Month: May 2011
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China and the Arab Spring
China’s response to the recent protests for democratic change in North Africa and the Arab world has been one that has mixed caution with aggressive diplomacy.
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Even on slippery slope, an ace up Pak sleeve
The siege of the naval base in Karachi leads to an even more frightening conclusion. The base was attacked without outsiders having been noticed at the countless checkpoints required at a military…
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Letter to PM on Cairn-Vedanta deal
Vedanta is being allowed to corner natural resources of the country – the oil and gas fields leased to Cairn India – worth a few hundred billion for a pittance.
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Al Qaeda’s leadership in Yemen
Yemen became a focus of U.S. counterterrorism efforts following the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen; the 9/11 attacks; and the October 2002 bombing attack against the oil…
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Visegrad: A new European military force
The Visegrad Group, or V4, consists of four countries — Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.