By Umesh Patil Politics=sport: NO! It is surprising that you would read an article by noted foreign policy expert Mr. Richard Haass to ‘over read’ relative foreign policy influence of various countries based on London Olympics medal count. I was hoping to read the paragraph about ‘qualifying such over reading’; but I did not find any such guarded advice from Mr. Hass. Take the case of Germany and Spain. By all accounts Spaniards and various Spanish Sports Teams have been on ascendance lately regardless of their Olympic medal count (which is not bad as well) whereas...