Council On Foreign Relations

US experts question Pakistan's claims on Kulbhushan Jadhav, point out gross irregularities

Top US experts have expressed concern over Pakistan's decision to give death penalty to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav as they warned that Islamabad wants to send a "strong message" to India against isolating it on the world stage.

Pakistan Army unlikely to allow strategic shift in ties with India, says expert

The "controlling influence" of Pakistan Army and intelligence services on Islamabad's "core state policies" is unlikely to allow any strategic shift in its ties with India, a top expert on South Asia has suggested.

Withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan should be very slow: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cautioned the US against hasty withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan.

No outside arbitration needed to resolve border issue with China: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday rejected any need for outside arbitration to resolve the vexed issue of India's boundary dispute with China.

Google takes aim at Mexico's drug cartels

Google, so far, has won the search engine wars. Now it wants to target international crime, including Mexico's powerful drug cartels. Eric Schmidt ...

Google search for human traffickers, drug cartels

Forget videos of cute kittens or good deals on iPads. For the past few months, Google has been quietly turning its search capabilities to something ...

US Treasury Secretary postpones India visit

Timothy Geithner decided to postpone his India trip considering that his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, is expected to resign as Finance Minister to file his nomination for presidential election.

Geithner welcomes IMF money pledges, presses on Europe reform

Speaking to the IMF's governing committee a day after Group of 20 nations pledged more than $430 billion in new funds for the global lender, Geithner praised steps that Europe already has taken to rebuild regional stability.