Dissatisfaction against the Simla agreement in the country seems to be much more widespread than the Jana Sangh protest demonstrations would indicate. The criticism is subdued and it does not imply a lack of confidence in the Prime Minister’s ability to protect the nation’s interests in future negotiations with Mr … Read More
The statement Mr. Podgorny made in Calcutta last Sunday on his way back to Moscow from Hanoi can leave no room for doubt that the present Soviet leadership will not deviate from the policy of détente with the United States whatever happens in Viet Nam. No amount of propaganda by … Read More
Some commentators may find it highly comforting to take the view that the agreements signed at the Moscow summit only reflect the decisive shift in the balance of world forces against the capitalist West in favour of the socialist bloc. In reality the situation is much more complex. While the … Read More
If the Nixon-Brezhnev summit is viewed as a logical culmination of the process that began with the conclusion of the partial nuclear tests ban treaty in Moscow in October 1963 and as an extension of the Nixon-Chou parleys in Peking last February, it may well be said to mark the … Read More
The Nixon-Brezhnev summit cannot determine the future shape of the world any more than the Nixon-Chou parleys could of Asia last February. But there can be no question that it is an event of historic significance. For all that we know, this may mark the end of the cold war … Read More
Peking seems to have changed its mind on the question of improving relations with New Delhi. It is difficult otherwise to explain the absurd charge of expansionism it has levelled against this country in connection with the current developments in East Bengal. The Chinese like all other powers, may have … Read More
On the face of it, the Soviet Union has signed a 15-year treaty of peace, friendship and cooperation with Iraq as part of its rather vague concept of collective security in Asia. But this cannot be the whole story. It is more likely that Moscow has decided to spread its … Read More
Even if President Nixon is telling the truth when he says that he has not made any secret deal with Mr. Chou En-lai, it is reasonably certain that the statement issued at the conclusion of his visit to China is not an adequate guide to their discussions. This is evident … Read More
Neither America’s Asian allies like Japan, South Viet Nam and Formosa nor China’s friends in Hanoi and elsewhere can legitimately take exception to the Nixon-Chou statement as it stands. In fact both the US President and the Chinese Prime Minister can quote it at length in support of their claim … Read More
Mr Nixon’s visit to Peking has been described in a variety of ways – a gimmick to win the presidential elections next November, an expiation for America’s anti-China policy of the past 23 years, a tribute-bearing mission to the court of Chairman Mao Tse-tung, an attempt to cover-up the defeat … Read More
