From the Editor-in-Chief
“We have an array of guest articles on topics such as Greek Economic Crisis; MF Hussain’s Art; India-ASEAN Relations: India-Myanmar Relations; Mandela Decade and on SAARC Culture. I hope this content mix is rich enough to keep our readers updated on the happenings at the foreign and current affairs front. So, read on….” G. Kalyan Kumar   Read the Note.  
  

US Shows Strength; Isolates Iran and North Korea 
The Summit was certainly a test of Obama’s ability to galvanize global action on a broader nuclear agenda to rid the planet of atomic weapons. But some countries are skeptical about the seriousness of the nuclear terrorism threat, viewing it more of an American obsession after the September 11, 2001 air borne attacks by al Qaeda.
By G. Kalyan Kumar  Read the Article.  
     

Lech Kaczynski (1949-2010): In Memoriam
A moving tribute to the Polish President who died in an air crash on 10 April
President Lech Kaczynski had a deep interest in the Indian culture and the recent history of India. He emphasized that during the very friendly conversation with President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Devisingh Patil who visited Poland in April 2009.
By Piotr Kłodkowski, Ambassador of Poland in New Delhi   Subscribe to Read.  
  

Poland Loses Her Flag Bearer
President Kaczynski has been a controversial figure in Polish politics but few can doubt that his central concern throughout his political career was to see Poland strong enough to prevent domination or suppression that it had historically suffered.
By Bhaswati Sarkar   Subscribe to Read.  
  

Resolve to hasten South-South Cooperation  
IBSA sees itself as an instrument for connecting India, Brazil and South Africa at all levels, aiming not only to increase these countries’ projection on the international scene but to strengthen the relations among themselves.   Subscribe to Read. 
   

BRIC Calls for Restructuring Global Institutions     
The declaration ranged from advocating the need for restructuring the global economy, to evolving common positions on climate change, energy, trade, terrorism, agriculture and reform of the United Nations.   Subscribe to Read.  
 

India-ASEAN Ties Calls for Greater Integration
ASEAN and India also share several key interests. Economically, both can maximize their profits off of a combined market with almost 1.8 billion people and a GDP of US$2.75 trillion.
By Prashanth Parameswaran  Subscribe to Read.      
     

Bilateral Notes 
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Indo-Myanmar Ties Looking Up   
India is one of Myanmar’s major trading partners and one of the largest markets for its goods. The most starling fact is that bilateral trade between India and Myanmar has grown more than eighty times in last twenty eight years.
By Dr. Saurabh   Subscribe to Read.
  

Reconciliation and the Mandela Decade
Mandela believed in a humanism animated by a libertarian idea of justice backed by law – an idea weaned through the Robben Island experience of justice; a constitution and the courts that would provide an alternative to the noose and the prison; Mandela ensured a bias towards progressive and democratic jurisprudence with intellectuals pioneering it in the country.
By Prof. Ari Sitas Subscribe to Read.  
   

Greek Economic Crisis and its Impact on the Euro
The major part of the Greek financial crisis seems to be homemade. High unemployment rates, inflation, an inefficient state apparatus and rampant evasion of taxes only do one last thing. The time was ripe for disaster when the global economic crisis struck.
By Kristina Bellach    Subscribe to Read.  
   

Hullabaloo and the Price of Husainmania   
Husain, unlike many other artists of his time, was steeped in the mythological strands and legends of this land and refused to banish these from his canvas for the academic realism that was the trend at the time, creating a language where the form was indicated by a bold but suggested outline.
By Kishore Singh Subscribe to Read.
  

YO-HO-HO and No Bottle of Rum 
By William Hawke    Subscribe to Read.  
 

A case for Boosting India’s Agri Exports  
Exports of agricultural products add to the competitiveness of production, productivity and quality in relation to other exporting countries.
By Pallavi  Subscribe to Read.