'In the Indian government there are no illusions about the United States reliability or the possibility of having any kind of preferential treatment from Washington when it comes to trade.' IMAGE:......
Events around the Gaza flare-up reveal that Iran is ceding space to a resurgent Egypt under President Morsi,saysClaude Smadja The latest flare-up between Hamas and the Israelis provides an......
Arguments for direct US military intervention in Syria are just not strong enough, says Claude Smadja United States President Barack Obama’s decision on June 13 that the US will supply light......
The Chinese leader is today facing some open, or less subtle, criticism from within the party and from liberal intellectuals who are increasingly concerned by the concentration of power in his......
Europe will have to make some hard choices if it wishes to take on the militant group responsible for the horrible attacks in Paris, says Claude Smadja Belgian soldiers patrol central Brussels as......
The minister learns from Europe's economic suicide, and pulls off a difficult balancing act, says Claude Smadja.Let us be realistic: looking at it from the perspective of a foreign observer not......
Whichever way you look at it, from a global perspective 2012 has not been a good year, writes Claude Smadja. The euro zone has been sinking deeper in the last 12 months.The debt-to-GDP ratio......
Europe's divisions and US' political dysfunction mean that they are the two biggest threats to the world economy, writes Claude SmadjaFor almost three years now, the scenario has been the same: a......
Foreign investors seem to have gone back to their past mindset of scepticism and 'wait and see if miracles can happen' when it comes to placing their bets on India, writes Claude Smadja.In the last......
Overall, the populist/ electoral elements in the budget have remained measured with the finance minister being clearly aware of a higher-than-expected rise in oil prices, less-than-planned tax......