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The Geopolitics of Nuclear Proliferation
AS I SEE IT It is not easy for Iran and the US to end mutual hostility The author sees no end to three decades of mutual hostility and suspicion between Iran and the US. […]
Syria
Europe
Historic call: UK PM rings up Rouhani
LONDON (TIP): In a historic first, David Cameron on November 19 became the first British PM to call an Iranian president in more than a decade. Cameron spoke to Hassan Rouhani by telephone on Tuesday […]
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The Geopolitics of Nuclear Proliferation It is not easy for Iran and the US to end mutual hostility
The author sees no end to three decades of mutual hostility and suspicion between Iran and the US. Just after the foreign ministers of the self-styled “international community” (comprising the EU members and the US) […]
Business & Economics
The Obama Doctrine
Is the US president veering toward isolationism? Or will he proudly carry the banner of exceptionalism? The recent Obama-Putin tiff over American exceptionalism reignited an ongoing debate over the Obama Doctrine: Is the president veering […]
Business & Economics
US-India Relations Hit a Rough Patch
The author feels that there are a number of vital issues which are unlikely to be settled within the tenures of either Obama or Singh, leaving a lingering note of ambivalence in the US-India relationship […]
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India-US Partnership
Defense Trade to be the Driving Engine Contrary to the forecasts of doom and gloom and the skepticism surrounding his visit to Washington, the third Manmohan- Obama Summit meeting on September 27 has been quite […]
Indian Americans
Indian-American Woman is Running for Seattle City Council
SEATTLE (TIP): Kshama Sawant, trained as a computer engineer in her native India and now a professor of economics, is running for a seat on the City Council of Seattle under an unambiguously far-left banner. […]
Europe
Chemical weapons inspectors visit three sites in Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): International inspectors have so far visited three sites linked to Syria’s chemical weapons program, a spokesman said on Thursday, as the team races to destroy the country’s stockpile and delivery systems amid a […]
Business & Economics
THE POLITICS OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
With the government having lurched into its first shutdown since the 1990s, many commentators are focusing on the potential ill effects that it might have for Republicans. Almost all of these analyses use the shutdowns […]
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The Pivot under Pressure
It’s not just the canceled trip. Other factors are limiting the ability of the U.S. to focus on the Asia-Pacific. Senior U.S. administration officials have been at pains in recent weeks to demonstrate how Washington’s […]
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‘International Day of Non- Violence’ commemorated at the United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The Permanent Mission of India to United Nations, New York hosted a special event on October 2 at the United Nations to commemorate the “International Day of Non Violence”. UN Secretary General […]
Business & Economics
End of Euphoria
“What prompts Obama to bracket Manmohan Singh with Hassanal Bolkiah is not difficult to fathom – simply put, both are potential buyers of American products” says the author. For a prime minister who got branded […]
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Deal reached on UN resolution on Syrian chemical weapons
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The five permanent members of the deeply divided UN security council reached agreement on September 26 on a resolution to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons, a major step in taking the most controversial […]
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Recast Security Council
It needs to become more relevant The 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) comes at a time when the world is looking at the UN for answers to many complex issues. The […]
Europe
John Kerry says UN Security Council must act on Syria
WASHINGTON (TIP): US secretary of state John Kerry said on September 19, it was essential that a Russia-US deal on eradicating Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal be enforced and that the UN Security Council must act […]
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Syria, NSA scandal push G20 summit agenda
NSA spying program. At the Konstantinovsky Palace – where the first day of the G20 summit kicked off – the world’s largest economic powers braced for political battles, RT’s Aleksey Yaroshevsky reported from Strelnya. The […]
Middle East
Reflecting Democrats’ divide, pro-Obama group silent on Syria
WASHINGTON (TIP): As President Barack Obama’s team faces one of its toughest lobbying challenges in urging Congress to approve US military action in Syria, the advocacy group dedicated to promoting the president’s agenda is staying […]
United States
US faces charge of becoming Qaida’s ‘airforce’
WASHINGTON (TIP): US president Obama and his administration will have to go against the weight of American public skepticism and legislative resistance to meet their professed goal of punishing Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons […]
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US MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA COULD BE CATASTROPHIC
The world is concerned about the dangers to peace in view of the insistence of the United States to intervene militarily in Syria which is fraught with catastrophic results, the author says. UNSecretary-General Ban Kimoon […]
Business & Economics
So-Called Spring; Su-Shi Strife and The South-West Asia
“The author foresees tremendous tectonic changes in the wake of Arab Spring et al. He says, “There will be following major discernible evolutionary geo-political trends underlying the so-called Arab spring. The despotic regimes headed by […]
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Obama makes case for Syria strike, British house votes no
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (TIP): The British parliament on August 29 rejected a motion supporting military action in Syria, reflecting deep divisions about using force to punish President Bashar al- Assad for what Western governments believe was his […]
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International Raise the cost for Pakistan army’s proxy war order be damned
The West’s attempt to ride roughshod over the United Nations Security Council with a hastily drafted proposal to authorize the use of force in Syria sets the stage for its second military intervention in West […]
India
RBI to sell dollars to oil companies to shore up rupee
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India will provide dollars directly to state oil companies in its latest attempt to shore up a currency that has slumped to a record low, reflecting the stiff economic […]
Business & Economics
TOUGH ECONOMIC SITUATION FOR INDIA, SAYS PM
NEW DELHI (TIP): Under sustained opposition attack in Parliament over rupee’s free fall, Prime Minster Manmohan Singh on August 29 conceded that the country was facing a “difficult” economic situation and had to reckon with […]
Europe
Hague: Syria Massacre ‘Was A Chemical Attack’
DAMASCUS (TIP): Foreign Secretary William Hague has said for the first time that the “atrocity” in Syria “was a chemical attack” carried out by Assad forces. Hague said that the chances of the attack being […]