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Territorial Grab vs Affirmation of the Eternal ‘Wisdom of China’

“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests” - Anonymous. ‘Wisdom of China’: Hoary and Sublime....

September 20, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Wisdom of China , Chinese stratagem , assertiveness

विमुद्रीकरण – बहुआयामी परियोजना

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

गैर कानूनी घोषित किए गए 500 और 1,000 रुपये के 99 प्रतिशत नोटों की भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक (आरबीआई) के पास वाप�....

September 19, 2017 Economic Studies , India , विमुद्रीकरण , राजनीतिक बहस , बहुआयामी सुधार , denomination , 500 , 1000 , S Gurumurthy

A Talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, by H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan

H.E. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, concluded his three-day visit to India with a talk on ‘India-Afghanistan Relations: Recent Developments and Implications’, delivered at the Vivekananda ....

September 18, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Pakistan , US , India-Afghanistan relations , Salahuddin Rabbani

Intensification of Indo Japanese Strategic Partnership

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

Strategic Partnership Japan has been a great supporter of India from a long time. It played a substantive role in India’s freedom struggle by assisting freedom fighters in gaining India’s independence. It started with assistan....

September 18, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indo-Japanese cooperation , Abe Visit

अनुच्छेद 35ए पर कड़वाहट भरी रस्साकशी

Rajesh Singh

पिछले कुछ महीनों और वर्षों में जम्मू-कश्मीर में की कहानी कश्मीर घाटी में नियमित अशांति, सीमा पा�....

September 15, 2017 Governance and Political Studies , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य , संविधान अनुच्छेद 35ए , Article 35A , J&K

Engagement and Encounters of Troops from Colonies and Dominions of the British Empire in WW I

Ajay Pratap Singh

Introduction It is because of the Euro-centrism and the dominance of the Realist tradition that the study of empire in international relations has been ignored. Historiography around the imperial nature of war has not been properl....

September 14, 2017 Historical and Civilisational Studies , British , WW I , India’s contribution , World war 1 , World war

Prime Minister Deuba’s Visit to India-An Assessment

Dr Madhumita Srivastava Balaji

Right in the midst of the then raging Sino-Indian stand-off at Doklam, the Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba paid a five day state visit to India from August 23-27, 2017; his first foreign trip after assuming the charge in May 2017. It was P....

September 14, 2017 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Nepal , Deuba’s visit

North Korean Imbroglio: In a Decisive Phase

Amb Skand Ranjan Tayal

In the last six weeks the long simmering North Korean question has escalated to a crisis and has brought North East Asia on the brink of a nuclear disaster. North Korea embarked on the path of seeking nuclear weapon capacity in late 1980’s. Dur....

September 13, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , North Korea , nuclear tests , economic sanctions

डोकलाम – चीनी झूठ और गलत जानकारी

Amb Kanwal Sibal

डोकलम पर चीन का दुष्प्रचार शोरगुल भरा ही नहीं है, झूठा भी है। वह आधिकारिक रूप से दावा कर रहा है कि....

September 12, 2017 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , डोकलम , चीन का दुष्प्रचार , आक्रामक हरकत

Battle against Slow GDP Growth Rate

Rajesh Singh

The Central Statistics Office recently reported that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth had slipped to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent for the April-June quarter of the current fiscal. This is in contrast to the preceding quarter gr....

September 12, 2017 Economic Studies , GDP growth , demonetization , economic fundamentals