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PlainSpeak
 PlainSpeak is a weekly column by Dr. Subhash Kapila
that features analyses on foreign policy topics; strategic issues and
political developments with a special focus on India and its
neighborhood. In a globalized world, strategic and military issues also
have an interdependence and cannot be ignored. These too are featured
in the column.
Dr Subhash Kapila is a graduate of the Royal British Army Staff College,
with a Masters in Defence Science (Madras University) and a PhD in
Strategic Studies (Allahabad University) Combines a rich experience of
Army (Brigadier) and diplomatic assignments in major countries. He
writes extensively on foreign policy issues and strategic affairs for
think-tanks and professional journals. He has participated in many
national seminars and interviews by CNN, BBC etc. He is also the author
of a book "India's Defence Policies and Strategic Thought: A Comparative
Analysis".
Pakistan can be
Saved Only by Pakistanis, Not by the
Pakistan Army
Indian Democracy
as a Model for South Asian Political
Development
Peace with India:
The Onus Lies on Pakistan Army
Pakistan Explodes
October 2009
Pakistan Army’s
Disloyalty Dawns on the United
States
Pakistan Army
Created Demons Haunt It
Tibet’s
Independence Requires Global
Concerted Effort
United Nations:
The Imperatives for Drastic
Structural Reforms
India’s Credible Minimum Nuclear
Deterrence Needs Review
Pakistan's Jinnah
was No Secularist
China's Western
Periphery Continues to be Turbulent
India's Disturbing
Political Environment
The BJP Commits Political
Suicide
China Strategist Advocates
Fragmentation of India into 20-30 Nation States
Congress Government
Betrays Election Mandate
Indo-US Relations on a
Roller Coaster Ride
India Livid at
Government's Foreign Policy Directions
Kargil War Martyrs
Insulted by Congress Party
Pakistan Engulfed in
Virtual Civil War
Iran Political Protest
Demonstrations Ominous
Bharatiya Janata Party in
Total Disarray
India-Pakistan Peace
Dialogue: A Fruitless Quest
India Strategically Loses
Sri Lanka Due to Ambivalent Policies
Plainspeaking to the BJP
After Election Results
Indian Electoral Verdict
Gives Primacy to Economic Security over National Security
Nepal's Maoist Government
Plays China Card Against India
Pakistan's Democracy
Endangered by Pakistan Army
South Asia in Turmoil
Chidambaram is a Better
Choice for Congress PM
Political Reflections on
the Eve of Indian General Elections
United States may Prefer
Return of Congress Government
India's Middle Class
Attempts Political Empowerment
Indian Strategic
Community's Fixations with Pakistan
Third Front Emergence
Rattles Congress and BJP
Pakistan in Self-Destruct
Mode
United States Signals New
Policy Focus on East Asia
Tibet's Fifty Years of
Brutal Military Suppression by China
India's First Dalit Prime
Minister ' Ms Mayawati?
India's General Elections
2009 Perspectives
United States' Foremost
Challenge is Pakistan
Middle East Peace Core
Issue Islamic World Rivalries Not Palestine
Israel's Admirable
'National Traits' Analyzed
India Assert Yourself
Boldly Against Pakistan
Bangladesh
Election Results Augur Well for India
Hollowness Of India's
Anti-Terrorism Cooperation Agreements
with Major Countries and Pakistan
Exposed
Pakistan on the Brink of a
Chasm
Can Pakistan be Saved?
