Hindustan Times
Several days ago I was a guest of the Institute of International Strategic Studies at its 2012 geoeconomics conference. Geoeconomics, as its name implies, is the study of political economy that has strategic consequences. And there could not be a more apt place for this than Bahrain, the home of the IISS’s outpost in the Middle East. Read more
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Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 1:27 am
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There is a curious divide between the popular Indian view of the relationship between New Delhi and Tehran — and how it is perceived within official circles in New Delhi. Read more
(28 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 2:05 am
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I’m coming to the view that the best way to judge a nation’s response to the new Arab political order is whether it preferred the status quo or not. The status quoits nations are not ideologically similar. Iran and Israel, India and Saudi Arabia – on this they are all on the same side. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 12:10 am
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Indian refineries which import crude from Iran are running around in circles. With the third week of July over, Tehran has not intimated whether crude will be sent in August. Read more
(13 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 12:56 am
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just gave a speech on US foreign policy and the world at large at the Council for Foreign Relations. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 1:35 am
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The nuclear safety summit showed that no one is really interested in foreign policy leadership right now.
Barack Obama’s nuclear safety summit was about a topic that, like Mom and apple pie, no one can really be against. But it was remarkably thin on actual accomplishment.
(4 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 1:16 am
Filed under World · Tagged barack obama, China, foreign policy leadership, Iran, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, nuclear safety summit, superpower, technology, US diplomats
The deep scepticism within the Indian strategic leadership about Barack Obama’s interest or ability to further the Indo-US relationship is no secret. Many upenly say that it would be best for India if he was a one-term Oval Office resident. Read more
(6 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 10:47 pm
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No one is paying much attention to this past weekend’s attack against the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Sistan-Baluchistan and its fallout on the relationship between Iran and Pakistan. It deserves more notice, even if it’s relatively inconclusive notice. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pramit Pal Chaudhuri on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 12:20 am
Filed under World · Tagged Iran, Iranian Balochi, Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Jundollah, pakistan, Sistan-Baluchistan, suicide bomber, Tehran, Zia ul Haq
