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In the summer of 2003, senior ministers like L.K. Advani and a number of Indian strategic commentators kept up a steady drumbeat calling for the country to send troops to help the Americans. But Vajpayee kept his cool and refused.

The cause of the tussle in Agra lay in the internal politics of the BJP

New Age, a Dhaka-based leading English language daily newspaper, is a major source of news of Bangladesh and international affairs

The US has so many diasporas from nations that it has poor relations with.

The US has so many diasporas from nations that it has poor relations with.

The countries and peoples of South Asia are attempting to reformtheir economies from socialism to free markets and someday graduatefrom the developing to the developed world. It is in America's bestinterest to act as a friend and partner to the countries of SouthAsia and participate with them in their transition.

John Helmer picks apart the not-well-understood story of who betrayed whom when Gorbachev agreed to the lousy US "not one inch" promise.

A prudent regard for the tragic, unexpected turns history can take would urge leadership in Washington, Moscow, and Beijing to weigh carefully the trajectory they are on and how seriously they want to test moving in another direction.

If Ukrainian democracy is going to prevail, U.S. foreign policymakers must finally prioritize dealing with Ukraine as it is rather than Russia as they would like it to be.

Critics of the last four decades of China policy have incorrectly and simplistically labeled diplomacy a failure because the People’s Republic did not become a liberal democracy. That was never the goal or an achievable objective of U.S. policy. The goal was to shape Chinese policy to align more with U.S. objectives: a more open society, reduced overseas disruptive behavior,