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International Affairs

Jul 25, 2017

Re-imagining Europe

India needs to keep its eyes and ears to the ground in Europe over the coming decades.

N. Sathiya Moorthy

Future of clean energy collaboration post-Paris

Jan 01, 1970

सत्ता की सरगर्म राजनीति और ओबीओआर की त्रासदी

International Affairs

Jul 24, 2017

सत्ता की सरगर्म राजनीति और ओबीओआर की त्रासदी

यदि ओबीओआर को चीन की 21वीं सदी की मार्शल योजना के रूप में दे

Gayathri Iyer

Need for fresh initiative to improve connectivity in South Asia

Neighbourhood | Economic Diplomacy

Jul 24, 2017

Need for fresh initiative to improve connectivity in South Asia

Because of the lack of political will among leaders in the region, regional bodies have not proven effective in facilitating intra-regional connectivi

Hari Bansh Jha

Tamil diaspora

Jan 01, 1970

Privacy & Data Protection

Jul 21, 2017

Doka La standoff: The death knell of the Asian Century?

The 21st century can emerge as the Asian century, only if there is peace and there are supportive and mutually beneficial relations between the major

Ashok Sajjanhar

Multilateralism

Jul 21, 2017

G20, still is a rich countries' club

The real reform of the international financial architecture can only be completed when Emerging Economies or the other half of the G20 are fully repre

David Rusnok | Jayshree Sengupta

Indian Foreign Policy | China Foreign Policy

Jul 21, 2017

What we can learn from China

India and China have a deep and old connect which can be revived with greater exchange of businessmen, tourists and scholars with easy liberal availab

Fateh Belaid

Israel's growing public diplomacy focus on Asia and new media

Indian Foreign Policy | Cyber and Technology

Jul 20, 2017

Israel's growing public diplomacy focus on Asia and new media

The thirst of developing countries to copy Israel's model of success — that some say “Jewish Success Story" — needs focus on technology.

Oshrit Birvadker | Oshrit Birvadker

The Equustek decision of the Canadian Supreme Court is a victory for the Internet

Media and Internet

Jul 20, 2017

The Equustek decision of the Canadian Supreme Court is a victory for the Internet

The Internet serves as a unique prospect for empowerment and a powerful tool for realising the freedom of expression.

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan: A model for regional economic cooperation

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Jul 19, 2017

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan: A model for regional economic cooperation

Afghanistan and Turkmenistan fight against terrorism and radicalism by reducing extreme poverty.

| M. Ashraf Haidari

Doklam impasse: Why confrontation with the PRC matters

Privacy & Data Protection

Jul 19, 2017

Doklam impasse: Why confrontation with the PRC matters

The current impasse has put India in a veritable hornets' nest, because New Delhi can neither forsake defending the territorial claims Bhutan has over

Kartik Bommakanti

2<sup>nd</sup> Indo-Pacific oration by Julie Bishop

Jan 01, 1970

Creative economies in a converged world — Pricing Indian Creative Economy

Jan 01, 1970

Doklam standoff affecting trade through Nathu La

Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics

Jul 18, 2017

Doklam standoff affecting trade through Nathu La

Domestic Politics and Governance

Jul 17, 2017

दोराहे पर दलित राजनीति

2014 के आम चुनाव और उसके बाद के विधानसभा चुनावों से स्पष्ट ह�

Satish Misra

Why Chabahar agreement is important for Iran?

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics

Jul 17, 2017

Why Chabahar agreement is important for Iran?

The Chabahar agreement which entails the development of free trade zone could be capitalised to generate employment and rope in investments.

Domestic Politics and Governance | US Domestic Politics

Jul 14, 2017

यूं रची गई मोदी-ट्रंप मुलाकात की पटकथा

मोदी से मुलाकात के पहले अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति ट्रंप को किसन

Nikhila Natarajan

Why Election Commission’s plea for contempt powers is laughable?

Domestic Politics and Governance | Law and Justice

Jul 14, 2017

Why Election Commission’s plea for contempt powers is laughable?

