Crisis Guide: Pakistan
Pakistan was created as a haven for the Muslims of British India. Rocked by catastrophe after catastrophe, today, it is a state teetering on the brink of collapse
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Top Reasons to Invest in India Now
Still having second thoughts about investing India? This article decodes the Indian economy’s appeal to foreign investors.
Pragmatics of Looking East
Improving relations with Bangladesh and Myanmar
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China’s Innovation Wall
In a bid to end its dependence on foreign intellectual property and become a global power in science and technology, China is attempting to foster indigenous innovation. Are the U.S. government and business community right to be worried about threats to free trade and intellectual property rights?
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Crisis of Relevance at the UN
With the commencement of the sixty-fifth annual UN General Assembly, Stewart Patrick, CFR‘s UN specialist, says there is “increased sentiment in the UN General Assembly and also within the UN Secretariat that there is really a crisis of relevance to the world body and the organization.”
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The Folly of Holding Afghan Elections
Afghanistan analyst Candace Rondeaux believes that pre-election violence, corrupt candidates and electoral fraud in Afghanistan's parliamentary elections to be held on September 18, 2010 are more a certainty than the outcome of the polls.
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Not Ready for Prime Time
The world’s leading international institutions may be outmoded, but Brazil, China, India, and South Africa are not ready to join the helm. Their shaky commitment to democracy, human rights, nuclear nonproliferation, and environmental protection would only weaken the international system’s core values.
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Supering the Superbug
India must set-up a centralised body that can monitor bacterial infections and their antibiotic susceptibility
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Beyond Pakistan and Cyprus
Turkey’s reorientation offers opportunities for better ties with India
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Of ‘Azaadi’, ‘Kashmiri’ and other false words
The real issue in Jammu & Kashmir