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India Buys More US Weaponry
D. Raghunandan, Newsclick, Jan. 25, 2012
When India rejected the two US contenders for its prestigious and much awaited $10 billion order for medium multi-role combat aircraft, many in the US raised shrill protests that India was not living up to US expectations and gratefully repaying the US for the Indo-US nuclear deal and for helping India break the international nuclear embargo and related impediments in acquiring other advanced technologies.
Aijaz Ahmad: Iran Sanctions are Genocidal and for Provoking Iran into War
Newsclick Production, Jan. 23, 2012
Aijaz Ahmad discusses with Newsclick the current stand-off between the US and Iran after the current round of sanctions that includes Irani Central Bank. He believes that the US policy is regime change and no solution can take place unless other countries such as India, Brazil, Turkey, Russia, China, etc intervene.
The West is No Longer the Motor of History - Part II
Newsclick Production, Jan. 14, 2012
Second Part of the interview with Professor Vinay Lal by Newsclick discussing the new movements developing in different parts of the world -- from West Asia, North Africa to Europe and the US. He sees the possibility of new politics emerging from this and how it can reconfigure the nation state.
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012
Michael Klare, Courtesy: TomDispatch.com, Jan. 11, 2012
Last week, the president made a rare appearance at the Pentagon to unveil a new strategic plan for U.S. military policy (and so spending) over the next decade. Let’s leave the specifics to a future TomDispatch post and focus instead on a historical footnote: Obama was evidently the first president to offer remarks from a podium in the Pentagon press room. He made the point himself -- “I understand this is the first time a president has done this. It’s a pretty nice room. (Laughter)” -- and it was duly noted in the media. Yet no one thought to make anything of it, even though it tells us so much about our American world.
The West is No Longer the Motor of History - Part I
Newsclick Production, Jan. 9, 2012
First part of the interview with Professor Vinay Lal by Newsclick discussing the new movements developing in different parts of the world -- from West Asia, North Africa to Europe and the US. He sees the posbility of new politics emerging from this and how it can reconfigure the nation state.
The US-Iran Conflict: Spiralling into Another War?
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, Jan. 7, 2012
The US Iran confrontation is building up and can go out of hand at any time. Illegal US sanctions on Iran will force most countries to take sides.
US-Saudi-UAE Arms Deals: Strengthening US Security Net in the Gulf
D. Raghunandan, Newsclick, Jan. 06, 2012
Records, they say, are meant to be beaten. Those who had characterized India’s acquisition of 126 combat aircraft for around $10 billion, billed as the largest ever single military purchase, as the “mother of all arms deals” will have to change terminology. Last week, the US announced it had clinched a deal with Saudi Arabia for sale of F-15 fighters and upgradation of the current Saudi F-15 fleet for a combined value of about $30 billion. Clearly the grandmother of all deals!
Rhetoric Hides Failure in Durban: UPA's Bankrupt Climate Diplomacy
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, Dec. 22, 2011
The current phase of climate change negotiations have now come to an end with the Durban Platform announcement of a new round of negotiations to arrive at a legally binding commitments for all countries by 2015, and implementation starting from 2020.
Nuclear Liability Act and its Rules: The Tail Wagging the Dog
Prabir Purkayastha, Newsclick, Nov. 23, 2011
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Rules notified on November 11, 2011 does what the US Government has been demanding of India – completely dilute the liability of the nuclear suppliers. This is in complete violation of all basic jurisprudence. No rule can override the basic act itself: this is precisely what these Rules are doing.
Occupy Wall Street -- The Challenges Ahead
Newsclick Production, Nov. 10, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street has changed the discourse in the US, bringing out the exclusions of 99% of the people and the total inequality that now prevails. It has brought in different kinds of movements and created a huge oppositional space. The challenge in the days ahead is how to bring together all these elements in a coherent way without losing the vitality of the movement.
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