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Is it Time for India to Up its Game in West Asia?
August 22 , 2019 Rajesh Soami
Commentary Views: 2830
Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and France this week to boost bilateral ties with these states. The visit comes in the wake of support that India has re...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India and West Asian countries , PM’s West Asian visit , West Asian relations

Misleading Reportage: India Remains a Miracle and Robust Democracy
August 22 , 2019 Amb Rajiv Sikri
Article Views: 8875
A few days ago, a relative who lives in the US brought to my attention an article by Ramachandra Guha in The Washington Post of 14th August titled “India was a Miracle Democracy. But it’s Time to Downgr...

Media Studies

Tags : False propaganda , Guha’s tirade , Misleading foreign readers

Education and Technology: The New Frontier of Indo-Bhutan Relationship
August 22 , 2019 Alakh Ranjan
Article Views: 7802
India and Bhutan share a very close relationship not only in terms of geography but also in terms of history, traditions, culture and spirituality. The relationship between India-Bhutan runs very deep a...

Bhutan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Indo-Bhutan cooperation , Indo-Bhutan relations , PM Modi’s Bhutan visit

US-China Trade War: Fall Out in China
August 21 , 2019 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 2606
The mood in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) hierarchy is sombre. The US-China trade war, as it is called, marks a substantive change in the US-China relationship. Mutual suspicion now taints what Beij...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : China-US trade , China’s policy issues , Chinese economy

Constitutional Amendment: Reactions from the Sub-continent
August 21 , 2019 Mayuri Mukherjee
Article Views: 2710
On August 5, the Government of India repealed Article 370 of the Constitution which had accorded special status to the state of Jammu & Kashmir. It also bifurcated the state into two Union Territori...

Media Studies

Tags : 370 - neighbourhood media , 370 – South Asian opinions

Challenges ahead in Kashmir
August 20 , 2019 Bashir Assad
Article Views: 5259
After many decades New Delhi has made a paradigm shift in its Kashmir policy. The new policy serves the dual objectives of dealing with Pakistan by mending the chronic nature of the Kashmir problem by s...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Ending Kashmir’s conflict Economy , Integrating Kashmir , Next step in Kashmir

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