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21 April 2012

UN: a return to ‘mandated colonialism’

By forcing regime change in Libya, and attempting the same in Syria, and by promiscuously arming disparate groups of Wahabbis and Salafists to achieve this aim, NATO is creating more room for instability in the region. What Syria needs is engagement, not isolation; it needs dialogue and not the arming of rebels.

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21 April 2012

Persian puzzle needs new players

The Hindu republished Ambassador Peter Jenkins' article on the Iranian nuclear issue. The author argues that India and BRICS can leverage their influence on the West and help in the process of arriving at a negotiated settlement with Tehran.

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20 April 2012

Deciphering today’s Middle East

What are the implications for India if Iran is attacked? How effective has the response been by gulf nations to their own protests? Ambassador Talmiz Ahmad, India’s former Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, discusses the dynamics of West Asia with Gateway House’s Alisha Pinto and Azadeh Pourzand.

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18 April 2012

India sours for foreign investors

Gateway House's Director Manjeet Kripalani was quoted about foreign investment in India in Tengri News, an English-language news website in Kazakhstan. She gives her opinion on the government's tax policy for foreign investors in India and the inefficient reform process.