'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......
This is the time when the US would need the conceptual strategic thinking of a Henry Kissinger, able to ally diplomatic skills with a well-conceived worldview of what the emergence of a new balance......
Claude Smadja, president of a strategic advisory firm, Smadja & Smadja, tells Indivjal Dhasmana he does not see the possibility of India signing free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union......
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......
'The leadership is confronted with an economy growing at its slowest pace in 20 years,' points out Claude Smadja. IMAGE: Performers travel past Tiananmen Square next to a float showing the late......
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......