It has been clear for some years now that there are few other states in the international system more troubled than Pakistan. And yet, tragically, the Indian debate — academic...

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are much more than a democratic ritual. In the popular Kashmiri imagination, they have been powerful symbols: of faith and...

The most charismatic American president in recent years, Barack Obama, is paradoxically also the most inscrutable. Given his...

One of the most abiding symbols of Kashmiri culture is the pheran. A combination of an overcoat and a gown, the pheran is a great leveller. For generations, all sections...

The successful conclusion of the elections to the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly is being widely and...

Contemporary international politics — characterised by both complex interdependence and anarchy — reveals what may have always been instinctively obvious. States are best able to...

India's foreign policy and strategic community has never been short of talent. But there are few, in recent years, who can claim to have...

JAMMU AND Kashmir rarely opens up to new opportunities. In the last 13 years, the window has opened only twice. After the 1996 election,...

THERE IS a temptation to view Pervez Musharraf's recent diatribe against India, on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly, as...

IN A little over a month from now, the first phase of polling will begin in Jammu and Kashmir. As of now, no political party in the...