Category: Blogs

UK–France Summit 2010 Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation

By the Office of the Prime Minister

India Awaits Obama

By Mohan Guruswamy

President Barack Obama’s visit to India on November 6th comes under the best possible circumstances. There are few expectations of any consequence in India. The United States off-course, as it is increasingly wont to these days, has a big wish list.

U.S.-India Relations: Yes, We Can

By Jasmeet Ahuja

On November 9, President Barack Obama will address India’s Joint Session of Parliament.  It was ten years ago that the last sitting U.S. president spoke before the Members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.  On that occasion President Clinton drew hearty applause when he highlighted the strength of India’s representative government: “At every election,” […]

Obama in India: Expectations and Opportunities

By Shikha Bhatnagar

President Obama will be making his first visit to India next week.  There is no question that the President’s trip is important as a symbol of the growing prominence of India’s role in the global economy, and its strategic importance in regional stability.

Repairing NATO-Pakistan Relations Part II

By Derek Reveron Nikolas Gvosdev and Hayat Alvi

Last month, we considered how NATO and Pakistan could repair relations in the wake of Pakistan asserting its sovereignty in the aftermath of a border skirmish between NATO attack helicopters and a Pakistani border post. Fortunately, the Torkham Gate has been re-opened and Afghanistan-bound supply convoys from Karachi have resumed.   The short-term crisis indicates that […]

NATO’s hidden strengths

By Daniel Nexon, the Duck of Minerva

From Daniel Nexon, the Duck of Minerva:  [C]urrent defense cuts make clear NATO’s ongoing importance to Europe. By co-binding virtually the entire Atlantic and European Community, whether through direct NATO integration or the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, NATO has created an unprecedented security community. Every major power (save one) on the continent has interoperable […]

Bomber Wounds 32 in Attack in Istanbul

By Sebnem Arsu, the New York Times

From Sebnem Arsu, the New York Times:  A suicide bomber wounded 32 people in an attack on the police in the busiest square in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, government officials said. The victims were 15 police officers and 17 civilians. Officials said none of the injuries appeared to be critical and the only […]

Turkey’s relationship with west on the line in missile defence negotiations

By Praveen Swami, the Telegraph

NATO members not providing 900 trainers for Afghanistan

By Patrick Markey, Reuters

From Patrick Markey, Reuters:  NATO training chief Lieutenant General William Caldwell said his mission was short of 900 instructors, mostly in the police, but also to train Afghans to become independent of NATO in areas such as logistics, maintenance, transport and medical services.

Hamid Karzai criticises Russian drug raid

By Ben Farmer, the Telegraph