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Do We Ever Think Before We Act, Or Is It Ad-hocism Zindabad?
April 2 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
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Britain has a coalition government in power, with David Cameron as Prime Minister, the Conservatives as the lead party and the Liberals as the junior partner. The Deputy Prime Minister is a Liberal.

Governance and Political Studies

The Arc of the India-US Partnership
April 2 , 2012 Amb Kanwal Sibal
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US-India Geo-political Convergence? Is there a geo-political coherence in the India-US partnership that can be delineated on the ground by tracing a curving line across the globe or a sizable part of it...

US, International Relations and Diplomacy

Sea Dragon or Manatee- Red China Aircraft Carrier
March 31 , 2012
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The sailing of the former Varyag to be christened Shi Lang, a Qing Dynasty admiral who in 1681 conquered the Kingdom of Tungning — a territory better known today as Taiwan; reminds the author of the Gu...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Analysing India’s budget for 2012-13
March 31 , 2012 Dr. V. Anantha Nageswaran
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India’s budget deficit is hardcoded into its left-liberal intellectual discourse. Most intelligent Indians comfortably straddle the views that government is corrupt, venal and inefficient and that more ...

Economic Studies

Better Government to Government Efforts Needed to Rejuvenate Nepal-India Relations
March 30 , 2012 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
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Background People-to-people relations are always pivotal for maintaining long-term bilateral relations between two countries. But such a relation gets new lease of life if it is backed by due understand...

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

A Perspective on Subsidies in Our Economy
March 30 , 2012 Dr M N Buch (late)
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One of the favourite whipping boys of economists with a free market bias, neo-liberals, businessmen and ultra conservative right wing politicians is the question of subsidies. The whole economic scenar...

Economic Studies, Governance and Political Studies

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