diplomacy - Himal Southasian (Page 3)

Duty of the intellectual

The reciprocated expulsions of Indian and Pakistani diplomats from each other´s capitals in February followed months of key political developments in both countries. Pakistan has returned to some form

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

/ 1 Mar 2003

SOUTH ASIA AND THE SUMMITEERS

When the Indian prime minister and the Pakistani generalissimo met to talk in Agra, the leaders, spin-managers and commentators on both sides forgot one critical point: that both countries

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 2001

Conspirator’s Cauldron

Perspective 1 According to one view, the new year's blasts in a Dhaka park and the killings of paramilitary along the Indo-Bangla border were part of a

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 May 2001

Chinese Checkers with Li Peng

Li Peng, China's second most powerful leader, came visiting India in early January, and clearly his interest was more than a pose with Mrs. Li in front of

By Shastri Ramachandran

/ 1 Feb 2001

IF INDIA CAN’T, PAKISTAN MIGHT

The outcome of this one will be worth watching. Will Pakistan come to the Sri Lankan government´s aid where India hesitates to tread? That might well happen given that

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Sep 2000

LET THE FLIGHTS BEGIN

It has been more than three months since Indian Airlines suspended its flights to Kathmandu at the insistence of the Indian government, and the recent failure of bilateral talks regarding

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 2000

DEBASING DEATH

By ballot and bullet, the Indian and Pakistani states have committed themselves to the forces of the Right by late 1999. In India, an election returns a vast alliance dominated

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

Whose nationalism?

The Kargil mess may well lead to the use of Great Power influence in South Asia, something which New Delhi has resisted for decades For a military engagement which New

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Jul 1999

The Southern Cone and the subcontinent

Argentina and Brazil agreed to mutual nuclear renunciation, and turned their rivalry into cooperation. Could India and Pakistan do the same? It is a year since India and Pakistan hook

By Varun Sahni

/ 1 May 1999

Bhutan-Nepal Missive

It is a rare occasion when the Kathmandu government can be roused to strong action in its dealings with Thimphu on the issue of Bhutanese refugees who started streaming into

By Sudhir Sharma

/ 1 Apr 1999

The ‘late’ president

Chatting to a journalist at a recent National Day party in Colombo, a newly arrived high commissioner mentioned that she had not yet presented her credentials. "You'd

By Manik de Silva

/ 1 Mar 1999

HMG, RGOB & GOT: The triumvirate of inaction and Bhutan's refugee crisis

When New Delhi and Thimphu fail to act, that's to their perceived benefit. When Kathmandu fails to act, that's to its detriment, and to that of

By Karin Heissler

/ 1 Oct 1998

HMG, RGOB & GOT: The triumvirate of inaction and Bhutan's refugee crisis