Last updated November 12, 2001 19:54

Wheels within wheels
(or, Other relationships and considerations)

If anyone ever doubted the extent to which our lives are interconnected, across the globe, this historical turn must dispel those doubts once and for all. One group of terrorists orchestrated and carried out the attacks of September 11, two tall buildings were destroyed and many nation-states lost their nationals, one state declared war against a government which is barely a state, and in the following 'global' war against terrorism, several other states, adjacent and distant, most with blood on their own hands, have been roped in... creating layer upon layer of consequences. Some key relationships, from my point of view, will be affected, even if history proves the effect not to be profound. On this page, I will from this date (November 12, 2001) start listing analyses thereof.

Interactions and relationships

A test of true allies, Jim Hoagland, Washington Post, November 6, 2001.

The US in South Asia

India, Pakistan and the US: The Eternal Triangle?

Give Musharraf his 15 minutes, by Shekar Gupta, Indian Express, November 3, 2001.

India and the US

Pakistan and the US

Terms of engagement, and misunderstanding, by Hussain Haqqani, Indian Express, November 4, 2001.

India and Pakistan ((see also Kashmir links on the South and Southwest Asia page)

Britain and the US

Also, at issue

Nuclear safety

Don't worry, Pak nukes are in safe hands, by Mushahid Husain, Times of India, November ?? 2001.

Our (Indian) nukes have safety locks, by Manoj Joshi, Times of India, November ?? 2001.

Other weapons of mass destruction