Issue 33 - December 2009 - Where India stands on climate change

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear reader,

The image on the cover of this month's issue of Pragati is a painting by Azmat Ali that expresses the complexities involved in international efforts to address climate change. Climate change negotiations have now fully entered the foreign policy agenda. Our cover story highlights where India stands on this issue.

The other highlight is the first of a two-part interview with Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State for External Affairs where he discusses India's approach to Africa, the need to strengthen India's diplomatic corps and his initiative to rejuvenate the policy planning process within the foreign ministry.

In addition to the regular features: this issue examines the prospects of political change in Myanmar & Sri Lanka; Europe's struggle for strategic relevance in Asia; China's moves in Afghanistan; what Hillary Clinton achieved in Pakistan and a review of a book on all sorts of maritime crime.

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The Pragati team

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PRAGATI - THE INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST REVIEW

Issue 33 | December 2009

Highlights

Taking the Heat
Where India stands on climate change

Dhruva Jaishankar 

The capacity to engage
A discussion with Shashi Tharoor on Africa, strengthening the foreign service and changing foreign policy planning
Nitin Pai 
 

PERSPECTIVE

Bringing Myanmar to a boil
Developments in Myanmar and the security of the North East
R Hariharan 

The Fonseka factor
The new political churnings in Sri Lanka
Venkat Ananth 

Battling strategic irrelevance
Can Europe influence Asia after Afghanistan?
Richard Gowan 
 

BRIEF

Filter
Ravi Gopalan 
 

In Parliament
Time to revisit the anti-defection law
M R Madhavan 

ROUNDUP 

China eyes its Afghanistan moves
Replacing a US-led coalition with a UN peacekeeping force
Steve Hynd 

A trip to remember
On Hillary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan
Kalsoom Lakhani 
 
 

BOOKS

Pirates, smugglers and terrorists
Understanding illicit maritime activity
Robert Farley