Issue 47 - Our burden?

[Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review]

Dear Reader

The in-depth cover feature in this month's issue of Pragati interrogates India’s approach to multilateralism: As "India’s status is rising, its stake in some forms of multilateralism is diminishing. In almost every international forum, India has explicitly engaged with smaller groups of powerful nations to affect outcomes at the expense of the more broad-based universalist approach it traditionally espoused toward multilateralism. But will manoeuvres within narrow power-based caucuses in multilateral regimes yield stature in the absence of meaningful commitments to the resolution of global problems?"

In another piece, we highlight a different take on demographics. After 2035, India will face the challenge of a rapidly ageing population -- and although that year might appear far away, it is important for India to prepare for it now, when the nation is in a favourable demographic phase. 

 

This issue also features a review of an interesting history of war of 1857 and reveals how the leaders of the first war of India's independence articulated a vision of personal, political and economic freedoms. 

There's a lot more in this issue to read this February. As usual Read & Share. 

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Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review

Issue 47 - February 2011

Highlights

For status or stature? India in the multilateral system Rohan Mukherjee & David M Malone

For a triad of freedoms How a war was planned, executed, fought, lost and won Jayakrishnan Nair

Perspective

Shadow practice A way for the BJP to show that it is prepared to govern Sushant K Singh

The UPA's triple whammy Rising fiscal deficit, current account deficit & inflation do not bode well V Anantha Nageswaran

Life after '35 The time to plan for old age is now Mukul G Asher & Azad Singh Bali

Hype vs reality in Indian climate change  Natural cyclical variation, not man-made disasters  Willie Soon & Selvakumar Kandasamy

Roundup 

Lost in interlocution Raising expectations in Jammu & Kashmir Raheel Khursheed

In a Japanese pressure cooker Japan, India and non-proliferation commitments Dan Yurman

Less through the centre Let states tax goods and services at their own rates Harsh Gupta

Briefs

Alif  Rohan Joshi

Pareto Amol Agrawal

Filter Ravi Gopalan

In Parliament The importance of parliamentary committees M R Madhavan

Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review is a publication of The Takshashila Institution, an independent networked think tank on India's strategic affairs. http://takshashila.org.in. This is a digital community edition. You are encouraged to share it with your friends & colleagues.