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Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation
Commodore Somen Banerjee Article

Introduction
The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

September 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , China , Pollution of the seas , Maritime cooperation , Pollution
In Defense of Nationalism
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

In 1917, Rabindranath Tagore came out with a booklet on nationalism. It was a collection of three articles and a poem. Two of these, ‘Nationalism in the West’ and ‘Nationalism in Japan’, were lectures delivered in the USA in 1916-17 and in Ja....

September 04, 2018 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Tagore’s nationalism , Vivekananda’s patriotism
‘The Growth Delusion: Wealth, Poverty and the Wellbeing of Nations’, by David Pilling, Tim Duggan Books, 2018, Pages: 304, Price: $ 16.45, ISBN: 9780525572503
Vinod Bishnoi

Business Standard reported on August 16 that “India’s GDP (is) expected to grow at 7.4% in FY19”;1 to the general population this statement brings in a wave of optimism regarding not just the economy of the country but also a sense o....

September 04, 2018 Economic Studies , Book Reviews , India’s GDP , Growth , Public services , Green Growth , Human Development
China Accused of Practicing Racial Discrimination by United Nations Watchdog Body
Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee Article

China’s aggressive efforts to position itself as a global leader recently came under challenge at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the global watch dog on racial discrimination. CERD expressed serious concern ove....

September 04, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , UNCERD Report , Persecution of Uyghurs , Human rights in Xinjiang
Making Sense of Missile Shield
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The media picks up the tag line "India puts up a missile shield" every time there is news related, one way or the other, to the plan to acquire a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system. The so called "missile shield" filled the media space when there wa....

August 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , S-400 , Missile Defence
Indian Engagement with Afghanistan: An Economic Perspective

… Indian assistance in Afghanistan is focused on, ‘Afghan led, Afghan owned and controlled,’ projects … India’s Small Development Projects are spread all over the country … economic development is the basic foundation for peace in Afghani....

August 31, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan politics , Taliban insurgency , India-Afghan relations
समकालिक चुनाव: सहमति, असहमति और समाधान
Shiwanand Dwivedi Article

समकालिक चुनाव अर्थात एक साथ सभी चुनाव कराने का मुद्दा इसबीच चर्चा में है। इसको लेकर पक्ष और विप�....

August 30, 2018 Governance and Political Studies , Article , समकालिक चुनाव , बुनियादी चुनावी चुनौती
Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government
Prateek Joshi Commentary

Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans ....

August 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s economy , Pakistan’s fiscal debts
Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?
Sanjiv Khanna Article

The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to a....

August 29, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Government , Imran and Islamists , Legitimacy of civilian leadership
Release of the ‘Policy Recommendations by Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security’

Recognising that stability and security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is extremely important for peace, prosperity and sustainable development of the international society, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Japan, SPF USA, National Security Coll....

August 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , QUAD , Indian Ocean Region
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