A well thought out and neatly presented article...The article clearly tackles the pointless question of "Do-we-need-a-NSA" by the horns...these sort of deliberating tactics would only delay the national progress...when we have a working model in place why should you change it just because it had been implemented by your adversaries....The Ego is not to be in issues of national security...we had seen how the previous system worked n works...as the article correctly says, the new NSA shouldnt be there just because of his closeness to 10, Janpath....He had to have the mettle of Mishra or Dixit to carry out the tasks...any one who has read Mishar's My South Block Years would remember his fondness whenever he refers to the Rajiv Gandhi years and the shrill tone when ever he refers to the BJP.....but all said, he was a true gentleman and he served his nation truly....his book gives ample evidence to it....it also gives an insight on how the Foreign policy can be influenced by personal chemistry between leaders. Vajpayee used that with Musharaff to a good extent....lets hope Manmohan Singh too would use it.