Intelligence inactionKESAVA MENONA bipartisan panel of the U.S. Congress confirms that faults in the internal security system, as much as the persistence of anti-U.S. sentiment abroad
The Saudi connectionKESAVA MENONWHAT was the connection between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the terror attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001? Too many glaring
Media turnaroundKESAVA MENONThe collaboration between the mainstream Western media and the Bush and Blair administrations over the Iraq war appears to be over - the former have,
Evolving resistanceKESAVA MENONThe Iraqi response to the Anglo-American occupation is apparently developing into an organised resistance movement that increasingly resorts to gueril
Iranian discontentKESAVA MENONThe student protests against the move to privatise higher education could be the harbinger of a movement of opposition to Iran's conservative clerics
Hesitant first stepsKESAVA MENONThe dialogue process between India and Pakistan stumbles forward, with the United States urging them on and with support for talks growing on both sid
Turning to IranKESAVA MENONThe United States seems to be focussing on Iran as its next target for a psychological-military offensive, but in the absence of clinching proof again
A tricky road to peaceKESAVA MENONThe Israeli Cabinet approves with reservations the new road map for the Palestinian peace process, but there are enough potholes along the way to the
Stakes in peaceKESAVA MENONThe civilian component of the Paksitani regime is sensitive to the benefits of a normal relationship with India, but it would take a great deal of cou
`Embedded' truthKESAVA MENONThe Western media's coverage of the invasion has been neither credible nor objective. By far, they have simply toed the line of the political and mili
Built-in resistanceKESAVA MENONTheories that divide Iraqi society into separate compartments are too simplistic, and the calculation that Iraqis will trust the invaders and reject t
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis
