C. Raja Mohan holds the Korea Chair at the Council for Strategic and Defence Research, Delhi and is a contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express.
March 16, 2009 17:26 IST
RAJA-MANDALA/C. Raja Mohan<br> If the CPM does well and forges a Third Front government,its General Secretary Prakash Karat would be hailed as a hero.
Mon, Mar 16, 2009March 08, 2009 17:47 IST
C. Raja Mohan<BR /> As India celebrates the third successful anti-missile test conducted off the Orissa coast on Friday,New Delhi might continue to have trouble managing the politics of missile defence at home and abroad.
Sun, Mar 08, 2009February 26, 2009 03:15 IST
Indian diplomacy is no stranger to simultaneous crises in the neighbourhood but South Blocks professional skills will be tested this week as it copes with the latest political turn....
Thu, Feb 26, 2009February 25, 2009 01:15 IST
When it comes to its relations with China,Pakistans leaders believe there is no room for understatement. As Pakistan passes through a difficult period....
Wed, Feb 25, 2009February 22, 2009 00:08 IST
C. Raja Mohan<BR /> As the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Beijing Friday on the last leg of her Asian tour,Tibet has begun to acquire an unexpected profile in the Obama Administration's engagement with China.
Sun, Feb 22, 2009February 16, 2009 04:31 IST
Holbrooke has already proved his ability to force major changes on the ground
Mon, Feb 16, 2009February 13, 2009 17:06 IST
C Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala<br> Even the most sceptical of Indian analysts will have to concede that Pakistan has taken an important step forward Thursday in acknowledging that at least part of the planning for the Mumbai outrage took place in Pakistan.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009February 11, 2009 03:16 IST
President Hu Jintaos four-nation African tour beginning this week will conclude in Mauritius,a geopolitically sensitive Indian Ocean island state that has strong political....
Wed, Feb 11, 2009February 06, 2009 18:02 IST
C Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala<br> Washington ended speculation on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's travel plans by announcing that her first assignment abroad will be in Asia.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009February 03, 2009 13:57 IST
C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALA<br /> Although many NATO and European countries have troops in Afghanistan,only the British and Canadian armies earn some respect for their willingness to fight along with the Americans.
Tue, Feb 03, 2009January 31, 2009 02:00 IST
Indias chance for a grand Indo-US bargain on Pakistan and Afghanistan
Sat, Jan 31, 2009January 28, 2009 02:42 IST
That China and the Obama administration have begun their engagement on a quarrelsome note on the currency issue is not necessarily an indicator....
Wed, Jan 28, 2009
January 27, 2009 14:56 IST
C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALA<br>Mention the word 'third party' in the context of Pakistan or Kashmir and India gets hot under the collar. Over the last few days,we saw New Delhi mercilessly hammer the British Foreign Secretary Foreign Secretary David Miliband for his comments (childish?) on Kashmir.
Tue, Jan 27, 2009January 22, 2009 22:55 IST
As he promised a definitive departure from the many controversial domestic and foreign policies of the unpopular Bush Administration...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
January 22, 2009 13:36 IST
C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALA<br>The title of this blog,Raja-Mandala,is drawn from the ancient Indian description of the laws that govern the conduct of relations within a circle of states.
Thu, Jan 22, 2009January 21, 2009 02:10 IST
As he prepared America to face up to the extraordinary challenges at home,U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama warned the rest of the world...
Wed, Jan 21, 2009January 20, 2009 17:20 IST
Theres new thinking in Washington on South Asia. India must not be defensive
Tue, Jan 20, 2009January 15, 2009 01:57 IST
As she sailed through the first round of Senate confirmation hearings on Tuesday,Americas top diplomat to be,Hillary Clinton,stuck to a formula that has been perfected by President Elect Barack Obama...
Thu, Jan 15, 2009January 12, 2009 23:06 IST
Indias case is made. But action depends on lobbying Obama
Mon, Jan 12, 2009
March 27, 2007 22:35 IST
Any credible diplomatic effort must necessarily involve sustained pressure on both parties to the conflict. Only India can achieve this
Tue, Mar 27, 2007
April 24, 2006 01:31 IST
While the political classes in Pakistan might be nowhere near the kind of democratic mobilisation seen in Nepal, Monday’s meeting in London between two exiled former prime ministers—Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif—could be an important step forward.
Mon, Apr 24, 2006
April 20, 2006 02:17 IST
At a moment when Nepal needs political surgery, Karan Singh, the Indian special envoy to the Himalayan Kingdom, appears to have landed in Kathmandu with a band-aid.
Thu, Apr 20, 2006
March 11, 2006 01:41 IST
Signalling unprecedented political flexibility towards Beijing, the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of the Tibetan people, proclaimed today hi...
Sat, Mar 11, 2006
March 09, 2006 02:04 IST
When the Chinese Special Representative Dai Bingguo arrives here on Friday for the next round of talks on the boundary dispute, India will h...
Thu, Mar 09, 2006
March 06, 2006 01:47 IST
Basking in the warm afterglow of the historic nuclear pact with the Bush Administration, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to press ...
Mon, Mar 06, 2006