क्या बढ़ रही हैं चीन-बांग्लादेश की नज़दीकियां

Neighbourhood | China Foreign Policy

Jul 13, 2017

क्या बढ़ रही हैं चीन-बांग्लादेश की नज़दीकियां

चीन-बांग्लादेश संबंधों के कई पहलु हैं। दोनों देश रक्षा, आ�

Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy | Economic Diplomacy

Jul 13, 2017

Future of EU-India free trade agreement

David Rusnok

In Maldives, the fight again moves to court

Indian Ocean

Jul 13, 2017

In Maldives, the fight again moves to court

| N. Sathiya Moorthy

US-India Strategic Dialogue 2017

Jan 01, 1970

Great power politics and the tragedy of OBOR

Privacy & Data Protection

Jul 12, 2017

Great power politics and the tragedy of OBOR

If OBOR is to be seen as China's 21st century Marshall Plan, the expanding economic influence would require deeper military commitments.

| Gayathri Iyer

Privacy & Data Protection

Jul 11, 2017

Liberalism at the crossroads?

If western liberalism brought people ideologically closer, an identity based Weltanschauung has increasingly reversed this process.

Domestic Politics and Governance

Jul 11, 2017

Dalit politics at crossroads?

Results of the 2014 general election and the subsequent Assembly elections clearly established that Dalit politics is undergoing a change.

| Satish Misra

Book discussion | Jihad as a Grand Strategy

Jan 01, 1970

डोकलम: हाथी से भिड़ंत में ड्रैगन को क्यों होगा ज्यादा नुकसान

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Jul 10, 2017

डोकलम: हाथी से भिड़ंत में ड्रैगन को क्यों होगा ज्यादा नुकसान

डोकलम में गतिरोध भारत, चीन और भूटान से जुड़ी सीमा विवाद की

Samir Saran

Domestic Politics and Governance

Jul 10, 2017

दोराहे पर दलित राजनीति

2014 के आम चुनाव और उसके बाद के विधानसभा चुनावों से स्पष्ट ह�

भारत-चीन संबंधों को अतीत जैसा बनाने में जुटा है चीन

International Affairs

Jul 10, 2017

भारत-चीन संबंधों को अतीत जैसा बनाने में जुटा है चीन

सिक्किम और तिब्बत के बीच 220 किलोमीटर की सीमा, 4,000 किलोमीटर ल�

Manoj Joshi

चीन का दुष्चक्र: कोरियाई प्रायद्वीप का दुष्चक्र

International Affairs

Jul 10, 2017

चीन का दुष्चक्र: कोरियाई प्रायद्वीप का दुष्चक्र

चीन की ओर से, दक्षिण कोरिया के खिलाफ कड़ी आर्थिक प्रतिक्र�

अफगानिस्तान में पाकिस्तान से बेहतर दर्जा दिलाती है भारतीय सॉफ्ट पॉवर

Indian Foreign Policy

Jul 10, 2017

अफगानिस्तान में पाकिस्तान से बेहतर दर्जा दिलाती है भारतीय सॉफ्ट पॉवर

अफगानिस्तान में भारतीय मीडिया की सराहना के पीछे उसकी सॉफ

Tokyo assembly polls: A warning shot for Abe

International Affairs

Jul 07, 2017

Tokyo assembly polls: A warning shot for Abe

In the past, Tokyo has acted as a harbinger of change in Japan's national politics. Could outcome of Tokyo election influence course of national polit

| K. V. Kesavan

The dialectic of the bathwater and the baby

International Affairs

Jul 07, 2017

The dialectic of the bathwater and the baby

In every case a measure of balance is essential. However, while considering America, structural difference must be kept in mind. Russia, unlike the US

Standoff on the Doklam plateau: Another instance of Chinese lawfare

Indian Foreign Policy | Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy

Jul 07, 2017

Standoff on the Doklam plateau: Another instance of Chinese lawfare

China's renewed focus on the Indian border should be seen in the wider context of its status as a revisionist power and its provocative actions across

| Akhil Deo

China’s core leadership: How deep is it?

International Affairs

Jul 07, 2017

China’s core leadership: How deep is it?

An indication of a possible power tussle would be found in November when the 19th CPC Congress is scheduled to be held.

| Pinaki Bhattacharya

Roundtable on Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Jan 01, 1970

Indian Economy | Economic Reforms

Jul 06, 2017

ऋण माफी की महामारी की चपेट में भारत

वर्ष 2008 से ही निरंतर निष्क्रिय रहने के बाद कर्ज माफी का वा�

Gautam Chikermane

For peace in Afghanistan, listen to Afghans

International Affairs

Jul 06, 2017

For peace in Afghanistan, listen to Afghans

Afghanistan's message is clear: the Afghan government and people want peace and they seek to achieve that peace through direct talks with the authorit

| M. Ashraf Haidari