India Needs A 'Second
Republic'
India's National Honor
Besmirched Once Again By Congress Regime
India Deeply Divided after
Sixty Years of 'Political Secularism'
Pakistan Bleeds United
States in Afghanistan
India and Pakistan Do Not
Share Common Terrorism Threats
India's Chronic mis-Governance
Due To Politico- Bureaucratic Nexus
Russia's Ascendant
Military Trajectory
President Bush: Many
Thanks for the Us-India Nuclear Deal
Congress Government
Fiddles While India Bleeds
India Reaffirms Defence
Ties with Russia
South Asian Regionalism is
an Elusive Myth
Congress Government's
Impotence in Fighting Islamist Terrorism
BJP Lacks Political
Passion and Conviction
Russia Asserts Strategic
Resurgence
Pakistan Army Continues to
be a Rogue Army
Political Musings on
India@61
Pakistan Decides to
Impeach Musharraf: Implications
Amarnath Shrine Land
Revocation Imbroglio Generates Fundamental National Issues
Congress Government's Morally Questionable Win in
Trust Vote
Pakistan Internally and Externally Besieged
Congress Party Stands Diminished
United States Denouement with Pakistan
India's Global Image Battered by Congress Government's
Political Timidity
Afghan & NATO Forces On the Offensive against Taliban
India Sick of Over-dosage of "Political Secularism"
Prime Ministerial Candidates for 2009 General
Elections
Middle East Nations Diversify their
Strategic Dependency
Congress Government's Four
Year Report Card
India Bleeds In Absence Of
Anti-Terrorism Law
India's General Elections
2009 : The Run-Up
Indian Communists Pursue
Separate Foreign Policy
Nepal Going Red Endangers
India's National Security
New Delhi Converted to
Lhasa
Middle East Peace Process
Makes Limited Progress
Bangladesh Honors Indian
War Heroes of the 1971 War
China is No Friend Of
India
The Tibetan Cause: US
Speaker Expresses Solidarity
Nepal On Eve Of
Constituent Assembly Elections: A Reality Check
Early General Elections In
India A Possibility
The Shah Of Pakistan
Democracy Dawns in
Pakistan
Pakistan: Musharraf's
Farcical General Election
BJP Needs to Energize
Itself
Indian Prime Minister
Buckles Under China's Sensitivities on Tawang
South Asia 2008 Presents
Troubled Perspectives
Reality-check on Present
State of India-China Relations
India should Checkmate The
Maoists in Nepal
Sri Lanka Ends Ceasefire
with LTTE : Implications For India
China and India Hold Joint
Army Exercise
Modi's Return Predicted in Exit Polls
Gujarat Assembly
Elections: Congress Party Stoops Low
The Middle East Peace
Conference Reviewed
Indian Secularists
Hollowness Exposed
United States' Time to
Write Off Pakistan
India's Imperatives to
Assert Regional Power
Russia's Displeasure with
India: The Manifestations
United States Oversells
US-India Nuclear Deal
Nepal: The Maoists
Continue to Create Political Instability
Benazir Bhutto's Political
Return: A Reality Check
India in General Election Mode
United States - Iran
Confrontational Rhetoric Heating Up
Myanmar's Demonization by
the West and Calls for Democracy
West Asia's Evolving
Balance of Power
East Asia Strategic
Environment Reviewed
India's Leftists have
Merit in their Objections on US-India Nuclear Deal
India's Partition Stands
Perpetuated by Politicians and Media
US-India Nuclear Deal
Generates a Domestic Cold War in India
India@60 : Political
Reflections
Pakistan: Benazir Bhutto's
Unprincipled Politics
China Reasserts
Antagonistic Postures Against India
US-India Nuclear Deal
Imbroglio
India's Peoples President
Bows Out
India's National Honor
Besmirched by Congress Regime
Russia Regains Relevance
in Global Strategic Calculus
India's Most Infamous Day
- 25th June, 1975
United States Strategic
Dilemma in Pakistan
Congress Party's
Presidential Candidate
India Needs to Review its
Sri Lanka Policy Approaches
Indo-US Nuclear Deal: The
123 Agreement
Three Year Report Card of
UPA
Uttar Pradesh Election
Results: The Political Portents
Pakistan Heading for Civil War
India's Politicians
Present Imperial Pretensions on Judicial Review of Legislation
India's Strategic Missiles
Arsenal Needs Fast Track Development
Pakistan's Internal
Stability is Floundering
South Asia Regional
Cooperation and Integration is Presently a Mirage
Bangladesh Caretaker
Government Makes the Right Overtures to India
US Senate's Timely Missive
to General Musharraf
United States Sending Out
Contradictory Signals on Pakistan
Pakistan's Military
Dictator Goes Berserk
South Asia's Peace
Dialogue: A Meaningless Charade
India's Electoral
Politics: Is the Sonia Factor Working?
