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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".

  
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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