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In this month's issue of Pragati, we ask India's leading foreign policy analysts on the challenges and priorities for the second UPA government. We study the possible implications of geoeconomic changes on the relationship between India and China. You'll find perspectives on cyber war readiness, a review of a book on the nuclear arms race and the need for a different approach towards security force deployments in Jammu & Kashmir.
On the domestic front: we argue that the failed reservations policy must make way for economic freedom; analyse the Left Front's troubles in Lalgarh, West Bengal; and explain why allegations of vote-rigging on electronic voting machines are misguided.
And finally, in the neighbourhood: why India has become, yet again, unpopular in Nepal; and why the Taliban could be defeated by...turning them into a laughingstock.
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PRAGATI - THE INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST REVIEW
Issue 28 | July 2009
PERSPECTIVE
Battleground cyberspaceThe need for a cyber warfare strategy
Rohan Joshi
Fewer troops in the Kashmiri heartlandDifferent parts of the state demand different approaches
Sushant K Singh & Rohit Pradhan
The politics of reservations
Economic freedom and rule of law work. Caste-based quotas don’t.
Ravikiran RaoIN DEPTH
Foreign policy challenges for UPA 2.0What India’s foremost experts say
Dhruva Jaishankar
A twist in the Asian taleIf China grows slower than India...
V Anantha Nageswaran
Military moves and reactionsThe PLA’s profile in Tibet is increasing in strength and sophistication
Arun SahgalROUNDUP
Liberation of LalgarhThe Left Front’s hold over West Bengal faces a bloody challenge
Arnab Ray
Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof?Allegations of vote-rigging are misplaced
K VidurReturn of the meddlerThe change in government in Kathmandu has turned public opinion against India
Aditya AdhikariDefeating the Taliban: one joke at a timeSeriously!
Sohail Inayatullah BOOKS
Apes on treadmillsHow they ended up with way too many bombs
Nitin Pai