United States-India
Nuclear Deal : The Fizz is Going Out
Nepal: Political
Turbulence from a New Quarter
Gulf Region: The Gathering
Storm
Sri Lanka Looks to
Pakistan for Military Hardware
The Middle East Conflict
and Confrontation
Indian Prime Minister
Displays Disturbing Trends
The Battle of the Begums
Comes to a Head
India 2006 : Striking
Images of the Year That Was
India: The Shining, The
Suffering and The Pampered
The Battle of the Begums
India's Security
Environment: Turbulent and Uncertain
India's Energy Security :
Three Significant Developments
Chinese President's Visit
to India: Much Ado about Nothing
Pakistan's Military
Dictator Besieged
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel:
India's Iron Man
United States Neurotic Obsessions with
Pakistan's General Musharraf
The Main Contenders:
Presidential Elections in India
North Korea's Nuclear
Weaponization: The United States and the Three Monkeys
Presidential System of
Government for India
Mumbai 7/11 Train
Bombings: Pakistan's Involvement Proved
Mahatma Gandhi: Lost and
Forgotten in India
Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) Summit in Havana, September 06
South Asia: China's not so
Benign Strategic Presence
Terrorism against India
Japan: A Great & Unique
Nation
India's Independence Day
2006: Striking Observations
India's Vision of Peace
with Pakistan is a Mirage
US-India Nuclear Deal
Reviewed
Israel Strikes Back
Mumbai 7/11 : A Week
Thereafter
Terrorist Bombings in
Mumbai: India's Soft Responses
Pakistan and North Korea:
Rogue States Brandishing Nuclear Weapons and Ballistic Missiles
Kargil Remembered: A Homage to the
Indian Army Martyrs
Pakistan's Future: An
Indian's Viewpoint
Afghanistan: The United
States Challenged by Pakistan
Sri Lanka Strategically Important
for India
Communist Parties
Onslaught on Constitutional Entities
Congress Government's
Two-Year Report Card : 3/10
BJP Needs Reinvention
India's Congress Party's
Divisive Fissures
Bhutan: India's Trusted
Strategic Friend and Ally in South Asia
India's Reservations
Controversy
The Indian Prime
Minister's Metamorphosis From Reformist to Reservationist
India MUST NOT Lose Nepal
to the Maoists
United States Congress at
Critical Crossroads with India
Bangladesh's Foreign Policy
Approaches to India
Myanmar's Strategic
Significance for India
India's Politics on the
Boil
India Aghast at Minority
Imperialism
The 'Great Indian Middle
Class" Needs to Politically Empower Itself
United States President's
Historic Visit to India
India's Foreign Policy Held at Ransom by Leftists
India's Communist Parties:
All Bark But No Bite
United States - Iran
Nuclear Standoff
USA's Global Predominance
Under Challenge
India's Congress
Government Virtually Indicted in Supreme Court Judgement
Indian Prime Minister's
Image Takes A Beating
Pakistan : Musharraf's
Cauldron on the Boil
India's National
Debt of Honor to The Indian Army
Baluchistan: The
United States Silence On Pakistan Army's Genocidal Operations
Pakistan's
Monochromatic Foreign Policy
India's Non-Alignment
Doctrine : A Policy Failure
India's Strategically
Unwise Nepal Policy
India's Democracy
Validated by Bihar State Electoral Verdict
India's Foreign Policies in South Asia Need Review
The PM who Placed India on
Fast Trace to Global Power Status
India: The Prime Minister Fettered
Indian Governments
Soft-Kneed Counter-Terrorism Approaches
United States' "Democracy
Thrust" in South Asia is Selective
United States-India
Strategic Partnership Reviewed
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