Hindustan Times
Afghanistan is going to make a comeback in the international political arena. It shouldn’t be, going by what everyone seems to believe. The United States is pulling out of Afghanistan. The Taliban and Hamid Karzai will duke it out, but ultimately the rest of the world will just yawn. Afghans killing Afghans. The oldest story in Southwest Asia. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 10:35 pm
Filed under World · Tagged afghanistan, Afghans, AfPak, Al Qaeda, Geopolitics, hamid karzai, Haqqani, hindustantimes, India, Kabul, Lashkar e Tayyeba, pakistan, Pramit Pal Chaudhuri, taliban, United States
Why Holbrooke is a model for diplomats of an aspiring power.
What, I am occasionally asked, is so great about Richard Holbrooke? Read more
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm
Filed under World · Tagged afghanistan, AfPak agenda, Asia, barack obama, climate change, diplomat, Europe, hamid karzai, Kabul, kashmir, Muslim, New Delhi, pakistan, political consensus, Richard Holbrooke, Serbia's war, Washington, Wikileaks
Each year, the 40 odd officers at the Senior Command Training Course at the Indian Army War College at Mhow fly in speakers to give them a lowdown on facets of United States strategic policy. It’s always disorienting to be in an Indian military establishment. It’s almost like a reverse desi universe. Everyone is Indian to the hilt, but they are not merely on time to all appointments, they arrive early. Read more
(7 votes, average: 4.86 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Filed under World · Tagged afghanistan, AfPak, Al Qaeda, Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, hamid karzai, Indian Army War College, Mhow, pakistan, Pashtuns, senior command training course, taliban
