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CAB 2016: Home Minister Assures Assam on Sharing of Burden
Nitin A Gokhale

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (CAB) in Lok Sabha mentioned, and rightly so, that the entire country will share the burden of refugees and it will not be Assam’s responsibility alone to give sh

January 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies, Commentary, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Opposition to CAB
असम में मिली जीत से बीजेपी को नार्थ-ईस्ट में बढ़त बनाने में मिलेगी मदद
Nitin A Gokhale

भारतीय जनता पार्टी (भाजपा), असम की राजनीति में अबतक हाशिये पर रही थी, लेकिन 2014 के लोकसभा चुनाव में �

June 06, 2016 Governance and Political Studies, Hindi
Winning Assam will help BJP in making further gains in North-East
Nitin A Gokhale

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a marginal player in the Assam political scenario until its spectacular showing in the 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, has truly breached the north-eastern firewall that seemed impenetrable for decades and

May 20, 2016 Governance and Political Studies, BJP, North East, Assam
Forces won the Pathankot battle but failed to win the perception war
Nitin A Gokhale

If there is one major lesson that the Modi government must learn from the controversy surrounding the Pathankot terror strike is this: get the perception management model right! In the age of social media dominance and 24-hour television channels, hu

January 12, 2016 Terrorism, Pakistan, Pathankot Attack, NSA
A Clinically Executed Anti-Terror Operation
Nitin A Gokhale

As more details emerge on the Pathankot terror strike and India's response, it is becoming increasingly clear that the quick decision-making at the highest levels of the country's security apparatus saved a repeat of a Mumbai-like carnage at the fron

January 08, 2016 Terrorism, National Security and Strategic Studies, Pathankot Terror, National Security Adviser, NSG Teams
Taking India-US partnership to the next level
Nitin A Gokhale

For years, the India-US defence partnership has been more about symbolism than substance. While the two countries conduct a spate of joint exercises across the three services, the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and especially i

December 21, 2015 Defence, India-US, Defence Partnership
Sri Lanka: Mandate to continue with change
Nitin A Gokhale

Will it be fourth time lucky for Ranil Wickramasinghe? Sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Friday afternoon, Ranil Wickramasinghe is not new to the post. He has been PM in the past--1993-94, 2001-04--and since January this year when he and Pre

August 21, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies, Sri Lanka
Nagaland: Reasons to be Optimistic
Nitin A Gokhale

Late on Monday evening, the question uppermost in the mind of every observer who watches the north-east closely was: Will the Naga accord usher in permanent peace in the region, wracked by conflict for decades? More than 12 hours after the pact was s

August 04, 2015 North-East Insurgency, National Security and Strategic Studies
US Remains Central to China's Military Strategy
Nitin A Gokhale

Two almost simultaneous announcements in Beijing on Tuesday gives a glimpse into China’s greater emphasis on expanding its navy and taking all its adversaries in the volatile South China area head on. While the much awaited white paper on "China's

May 27, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies
Talking Candidly to China
Nitin A Gokhale

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have gone beyond the cautious approach usually advocated by the tightly-knit ‘China group’, an informal team of Sinologists in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in dealing with Beijing during his recen

May 20, 2015 International Relations and Diplomacy, China
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