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The Acorn
Estd 2003
Recent posts:

Please change the channel
| 16th Jul 2010

Talks and action bias
| 15th Jul 2010

Premature militarisation
| 14th Jul 2010

Socialism and the Supreme Court (2)
| 12th Jul 2010

The answer to Global Times’ why
| 8th Jul 2010

China’s nuclear brazenness
| 8th Jul 2010

Playing the energy game against China
Democratic governments are unlikely to necessarily prefer India over China. They are, however, likely to be less susceptible to being bought over. | 6th Jul 2010

Pax Indica: Playing the energy game with China
| 6th Jul 2010

The G-20 opportunity
India must use the G-20 to present the UN, the World Bank and the IMF with a simple choice: reform or face irrelevance | 22nd Jun 2010

Pax Indica: The G-20 opportunity
| 22nd Jun 2010

The First Law of Middle Eastern Geopolitics
For much of the last six decades, the Palestinian ‘cause’ has really been a Palestinian ‘card’ used by regional powers in the region aspiring for pre-eminence in the Middle East. | 8th Jun 2010

Pax Indica: The Palestinian Card
| 8th Jun 2010

My talk at the Bangalore International Centre
| 8th Jun 2010

Should the government make you happy?
| 1st Jun 2010

Honda discord
| 1st Jun 2010

Understanding Israel’s response to the flotilla
| 31st May 2010

What triggered the Lahore massacre?
| 29th May 2010

Why India must Swing
To paraphrase Henry Kissinger, India's options toward the United States and China must always be greater than their options toward each other. It serves "our purposes best if we maintained closer relations with each side than they did with each other." | 26th May 2010

Pax Indica: Why India must swing
| 25th May 2010

Sunday Levity: The Swami and the Emperor of China
| 22nd May 2010

Has the Inter Jihadi League started?
| 19th May 2010

Those masterly Persians
| 18th May 2010

Saudi Arabia’s nuclear arsenal-on-demand
| 17th May 2010



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