The coverage of the Damini case has sparked a lively debate about how the Western media portrays rape culture abroad.
Orientalizing Rape
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India
Is Rape in India Having Its Newtown Moment?
When it fails to protect its women and children, a state’s very legitimacy is called into question.
Does Pakistan’s National Pride Hinge on India Considering It a Threat?
Pakistan may not frighten India as much as it would like.
The U.S. and Central & South Asia: Four More Years
It is time to bring the 21st century’s version of “the Great Game” to an end.
Theft Is Not the Only Threat Militants Pose to Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons
During hostilities, unified authority is critical.
India’s Gambit in the Central Asian Abyss
Central Asia has increasingly dazzled players from near and far, once they’ve grasped its worth as a crucial source of energy — oil, gas, and hydroelectric power.
The Folly of Mindless Science
In 2000, I traveled to India, invited to speak at the organizing meeting of the Indian Coalition for Nuclear and Disarmament and Peace. About 600 organizations, including some 80 from Pakistan gathered in New Delhi to strategize for nuclear disarmament. India had quietly acquired the bomb and performed one nuclear test at Pokhran in 1974 but it was in 1998 that all hell broke out, with India exploding five underground tests, swiftly followed by six in Pakistan.
Afghanistan Dominates Latest U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue
United States-India cooperation continues to move beyond the economic and scientific to the military.
India’s Need for Iran’s Oil a Sticking Point for U.S. and Its Sanctions Regime
The third U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue next month will deal with contentious issues such as protectionism and sanctions.
Does India Face East or West?
Since the Cold War, India and the United States composed a mutual admiration society.