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Obama’s Security Adviser visits Pak

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By K.N. Pandita

Susan Rice, President Obama’s National Security Adviser, who rarely goes on foreign trips unless necessary, was on one-day visit to Islamabad on Sunday, the 30th of August.

A recent VOA broadcast said that Rice had always planned to stop in Islamabad after two days of high-level talks in Beijing ahead of next month’s White House meetings between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.   Continue Reading…

The Captain steers the Ship

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By K.N. Pandita

Historians will record Modi’s two-day visit to the UAE and Dubai as a landmark in opening up his country of 1.25 billion people to incredible investment by the Emirates. To two main categories of people in the Emirates, Modi’s visit has brought immeasurable cheer. First is the 2.7 lakh strong Indian industrial work force most of them labourers, factory workers, wage earners and office goers who earn their wages through honest labour, and in the process, have helped build the Sheikhdoms brick by brick. The second category of beneficiaries is of the investors in the Gulf who have the capital and now have the opportunities of investing it in a mega investment venture. Therefore, the most important takeaway of the prime minister’s visit is that it will open this door of foreign direct investment towards India.   Continue Reading…

India on SC restructuring

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By K.N. Pandita

A vigorous debate has been raging in political circles about restructuring of the Security Council and bringing about some important and much-needed reforms in the international organization. What will be the future shape of the organization and how will it impact inter-continental strategies is what is hotly debated.

There are two issues: India seeking permanent membership of SC, and India proposing reforms in the UN.

Actually, besides India, Germany, Brazil and South Africa are among the seekers of SC membership. Continue Reading…