Team Anna: A House Divided? Are Hazare and his aide’s disagreements real or part of a grand design?

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Rahul Gandhi's New Post? Predictions that Rahul Gandhi will be the Leader of the House of the Lok Sabha seem doubtful.

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NCP's Power Play Ends After a week-long standoff, the Congress-led UPA seems to have survived another scare.

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India Eyes Nuclear Triad New Delhi progresses towards air, land, and sea-based atomic forces, says new report.

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UPA’s Picks Number 2? What the seating order at India’s Presidential swearing-in ceremony may signal.

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South Korea, India Bolster Nuke Ties Strategic and economic considerations seem to be bringing New Delhi and Seoul closer together.

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Pranab Mukherjee Wins India's Presidental Election India has elected a new President. Some though are not happy with the results.

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Rahul Gandhi Waiting In The Wings Rahul Gandhi takes a big step. Rajeev Sharma argues that India’s political landscape may soon change.

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Bollywood Observes the Passing of a Legend Rajeev Sharma remarks on the death of Rajesh Khanna.

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UPA Sticks To Ansari As VP The UPA has locked in Hamid Ansari for VP. Will he win? Rajeev Sharma on the numbers.

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India Hosts Afghanistan Conference Can New Delhi help bring economic prosperity to Afghanistan? asks NDTV’s Nitin Gokhale.

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Sonia Gandhi Lashes Out Sonia Gandhi goes on the offensive. How will the UPA government respond? Rajeev Sharma breaks it down.

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India ‘Veep-Stakes’ Begins Rajeev Sharma on the alleged favorites, whispered arguments and historical precedent.

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The Siachen Deadlock Continues Progress may not have been made on Siachen, writes Nitin Gokhale. But the dialog process still matters.

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Kalam: 'Gandhi Opted Out' A new book suggests Sonia Gandhi’s prime ministerial ambitions were not the victim of xenophobia, writes Rajeev Sharma.

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Singh Gets Oil Price Boost Falling oil prices have allowed India to cut the price of petrol. Manmohan Singh will be a happy man.

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Iran’s Oil and U.S.-India Ties India’s oil imports from Iran have strained ties with the U.S. But they’ve worked things out for now.

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The Taliban and Fear A Taliban attack at a hotel in Kabul is set to reinforce growing fear over Western troop withdrawals.

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India's Misguided Autonomy “Strategic autonomy” is the buzz phrase in Indian foreign policy these days. But it hasn’t served India well.

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Could Mukherjee Win Backfire? Pranab Mukherjee looks set to win India’s presidential election. But will a win backfire for the UPA?

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Taliban in India "Warning" The Taliban’s praise for India’s “snubbing” of the U.S. should do nothing to put Indian minds at ease.

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NDA in Disarray Over Presidency The BJP-led NDA looks increasingly fragmented as debate intensifies about who should run for president.

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Bengal Tiger for President? With fears of a Congress drubbing at the next election, Sonia Gandhi may opt for Pranab Mukherjee as president.

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India’s Risky Neo-Nonalignment The principles of nonalignment seem to be making a backdoor return to Indian foreign policy. It’s bad for the country.

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India Extends Development Hand India’s diplomatic reach is being felt further afield these days. Development partnerships are a key tool.

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Team Anna Discord Not all of social activist Anna Hazare’s supporters seem happy with some of Team Anna’s corruption claims.

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India Pushes Burma Angle There are good strategic reasons for India’s decision to court Burma. Manmohan Singh’s trip is just the start.

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India's Grim Outlook India’s government appears adrift and bereft of ideas. It is doing the economy’s prospects no good at all.

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Is India a U.S. Cyber Ally? Concerned about China, the U.S. may be tempted to turn to India as a cyber ally. But India is far from perfect.

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