Infrastructure in India: Infrastruggles
What India needs to solve its infrastructure problems is for the government to push through delayed projects and for infrastructure firms to raise equity instead of debt.
Why India is Riskier than China
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Who Killed the Soviet Union?
Related External Post: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/who-killed-the-soviet-union/450474.html
India is no longer the elephant in the room
The world is convinced that the emergence of India on the global scene is largely beneficial as India plays by the rules. Bilateral relationships with India are now the building blocks of global governance, says T P Sreenivasan in his assessment of Indian foreign policy in 2010.
India, Australia and Uranium: What after the ‘labor’ pains?
Article will journey the narrative surrounding the decision to identify three issues: How did the Labor Party build up a rhetoric that supports uranium sales to India? Can the decision just yet point to Indo-Australian rapprochement? What formalities are expected to follow from the decision?
2011’s Top Foreign Policy Cheers And Jeers
The year 2011 saw various events - the Arab Spring, anti- corruption protests, Europe's sovereign debt crisis - transform countries and reshape the world order. Gateway House takes a look at what these events mean for India, and presents India's top foreign policy cheers and jeers for the year.
Pakistan: Mired in Politcal Miasma
The 'memogate' fiasco in Pakistan highlights, yet again, the tensions that exist between the country’s political establishment and the Pakistan Army. While the final acts of this maneuvering are being played out, will the all-powerful Army continue to push the civilian government into a corner?
Imran Khan: Yet another messiah?
Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistani political party Tehreek-e-Insaaf, means well, and has the support of many in his country. But without any solid reforms manifesto, and almost no one in his party to implement his plan, what really are his chances in the upcoming elections?
Russia’s Inevitable Democratization
Putin’s government has always justified strong centralized rule by suggesting democracy is sustainable only if society is sufficiently well-off. Now, a well off middle class is demanding government accountability, the rule of law, and a genuine fight against corruption.
Occupy Beijing?
Rapid economic growth hasn’t been able to stem the rising tide of discontent in China. Even as the economy has soared, the number of protests has also increased.