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Time for an Organised, Focused and Empowered CBI
June 20 , 2014 Dr M N Buch (late)
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The word ‘corrupt’ is defined in the Twenty-first Century Dictionary as “morally evil, involving bribery, dishonest”. The word ‘corruption’ is defined as “the process of corrupting or condition of bein...

Governance and Political Studies

Karachi Airport Attack and its Portents
June 17 , 2014 Sushant Sareen
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The terrorist strike on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi was neither the first nor the worst attack on such a high profile target in Pakistan. Just as similar attacks in the past – the GHQ an...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

President Pranab Mukherjee’s Vision: Rising Above Party Politics
June 16 , 2014 Dr A Surya Prakash
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The President, Mr Pranab Mukherjee gave the customary address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament after the historic Lok Sabha election of 2014 which ended the era of fractious coalitio...

Governance and Political Studies

The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute: A Preliminary Analysis
June 12 , 2014 Shikha Aggarwal
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In his seminal work, ‘The War Puzzle’ John Vaquez establishes that territorial issues constitute the fundamental cause of interstate wars in the modern global system since 1495. Elaborating further upon...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Mandate 2014: Why the BJP Won and the Congress Lost?
June 3 , 2014 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 8299
The 2014 elections will certainly be considered a landmark in the Indian polity because of the manner in which the two main antagonists, the Congress and the BJP, went into battle. Whereas for an actua...

Governance and Political Studies

BCIM Economic Corridor: Prospects and Issues
June 2 , 2014 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
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China, International Relations and Diplomacy

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