Issue 34 - January 2010 - Stepping up in Afghanistan (2 MB)

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

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The January 2010 issue of Pragati discusses India's options in Afghanistan. While there are a number of options ranging from scaling up training of Afghan national security forces to actually scaling down development projects if the United States quits prematurely, editorially, we argue that it is in India's interests to send combat-ready troops to Afghanistan. 

In domestic affairs, we present two perspectives on the demand for the new Telangana state; the challenges before the chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir; and the need for an urgent reform of the laws governing political parties. 

We're piloting a new section that presents a synopsis of commentary in the international non-English language media: this month, "alif" has coverage of the Urdu & Arabic press.

There's a lot more, for you to Read & Share!

Have a happy, prosperous & secure 2010.

The Pragati team

Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review

Issue 34 - January 2010

Highlights

Why India must send troops to Afghanistan

The US ‘surge’ in Af-Pak is a strategic opportunity for India

Nitin Pai & Rohit Pradhan

Telangana liberated

How the prospective state might fall to the Naxalites

Ram Avtar Yadav

Governing political parties

Analysis of the October 2009 assembly elections reinforces the need for a new law governing political parties

Anil Bairwal & Ruchika Singh

Perspective

Withdrawal symptoms

If the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, so might India

Shanthie Marie D’Souza

Giving Kabul a leg up

India must invest in training Afghan national security forces

Rohan Joshi

Before the enemies reach Panipat 

India’s costly refusal to see beyond itself and the subcontinent

K M Panikkar

A nuclear power by any name

India should sign the NPT as a nuclear weapons state

M Vidyasagar

Not unpopular in China

The Chinese people might not share their government’s bellicosity towards India

Andrew Shearer & Fergus Hanson

Time for the Party

One year on...the challenges for Omar Abdullah

Sushant K Singh

More states, not satrapies

Fiscal independence will multiply the benefits of new states

Harsh Gupta & Rajeev Mantri

Briefs

Filter

Ravi Gopalan

Alif

Rohan Joshi

In Parliament

Winter Session 2009

M R Madhavan

Roundup

The Karachi project

Understanding one tentacle of Pakistan’s military-jihadi complex

Shashi Shekhar

Books

Tough on torture

Why torture is wrong, and why it doesn’twork

Chandrahas Choudhury