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Mohan Guruswamy
About the AuthorMohan Guruswamy
The writer, a policy analyst studying economic and security issues, held senior positions in government and industry. He also specialises in the Chinese economy
    Air Chief Marshal B.S. DhanoaOpinion
    Service chiefs: Why one is better than three!

    The need for integrated defence planning and operations need not be elaborated upon.

    29 Nov 2018 7:22 AM IST

    India China flagOpinion
    Why unlearnt lessons of 1962 still haunt us

    Today India is a rising power, but a somewhat less surefooted one than China, which is now an economic and military...

    20 Nov 2018 7:44 AM IST

    Rafale aircraftOpinion
    False info, false testimony in Rafale dogfight

    We have a tradition in India, actually a discipline, that officers in uniform don't take part even in political...

    16 Nov 2018 7:35 AM IST

    The EODB index is meant to measure regulations directly affecting businesses and does not directly measure more general conditions such as a nations proximity to large markets, quality of infrastructure, inflation, or crime.Opinion
    Ease of doing biz: Get the right indexes right

    In the real India, it still takes 156 days to get a building plan sanctioned, and 1,445 days in court to get a judicial...

    2 Nov 2018 2:46 AM IST

    PM ModiOpinion
    Looking back: Pandit Nehru vs Sardar Patel

    It is well known that the Congress had little time for the Sardar's legacy till Mr Modi tried to don it.

    31 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modis accusations that the Opposition is dividing society on caste lines therefore echo the RSS concerns for a homogenous Hindu community. (Photo: File)Opinion
    India need not chose between Japan and China

    Suddenly editorials and commentaries were waxing eloquent about a new strategic relationship to counter China.

    28 Oct 2018 4:27 AM IST

    The senior Trump administration official said the United States will have a process to recognize same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats from countries where same-sex marriage is not legal, but which recognize American domestic partners. (Representational Image)Opinion
    America is central to the economy of drugs

    The world's major cocaine production centres are all located in South America.

    27 Oct 2018 1:37 AM IST

    The Rs 1,437-crore deal between India and Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors for the supply of 400 155mm howitzer guns for the Indian Army was entered into on March 24, 1986. (Photo: AFP/File)Opinion
    Who got the Bofors money?

    The GHN45 howitzers were indeed very good, and with base-bleed shells, had the longest reach of all howitzers available...

    23 Oct 2018 1:49 AM IST

    China had threatened it in 1967 when it got bloodied at Nathu La. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Will India and China fight a war again?

    The lesson of 1967 has been well learnt by China, just as the lesson of 1962 has been absorbed by India.

    20 Oct 2018 1:25 AM IST

    India China flagOpinion
    Will India and China fight a war again?

    But of one thing we can be sure. If there is a conflict again, it will not be the limited war of the kind seen in 1962.

    18 Oct 2018 1:26 AM IST

    Paul RomerOpinion
    Economics Nobel: From esoteric to practical

    The Nobel Prize in Economics has mostly tended to go to scholars doing esoteric research in economics.

    16 Oct 2018 2:08 AM IST

    The statue of John Harvard at Harvard Yard.Nation
    Of John Harvard & Veritas': An Ivy League campus tale

    The story of Veritas and the unknwon truth behind the Statue of Three Lies.

    15 Oct 2018 12:33 AM IST

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