Sushant Sareen
Indo-Pak Relations: Peace Paroxysms Strike Again
Instead of taking leave of its senses every time someone from across the border coos sweet nothings, India needs to set metrics by which to judge Pakistan and then take steps to reciprocate any positive measures from the other side.
Afghanistan: Bad Options, Worse Outcomes
The Indian policy establishment needs to start factoring into its security calculus the fallout of a Talibanised Afghanistan and eventually a Talibanised Pakistan.
Sticky Bomb Creates A Sticky Situation For India
India will have to take a call on whether the pivotal position of Iran for reaching Afghanistan and Central Asia outweighs the benefits India derives from its relationship with the West and the Arab world.
Prognosis for Pakistan 2012
The outlook for Pakistan in the year 2012 is rather negative diplomatically, economically, politically, socially, culturally, and militarily.
The Miasmic Memo
Byzantine intrigues are nothing new in the sordid world of Pakistan’s power politics.
Queering the ‘Pitch’ of Pakistan Politics
At a time of such monumental, even existential, challenges, if all that Pakistan can come up with is a vacuous demagogue like Imran Khan, then its future is pretty bleak.
Flailing America Vs Failing Pakistan
Until the US figures out an answer to the larger Pakistan problem, like India it too will have to resist the temptation of responding to Pakistani provocation with force.
India-Pakistan Dialogue: Cautious Optimism, Lots of Scepticism
Pakistan’s conciliatory approach towards India is tactical and could change rapidly if the army decides that its interests are better served through a more offensive posture.
Back Channel with Pakistan Army: A Gambit Worth Trying
The aversion in India to dealing directly with Pakistan's military establishment is entirely understandable, but is also unreal given the power dynamics of Pakistani politics.
Blasphemy Law and the Marginalisation of Pakistan’s Moderate Muslims
By concentrating only on the inequities of the blasphemy law, Pakistani ‘moderates’ and commentators elsewhere are missing the point that the real battle is against radical Islamic thought.
