Polaris  

What should be the role of think tanks and the independent policy analysts they house?

The uncritical admiration by influential Americans of foreign leaders—from Chiang Kai-shek to Benazir Bhutto—has done little but harm.

Our collective approach to analyzing Indian foreign and security policies is, at its core, flawed. We must reset our basic assumptions. We must not skirt around asking “why.”

How Yukio Hatoyama aproaches Asia, more broadly, will likely dictate how he engages India.