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Is Democracy another Word For Anarchy?
December 7 , 2011 Radhakrishna Rao
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‘Demos’ in Greek means the people, which is why democracy means the rule of the people. Autocracy means the rule of ruling elite, monarchy means the rule of a sovereign and mobocracy means mob rule, i....

Governance and Political Studies

Non-Traditional Threats: An Analytical Perspective from South Asia
December 1 , 2011 Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF
Views: 3766
Non-Traditional Security (NTS), and threats to NTS, have gained much greater visibility. While NTS threats definitely qualify as a major component of security research, the scope of the term, and conseq...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Indo-Pacific

China Aims for Global Space Leadership
November 25 , 2011 Radhakrishna Rao
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For China, which joined the global space league in a modest way with a launch of a lightweight satellite in 1970, the year 2011 is all set to stand out as both “eventful and exciting”. Indeed, for this ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Promoting Administrative Acumen - Understanding ‘HIKMAT AMLI’
November 25 , 2011 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 4848
There is a story, alleged not to be apocryphal, about one of the districts of old CP and Berar (later Madhya Pradesh) in which the police was investigating a major case of house breaking. The police ha...

Governance and Political Studies

The Police in India
November 23 , 2011 Dr M N Buch (late)
Views: 4050
A recent incident in Kolkota has set alarm bells ringing. A rowdy crowd from the ruling Trinamul Congress in West Bengal blocked a public street during some celebrations. This led to clashes with work...

Governance and Political Studies

India, Pak & a happy mirage
November 23 , 2011 Sushant Sareen
Views: 2720
There is no policy change The positive vibes emanating from the meeting between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan in Addu, the Maldives, have generated a lot of misplaced optimism on the future ...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

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