USINPACT: e-Magazine Archives

This month’s issue has Kabita Sonowal writing on Iran saga while Gurmeet Kanwal points out the glitches in India’s systemic weakness in countering terror and tells us why the country has been experiencing constant terror strikes even with the improved alertness. Madhav Nalapat speaks on how US, once again, is repeating the Brezezinski-Casey mistake and how Ex-US President Bill Clinton should come out clear on his donors.

In this issue Ash Sethi discusses Cyber Security concerns by while Madhav Nalapat illustrates the dwarfing of an economy due to international interference and reveals the inscrutability juxtaposing preferential treatment in U.S.-India relations. Ravi Jha and Kush Desai discuss the preliminaries and the contenders leading to the crowning glory. Pakistan’s Internal Turmoil by Gurmeet Kanwal takes a hard look at the growing anarchy and cloak & dagger politics in the nation.

While celebrating a decade of our dedicated service to the Indo-American diaspora, this month we bring you some of the best blogs by our experts and also give you reasons on why USINPAC should be around. Sanjay Puri, our Chairman, shares some insights on what prompted him to create an organization which in the future would go on to become one of the biggest voices of Indian-Americans. Also, in the edition are some Indian-American faces who have done all of us proud. We thank you for your patronage and look forward to working with you in the future.

This month’s magazine includes a special feature on H.R. 3012, the Fairness to High-Skilled Immigrants Act, that was recently passed by the House with a thumping majority, and which could potentially ease the Green Card process. The issue also take a detailed look at the India-China relationship and the troubles brewing between the US and Pakistan.

This month’s issue focuses on the recent spat between the US and Pakistan, particularly after Admiral Mullen’s remarks about the ISI-Haqqani network connections. It also features a guest op-ed by Sen. Richard Lugar, who discusses the US-India relationship and the promise it holds in the coming years. Senior foreign policy experts also analyze the South China Sea issue brewing between India and China.

In this issue of USInpact we bring you a special feature by two former army officers from India and Pakistan – Gurmeet Kanwal and Feroz Khan – who discuss the India-Pakistan relationship and propose nuclear CBMs to help build trust in the region. Peaceful relations between the two South Asian neighbors are important as terrorism continues to plague the subcontinent as evident in the Delhi bomb blasts and suicide attacks in Pakistan recently. The e-magazine this month further includes a series of analysis of the US-India relationship as it stands today.

In this issue of USInpact, Manasi Kakatkar-Kulkarni looks at the Mumbai blasts and asks who the real culprit is – terrorism or inefficiency? Gurmeet Kanwal and Stuart Anderson analyze the Kashmiri American Council (KAC) and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) scandal, and raise concerns about US-Pakistan relations and the well-being of the Pakistani Diaspora in the US. David J. Karl and Cherian Samuel discuss the US-India Strategic Dialogue, and think that bilateral relations are on a low-flying trajectory, apparently having lost its initial zeal and energy. David J. Karl further talks about how it would be imperative for India to tighten its security relations with the US given the Chinese expansion of strength. Raja Menon pens some expectations from the appointment of Nirupama Rao as the new Indian Ambassador to the US, who takes office this month. On the immigration front, Stuart Anderson asks if the E-Verify system will help reduce illegal immigration, and also talks of how the labor certification process hinders retention of foreign talent in the US.

This month, Stuart Anderson, Executive Director at the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), explores the Indian share in H1-B Visa allocations, and what Indians are studying in the US. His findings are the focus this month, and throw light on some interesting facts. Foreign and defense policy experts David J. Karl and Gurmeet Kanwal analyze the situation from an Indian defense point of view and discuss what India can learn from the US’ Osama operation. Madhav Nalapat delves into the religious aspect of Osama bin Laden’s burial and points out that he was not a Muslim but Wahabbi, and the US is erring in equating Wahabbism with Islam.

In our special feature this month, Stuart Anderson digs deep into the H1-B visa and Indian immigration statics to discover that such professionals are not hired as cheap labor. And that they contribute significantly to the training of Americans and creating jobs in the country.

It gives us great pleasure to introduce the first edition of the USINPAC online magazine,USInpact! Every month, USInpact will bring you the comments and opinions of an accomplished group of experts on US-India relations, India-Americans affairs, US Politics, US-India Defense and Strategic Affairs as well US and Indian immigration policies. It will also cover topical global issues that impact the United States and India.