Pakistan is a country beset with political difficulties, but they could be of secondary importance to its economic woes. While much attention has been devoted to the dramatic Supreme Court move to order the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on charges of corruption and recent...

The mood of the nation after the beheading and mutilation of two Indian soldiers at the Line of Control was such that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to break his silence and say that after the “barbaric act there can be no business as usual with Pakistan’. It must have been a personal...

The recent ceasefire violations on the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir can be interpreted in two ways: as a series of tit-for-tat responses that spiralled out of control, or as the opening shot in the next round of hostilities between India and Pakistan. The two versions have differing...

Thank heavens, the “war-mongers” on the Indian side have piped down, with the Pakistan Army promising to exercise restraint. There can be no denying the excesses of the Pakistan army in brutally killing two Indian soldiers at the Line of Control. But an eye-for-an-eye (or ‘ten heads for one...

The construct of ‘retaliatory action’ indicates revenge — inflicting injury on the adversary to emotionally sublimate oneself. Act we must, but in a rational rather than emotional mode. The response should be designed and calibrated to achieve specific objectives to further India’s national...