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North Korea’s missile test “was a strategic non-issue,” according to Peter Hayes, executive director of the Nautilus Institute. No major international constraints prevent the nation from testing missiles, with the North Koreans assuming that the Bush administration will never negotiate with them in good faith. Therefore, the decision to test the missile was a result of domestic factors inside the...

One provision of the US-Indian deal over nuclear weapons is that the US will provide India with a steady stream of nuclear fuel to power the nation’s nuclear reactors. Besides possibly being in violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), this agreement could potentially fuel the arms race between India and Pakistan, neither of which has signed the treaty. The agreement would...

Like previous versions in the US and the UK, "India Idol" is a singing competition that has become a favorite part of popular culture. The show invites aspiring singers to display their life dreams and perform for a national television audience that then votes for its favorites. The Indian show has two distinct characteristics: Women do not win, and rural and isolated regions of the...