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Strategic Patience Could Solve the China Conundrum
Sushant Sareen

China has always been something of a conundrum for India. This is partly because the Chinese are somewhat inscrutable and often enough their interlocutors can spend hours in trying to decipher the underlying message or hint or signal that is being co....

July 04, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Strategic Patience , China Conundrum , 1962 border conflict
China’s Second Great Wall
Ashish Sirsikar

Over the last year or so, but more so over the last month, a view has been doing the rounds of China building another “Great Wall”. References to this Chinese Great Wall have been made by the US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter when he spoke a....

June 29, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Great Wall China , US Naval Academy , Shangri-la dialogue
मुश्किल में कश्मीर
KM Singh

1947 में विभाजन से पहले के दिनों में जब उत्‍तर पश्चिम भारत का ज्‍यादातर हिस्‍सा सांप्रदायिक उन्‍�....

June 29, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir , Neighbourhood Studies
म्‍यांमार में सत्‍ता परिवर्तन और भारत-म्‍यांमार संबंध
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

म्‍यांमार में नेशनल लीग फॉर डेमोक्रेसी के राष्‍ट्रपति तिन जॉ के नेतृत्‍व वाली नई सरकार, जिसकी �....

June 24, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar
No Going Back from Federal System in Nepal
Prof Hari Bansh Jha

The Madhesh movement that started in June 2015 against the 16-point deal to draft Nepal’s new constitution on “fast track” approach is continuing unabated till today. Amidst most fierce opposition to the constitution by the Madheshi people, it ....

June 23, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , Madheshi , Federal System , Nepalese Economy
चाबहार – रणनीतिक प्रतिद्वंद्विता से अफगानिस्तान का फायदा
Shoiab A. Rahim

ईरान और अफगानिस्तान तथा उसके भी आगे मध्य एशिया तक व्यापारिक मार्ग तैयार करने का भारत का प्रयास �....

June 22, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies
Sri Lanka’s New Constitution - a Politico- Legal Challenge
C D Sahay

In accordance with the electoral promises made by the Sirisena-Wickremesinghe government relating to the abolition of the executive Presidency, electoral reforms; transparency and accountability in governance and finding a political solution to ethni....

June 20, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka’s New Constitution , politico-socio-legal , Mahinda Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka: The Unfinished Part of the Eelam War
C D Sahay

While many are optimistic about the Maithripala Sirisena government’s ability to make progress on reconciliation, some systemic issues need to be addressed which not only demands political will, but also requires cooperation from diaspora, civil so....

June 17, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Eelam War , Sri Lankan Tamils
Kashmir in Cauldron
KM Singh

When most parts of the north western region of India was afflicted with communal orgy during the pre-partition days around 1947, the neighbouring state of Jammu & Kashmir witnessed no ripples of any communal tension. It provided a solace to Mahatma ....

June 15, 2016 Jammu & Kashmir , Neighbourhood Studies , Kashmir , Pakistani Terrorists
Power Transition in Myanmar and Indo-Myanmar Relations
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The new government in Myanmar headed by President Htin Kyaw of National League for Democracy though de facto led by Aung San Suu Kyi has completed over two months in power. The current Myanmar regime faces many daunting challenges both at home as als....

June 13, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Myanmar , Aung San Suu Kyi , Indo-Myanmar Relations
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