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Opportunity in Tragedy?

October 10, 2005
Following Saturday's devastating earthquake, Pakistan appealed to the international community for emergency supplies and money. But because of the long-standing dispute over the Kashmir region, Pakistani officials have been reluctant to accept help from India. In order to save lives in Kashmir and elsewhere, the two nuclear powers must set aside their political disputes and focus on joint...

Why Did We Say Nay?

Prem Shankar Jha October 4, 2005
India, once the champion of the Cold War Non-Aligned Movement, has long valued its diplomatic independence and domestic self-sufficiency. Unsurprisingly, then, the world's largest democracy's recent vote – alongside the United States – to censure Iran under the edicts of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty triggered a public uproar. From across the Indian political spectrum, critics...

India's Mini-Multinationals Make Waves in Western Markets

Anand Giridharadas September 2, 2005
As India gains economic strength, its entrepreneurs are acquiring increasing numbers of overseas companies. In the first eight months this year, Indian companies paid US$1.7 billion for 62 foreign businesses, including a German metal forge, a South Korean truck maker, and a British tea company. The Indian as global owner marks a clear reversal for a country with vivid memories of its own...

Enduring an IT Eclipse

A. Sheshabalaya August 30, 2005
In recent years, Bangalore has outpaced Silicon Valley in the global innovation race. This is not a temporary blip, writes author Ashutosh Sheshabalaya, but a fast-evolving reality to which the American IT industry must adapt for the long haul. While offshoring is hardly a new phenomenon, it was previously restricted to back-office support functions. This is no longer the case: IBM and Hewlett...

Schooled For a House of Islam

Noor Huda Ismail August 25, 2005
In analyzing the motives of terrorists who act in the name of global jihad, it is important to understand why many Muslims choose to lead partially secular lives – while others with the same education and background embrace extremism and violence. Educated in one of Indonesia's many Islamic schools, Noor Huda Ismail describes how many of his classmates opted to join a radical movement, Darul...

Why the India Deal Is Good

Selig S. Harrison August 24, 2005
Washington's agreement to support India's nuclear program – for civilian, not military, purposes – has been criticized for undermining the international nonproliferation regime. As Selig A. Harrison writes, much of the antagonism is unfounded. According to Harrison, India's increasing energy demands – along with ample deposits of a rare radioactive mineral – have allowed New...

Tech That, And That

S. Enders Wimbush July 29, 2005
Throughout history, democracies have allied with one another. The emerging ties between the US and India, however, are not due to a shared democratic ideology, but can be attributed to a recent convergence of interests. In this Outlook India article, S. Enders Wimbush argues that the recent agreement between President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was motivated less by a desire to ‘...