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Taking India-US partnership to the next level
December 21 , 2015 Nitin A Gokhale
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For years, the India-US defence partnership has been more about symbolism than substance. While the two countries conduct a spate of joint exercises across the three services, the previous United Progre...

Defence

Tags : Defence Partnership , India-US

Making It Happen: The Impediments In the way of Indo Pak peace process
December 18 , 2015 Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF
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For a change it’s good that there isn’t too much euphoria over the announcement of the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue between India and Pakistan during the recent visit of Mrs Sushma Swaraj, India’s E...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India , Indo Pak , Pakistan

Chennai Flood Disaster Catastrophe of December 2015-Are you listening?
December 17 , 2015 R. K. Bhandari
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The worst is over and the city of Chennai is getting back to normalcy after the unprecedented flood catastrophe of December 2015. The whole country applauds the exceptional grit and grace with which the...

Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Chennai Flood , Disaster

Myanmar: Post Elections Scenario and Task before Aung San Suu Kyi
December 10 , 2015 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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Even though the Aung San Suu Kyi led National League for Democracy (NLD) won the November parliamentary elections with a thumping majority questions regarding smooth transition of power are being asked....

Myanmar, Neighbourhood Studies

Modi-Obama Meet in Paris: Taking stock of India-US Relations
December 9 , 2015 Dr Harinder Sekhon
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama met in Paris on the sidelines of the crucial climate change conference, it was their sixth bilateral meeting in a little over one year, a ...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Modi-Obama , US-India Relation , USA

From Buddhism to Bollywood - The Investment in Soft Power
December 8 , 2015 Uma Sudhindra
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As a gross generalisation, three factors shape the foreign policy of most countries: history, geography and capability. And each of these has decisively influenced Indian foreign policy, in different wa...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Bollywood , Buddhism , Soft Power

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