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In This Issue     Feature: Special Letter: Can India Look After Itself?   Changing Concerns in a Globalized Economy #1: Rule of Law Roles of the Courts Impacts of Corruption The Rise of Self-Regulation #2: Social Services Demographics and Education In Summary: When Good Laws Are Not Enough About the Author   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News   SNS Positions Open How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

By Rafiq Dossani

   SNS Contributing Editor, India

 

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I am very pleased to be able to announce that our Centerpiece Conversation at the 7th annual SNS Predictions Dinner, New York, will be with member:

 

Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, on the subject:

 

"How Intellectual Property Drives the Global Economy."

 

Those of you who have been tuned in to Secretary Clinton's comments on Protecting IP will want to talk with Bob and get his personal read on their recent travels to China.

 

We will also have an additional (returning) special guest with us:

 

Richard Marshall, Director of Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security, to help us continue our conversation on security.

 

Registration is now open for the SNS Annual Predictions Dinner, December 8, 2011, at the historic Waldorf=Astoria Hotel: www.stratnews.com/newyork/2011.

 

If you'd like to be more involved in this event as one of our select sponsors, please contact Sharon at: sam@stratnews.com or 435-649-3645.

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Publisher's Note: One of the joys of having such highly qualified Contributing Editors around the world is that I, too, get to learn about important global changes from their SNS posts. In today's Special Letter, I think you will find yourself surprised at what Rafiq has brought back to us on the state of mind in India, the state of corruption and its direction, and the general economic direction India is tracking today, versus just a few months ago.

 

The entire, world, it would seem, is experiencing a deep unease, in general focused on its governments, and each governmental attempt at solution appears to exacerbate the original problem. Europe's response to EMU disparities has led to a deeper reservation about EU banks and politics. The U.S. Tea Party's self-created debt-ceiling crisis has led to a well-documented fall in public opinion regarding the Tea Party itself, both leading parties, and Congress in general.  

 

In Asia, we now have the sixth Japanese PM in five years, arriving on his first day as among the least popular ever to take the seat. Protests, to the degree that they're reportable, appear to be on the rise in China and on ChinaNet. The Middle East is a half-done stew heated by antigovernment anger.

 

I am pleased to be able to share Rafiq Dossani's penetrating view and comprehensive understanding of one of the most strategic economies in the world today, and I have no doubt that, whatever your field or title, you will be glad to have read it.   mra.