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Dealing with the Neighbour from Hell - The Prime Minister Must Not Visit Pakistan
December 14 , 2012 Amb Prabhat P Shukla
Views: 6412
To the insistent clamour that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh must visit Pakistan in the near future, this is a rejoinder, and a plea not to be emotional in our approach to relations with Pakistan. An ana...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

The Divided Oceans
December 14 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 4458
The security challenges in the Asia-Pacific region, which American‘re-balancing’ towards Asia and Barack Obama’s tour of some Asian countries so early into his second presidency seek to address, are man...

Indo-Pacific, US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Obama's visit to Myanmar: Implications for India
December 14 , 2012 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 4565
President Barack Obama’s visit to Myanmar last month was recognition of measures taken by the current regime towards opening up of Myanmar. The visit has largely been viewed as a part of the Asia Pacif...

Myanmar, US, International Relations and Diplomacy, Neighbourhood Studies

We, the Living! Need to Revise Land Use Policies
December 14 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 3154
In Delhi along the Yamuna River a stretch of 371 hectares, that is, approximately 927 acres, has come under cremation ground, samadhi, etc., of people perceived as the leaders of the nation. These inclu...

Governance and Political Studies

Bested by China’s Strategy
December 11 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 2562
China’s two-track policy towards India, that of targetting our territory as well as our market is proving effective. The Chinese calculate that they can periodically rile India politically without much ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

GMR Contract Termination and India-Maldives Relations
December 11 , 2012 Dr N Manoharan
Views: 7000
India was upset when Maldives announced termination of $511 million contract with the Indian infrastructure company GMR Infrastructure Limited (GIL) on 27 November 2012. GIL-MAHB (Malaysia Airports Hold...

Maldives, Neighbourhood Studies

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