India-US relations
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Geopolitics
Little Satan sends love (not Great Satan)
A quick tally of foreign congratulations to Modi, including calls from Nawaz Sharif and Benjamin Netanyahu, as Washington remained silent. The poster jokes about the delay and extracts the news…
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Geopolitics
Thatcher or Hitler?
The poster speculates that America is angry about Modi’s win and may never grant him a visa, then reproduces commentators on the future relationship, including Kevin Lees on Thatcher or…
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Geopolitics
Sacrificing humans easier than goats
A piece on why the US ambassador to India resigned, which the poster treats as an open question, pointing to the Devyani Khobragade affair as a stumbling block in ties.
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Geopolitics
India: most important (future) US ally, really?
A note on surveys showing US foreign policy experts rank India as the most promising future ally while American public favourability has fallen from 63 to 46 per cent since…
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Politics
40 or 70?
A note questioning whether American support for Narendra Modi, from the Pew survey to a bankers’ cheer-leading squad, will bring any advantage, or whether Modi might prefer China.
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Geopolitics
Arms for hugging, diplomacy for fighting
A comment suggesting embassies be turned into arms purchase liaison offices after a diplomats’ gun fight, and asking why the same US fighter jet is offered to both India and…
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Geopolitics
Unconditional Surrender Association (USA)
A report that Washington will drop its visa ban on Narendra Modi if he becomes prime minister, with the poster’s view that only the collective will of Indians can now…
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Geopolitics
SAsia (mostly India) and the USA
A report on cut US aid to Pakistan, with the poster arguing that Washington needs Pakistan for a smooth exit from Afghanistan and that the curious wording of the announcement…
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Politics
The americans are keeping (a careful) watch
A report on a Pew survey of Indian voters, with the poster asking why Americans poll India on election eve and what it says about US readiness to align with…