The real value of the U.S.-Indian partnership will come when both nations begin to view the other as indispensable for resolving the challenges at the core of today’s global disorder.
The success of democracy in Bangladesh will depend on the political elites’ ability to abandon their zero-sum rivalry and demonstrate commitment to democratic norms in their attitudes and behavior.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is allowing the army to rule without governing.
The Pakistani military must end its long history of using jihad as an instrument of national security as part of any successful strategy to tackle terrorism.
All states indulge in spying, political and commercial. India and Pakistan should acknowledge their respective spies and bring them home through spy swaps when they get caught.
The Indian Air Force’s falling end strength and problematic force structure, combined with its troubled acquisition and development programs, threaten India’s air superiority over its rapidly modernizing rivals.
BG Verghese’s last book is a pragmatic reminder of the necessity of an India-Pakistan reconciliation.
After the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, likely the last in the series, the primary challenge will be sustaining the momentum generated by these meetings thus far.
A rising China and the anti-India resentments of Kathmandu’s hill elite have the potential to neutralize, over the longer term, some of Delhi’s natural strategic advantages in Nepal.
The U.S. president sees the world as a messy place not always amenable to the use of American force.