The Washington Post reported in early April that the Bush administration was "studying options for military strikes against Iran". But there is little reason to be surprised by all this. An attack on...
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An elaborate ritual for arriving at the modalities for the 2007 elections in Bangladesh is being performed by the two main political formations, but neither seems interested in reaching an agreement...
Despite a period touted as one of "high growth", growing inequality in terms of both income and regional, rising prices and growth that is not broad based, threatens to have the same serious...
Participants of a recent poll conducted on the issue of illegal immigrants in America wanted "tougher enforcement" of the law to keep them out. But the unprecedented gathering and marches of...
It appears that both Nepal and Sri Lanka are on the brink of reconstituting the existing state. The difficult task in both countries is to ensure that reconstitution of the state will facilitate an...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has in the recent past taken big steps in fostering good governance in the mutual fund industry, which provides an opportunity to move towards further...
The urban renewal that is now sweeping across America is based on state actions fixing the cost of factors of production below market value, thereby generating super-profits for the private sector.
The US-India nuclear accord will exacerbate the arms race between India and Pakistan and threatens to accelerate nuclear weaponisation by both countries. The sane course is for the two countries to...
There is the increasing belief that transnational exchanges between grassroot social movements will come to play a crucial role in generating social change in the Americas. However, social movements...
The police force has been abused systematically by successive governments at the centre and in the states. Its independence has been undermined and its morale sapped. The wonder is that it is still...
On this third anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, it is pertinent to reiterate that the act was not a shocking departure from the norm of US foreign policy. The US has a long history...
This article develops an empirical model to explore the role that bank characteristics play in influencing the monetary transmission process. Employing data on Indian commercial banks for the period...
The occasion to mark the 100th anniversary of Filipino arrival in the US also offers an opportunity to re-examine imperialism as defined in the American context. The US' aggressive colonisation of...
This article examines why banks should be concerned about liquidity risk. It argues that the two forms of liquidity, namely, market and funding liquidity, are highly intertwined and that both are...
US efforts to check "proliferation" are hypocritical as well as ineffective. Since the US (and other nuclear powers) are not engaged in disarmament, the hopefuls are not convinced about why they...
