Issue 40 - July 2010 - Hot Turkey: The return of the Ottoman?

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear reader,

One of the most significant geopolitical developments of the year -- perhaps of this decade -- is the re-emergence of Turkey as one of the world's influential actors. Two articles in this month's issue of Pragati cover the transformation of Turkey's foreign policy into what has been termed "neo-Ottomanism". 

Another highlight of this issue is a status report on India's oldest insurgency - what are the prospects for Nagaland with the recession of secession? 

Plus, there's a whole lot more on a variety of topics from cyber warfare, to India's relations with Japan and the United States, to untangling traffic jams in our cities to understanding the changes to the governance of higher education. 

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Have a thoughtful July. Read & Share!

The Pragati Team

Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review

Issue 40 - July 2010

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Highlights

The return of the Ottoman Turkey’s new trajectory of power Rohan Joshi

Quietening on the Eastern front How close is the Naga question to being resolved? Nilim Dutta

Perspective 

Triangular distribution The dynamics of US-China-India relations Dhruva Jaishankar

Partnerships are made by bureaucracies India The unfinished job of transforming US-India relations Nikolas K Gvosdev

Zeros, ones and attackers Gearing up for the cyber warfare challenge Srijith K Nair 

Higher education—a bridge to Japan Closer ties between Indian & Japanese universities Mukul G Asher & Smruti Aravind

Roundup

Fixing two genetic flaws in the Constitution Bad governance can be tackled through constitutional changes Ashish Sharma

How to un-jam our cities The case for congestion pricing, metros and deregulation of public transport Harsh Gupta

In search of the wrong saviours When it comes to infrastructure, political economy is the biggest hurdle Prashant Kumar Singh

Books 

A Turkish concept of strategic depth Ahmed Davutoglu, architect of power Joshua W Walker

How should the world deal with terrorism? Classifying terrorists as pirates is not the answer Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Briefs

Alif Rohan Joshi

Infographic Launch sequence Dibyo Haldar

In Parliament Regulating higher education M R Madhavan