It is not at all surprising that the CPI is upset over Mrs. Gandhi’s decision to explore the possibility of improving relations with the United States and the Jana Sangh over her gesture of goodwill towards Pakistan in respect of the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir. Their reactions … Read More
Mr. Swaran Singh’s statement in the Rajya Sabha last Thursday and the positive response to it by Mr. William Rogers hold out the promise of improvement in Indo-US relations in the near future. Though this hopeful development cannot yet be said to dispose of the depressing assumptions that have informed … Read More
As the nation celebrates Mr Nehru’s 83rd birth anniversary, it can be said without the slightest exaggeration that recent events have assured him a permanent place in history as one of the most perceptive men of the post-war era. The late Prime Minister was perhaps the first leading public figure … Read More
It was never in doubt that President Nixon would be re-elected for a second term. But so long as the election, or what some American commentators have called the non-election, was not over, it was possible for us to avoid coming to grips with the possible consequences of four more … Read More
The Chinese know it as well as anyone else that India has not set up or allowed the Dalai Lama to set up a Tibet government-in-exile. It is in fact highly doubtful that he has even put forward such a proposal to New Delhi. On the contrary, if his recent … Read More
It is not a mere accident that the normalisation of Sino-Japanese relations more or less coincided with the twenty-third anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Republic of China last Sunday. Mr. Chou En-lai must have planned it that way because nothing could symbolise the fulfilment of the nationalist objectives … Read More
Some visiting scholars from the US have been at pains to emphasise that South Asia occupies the lowest place in the list of priorities of their country whose main aim just now is to improve its relations with the Soviet Union, China, Japan and Western Europe. Not to leave their … Read More
It is premature to conclude that the Chinese action in blocking the admission of Bangladesh to the United Nations is part of a well-thought-out and long-term plan to keep the sub-continent in a state of turmoil. Peking may have its reasons for wanting to do that. But the Chinese will … Read More
Mrs Gandhi’s political style is so different from that of other political leaders in the country that it is difficult to say what her policy decisions will be in coming months. But it is becoming increasingly clear that the country will be in for some hard knocks unless she uses … Read More
The Soviet government continues to behave as if the expulsion of its military experts from Egypt has not adversely affected its relations with that country. It has ignored President Sadat’s statements accusing Moscow of having failed to live up to its commitment to supply sophisticated offensive weapons and maintained the … Read More
