FEB 8, 2010
This Ambassador Is A Sore In US-Pakistani Relationship
International Analyst Network
US Ambassador to Pakistan Ms. Anne W. Patterson is becoming quite controversial. She has overseen the worst spell in the relationship between Washington and Islamabad in sixty years and many say she is responsible for at least some of it. Ties weren’t this bad even when the United States unfairly sanctioned Pakistan in 1990 over its nuclear program.
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FEB 8, 2010
Taliban will negotiate, but path fraught with risk
Reuters
Unthinkable a year ago and still officially beyond the pale, the idea of a political role for Taliban leaders in Afghanistan is creeping onto the agenda as war-weary governments seek to bring an end to an unpopular war.
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FEB 8, 2010
Barcelona offers to beautify Delhi for 2010 Games
The Hindu
The city of Barcelona, which has hosted a successful Olympic Games, offered its cooperation and expertise in beautifying Delhi before the Commonwealth Games starting on October 3.
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FEB 8, 2010
20000 Bangladeshi students to get scope for edn in US a year
The Daily Star
The US will provide education opportunities to 20,000 Bangladeshi students in its colleges and universities every year, US Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy Judith A Mchale said yesterday.
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FEB 7, 2010
India’s limited options in post-US Afghanistan
Rupee News
Bharat (aka India) has been out maneuvered in Afghanistan. The international community has tried Bharat’s way for a decade and it produced negative results for ISAF and NATO. As Joseph Nye says, “Achieving transformational objectives may require a combination of both hard and soft power.”
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FEB 5, 2010
Bollywood as India’s soft power?
Deccan Herald
To explain soft power of a nation in particular, very briefly, is the ability of a region (I defer from using the word country) to influence another region and obtain what it wants, through co-option, in the form of its policies and cultural richness.
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