Polaris  

Three inter-related questions stand out for keen followers of India.

How does one measure prosperity? And what could that mean for the geopolitical future?

By furthering an argument that is both unreasonable and unworkable, the self-proclaimed environmental lobby is shooting itself in the foot.

The Indian electorate must be a nightmare for political analysts, amongst whom I am fortunate not to count myself. Now that the votes are in, what are the ups, the downs and the likely changes to foreign policy?

In a recent speech, the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy, Shyam Saran, makes three significant arguments which should provide a sound basis for broader Indian strategy in the coming years. First, getting out of the recession will require greater U.S.-China cooperation which India should take into consideration. Second, the crisis gives India strategic space and flexibility. And third, that India should not use the crisis to regress back into statism and economic isolationism, but should rather treat it as an opportunity to enhance its infrastructure, to increase its regional integration and to secure an adequate energy supply.

Stratfor produces a bizarrely inaccurate and shockingly biased podcast about India.

Slumdogs, sinkholes, and the anti-Pashtun conspiracy.

Some sound, rational advice to the Indian government from the editors of The Indian Express. 
Good article - ‘Kashmir not the Key to Kabul’ - on proposed American (and, now, British?) involvement in Kashmir in The Tribune. While I think American calculations are slightly more nuanced, I’ve argued along similar lines.
Haaretz calls for an end to Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.
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