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Pakistan: Judicial Coup could Unravel Democracy
June 27 , 2012 Sushant Sareen
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Pakistan’s dubious record of not a single Prime Minister completing his full term remains unbroken. A self-perpetuating right-wing, Islamist-oriented judicial mafia in the country has broken new constit...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Ties with China, US not Exclusive
June 26 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
Views: 31339
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s visit to India on June 5-6 and the third round of the India-US Strategic dialogue at Washington on June 13 have provoked much commentary on the direction of our relat...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Looking for a Sustainable Energy Policy
June 25 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
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On 18th June 2012 the Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal (RGTU) held a day-long roundtable on solar power in which there was partnership with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a consortium of...

Governance and Political Studies

J&K Interlocutors, Indian Constitution and the Dustbin
June 22 , 2012 Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)
Views: 8318
Jammu and Kashmir is not a problem of the Kashmiris alone but of every ordinary citizen of this country. A closer look at the correspondence among Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maharaj Hari Singh and ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir, Governance and Political Studies

J&K Interlocutors, Indian Constitution and the Dustbin
June 22 , 2012 Dr Makkhan Lal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF (2015 - 2017)
Views: 8318
Jammu and Kashmir is not a problem of the Kashmiris alone but of every ordinary citizen of this country. A closer look at the correspondence among Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Maharaj Hari Singh and ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir, Governance and Political Studies

Indian Navy on A High - Growth Trajectory
June 19 , 2012 Nitin Gokhale
Views: 4791
Last week, Vikramaditya, formerly Adm. Gorshkov, a 45,000-tonne displacement aircraft carrier built in Russia began its sea trials, six months before it is handed over to the Indian Navy on December 4, ...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence

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