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Feb 06, 2015

Bangladesh: Politics of hartal is back

After a year of comparative stability in 2014, politics of hartal (street agitation) is back in Bangladesh. The country is almost paralysed for almost a month following strings of hartal staged by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for its campaign to oust Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

Bangladesh: War crimes tribunal - Better late than never

Neighbourhood

Feb 15, 2013

Bangladesh: War crimes tribunal - Better late than never

In a rare move, the Bangladesh government has taken up the task of correcting the history by trying the 'war criminals' of the 1971 Independence War. In the nine-month-long freedom movement, 2.5-3 million people had died.

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

Bangladesh: Warming up to the US on all fronts

Neighbourhood

Jun 08, 2012

Bangladesh: Warming up to the US on all fronts

Bangladesh, once described as 'basket case' by veteran US strategist Henry Kissinger, has gathered new prominence in US' South Asia policy. The visit of US Secretary of State by Hillary Clinton in May this year that resulted in signing of a joint statement

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Jan 12, 2015

Bangladesh: Warring Begums

The political situation in Bangladesh is reverting to the bad old days of hartals and blockades. Major countries which could influence the Sheikh Hasina government, including India, seem reluctant to pressurise her. India has been clearly backing her for the time being, knowing that the alternative could be worse.

Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty

Bangladesh: What city corporation elections indicate

Neighbourhood

May 01, 2015

Bangladesh: What city corporation elections indicate

The recently-concluded elections to three city corporations of Dhaka North, Dhaka South and Chittagong put forward some interesting trend about the present political situation in the country.

Bangladesh: Will the new cabinet overcome the political deadlock?

Neighbourhood

Nov 25, 2013

Bangladesh: Will the new cabinet overcome the political deadlock?

Politics in Bangladesh got a new twist this week following the formation of a new poll time government. The main purpose behind the formation of this government was to ease up the political crisis regarding the nature of government to supervise the general elections.

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

Bangladesh: Zero-tariff imports, a diplomatic victory for China

Neighbourhood | China Foreign Policy

Jul 09, 2020

Bangladesh: Zero-tariff imports, a diplomatic victory for China

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

Bangladesh’s Elections Show Limitations for India-U.S. Cooperation in South Asia

Neighbourhood

Oct 19, 2023

Bangladesh’s Elections Show Limitations for India-U.S. Cooperation in South Asia

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Neighbourhood | Developing and Emerging Economies

Jun 07, 2016

Bangladesh’s rapid transformation

David Rusnok

International Affairs | Economics and Finance | Developing and Emerging Economies

Mar 27, 2012

Banking on BRICS to deliver

BRICS is in transition and cannot afford to lose growth momentum. Multilateral institutions such as a BRICS Bank can aid in sustaining directed, equitable and resilient growth.

Bankura’s terracotta: Can timely measures facilitate socio-economic revival of potters’ community?

Development | Skilling | Education

Jul 23, 2019

Bankura’s terracotta: Can timely measures facilitate socio-economic revival of potters’ community?

Soumya Bhowmick

Domestic Politics and Governance | State Level Politics | Transportation

Apr 22, 2016

Banning surge pricing is bad economics

Shachi Adyanthaya

Bantirani Patro
Bantirani Patro is a Research Associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. Formerly, she worked at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi as a Research Intern.

Banuchandar Nagarajan
Banuchandar Nagarajan is a policy advisor with the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India.

Bapon Fakhruddin
Dr Bapon Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund (South Korea)

Barbarians at the gate as Afghanistan reels from a Taliban onslaught

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Great Power Dynamics

Aug 14, 2021

Barbarians at the gate as Afghanistan reels from a Taliban onslaught

The re-rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan is a stark reminder of how the more the world changes, the more it remains the same. In the end, America will move on and India will manage. But it is the ordinary Afghans who had placed their faith in the goodwill of these nations that are left to fend for themselves.

Harsh V. Pant

Barbarita Lara Martnez
Barbarita Lara Martnez is a Chilean researcher coder social entrepreneur and computer engineer. She is currently the CEO and co-founder of EMERCOM a technology company which develops communications solutions. She is also the Chief of the Sistema de Informacin de Emergencia Proyect (Emergency Information System) which allows emergency messages to be sent and relayed to populations affected by a natural disaster even when there is no access to an Internet connection or mobile networks.

Bargaining with Iran should have been much better

International Affairs | Great Power Dynamics | US Foreign Policy

May 12, 2015

Bargaining with Iran should have been much better

If Iran becomes a nuclear state down the road, it will be in the first place due to Iran's intransigence; but it will also be the result of over a decade of poor negotiating by the international community.

Bart des
Bart des a former Director in the Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Bart Hogeveen
Bart Hogeveen is Head of Cyber Capacity Building at ASPIs International Cyber Policy Centre.

Bart W. Edes
A seasoned communicator with more than 25 years of experience leading teams catalyzing organizational change managing knowledge assets formulating policies and strategies and implementing technical assistance projects in North America Central &: Eastern Europe and Asia &: the Pacific.His areas of expertise include international trade and development inclusive business partnership development social policies governance innovation megatrend analysis and communications.

Basanta Kumar Kar
Basanta Kumar Kar is International Development Professional Recipient of the Global Nutrition Leadership and Transform Nutrition Champion Award. He was recognized as a Hero of the Decade in India

Bashir Ali Abbas
Bashir Ali Abbas is a Research Associate at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research, New Delhi. He is also a South Asia Visiting Fellow (2024) at the Stimson Center, Washington DC and a columnist for Hindustan Times Premium (Eye on the Middle East).

Basic income transfer: Modi’s next big thing?

Indian Economy | Development

Mar 31, 2017

Basic income transfer: Modi’s next big thing?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia

Battle against naxals cannot be won purely by military means

Domestic Politics and Governance | Defence and Security | Law and Justice | Internal Security | Media

May 30, 2013

Battle against naxals cannot be won purely by military means

The battle against naxals cannot be won purely by military means even though this may be the first requirement. It cannot definitely be won by introducing the Armed Forces in place of the para militaries. This would be the most retrograde of all steps and should not even be considered as an option.

Vikram Sood | Holger Rogner

Battle for Bengal 2021: Political Themes and Electoral Dynamics

Domestic Politics and Governance

Mar 17, 2021

Battle for Bengal 2021: Political Themes and Electoral Dynamics

Soumya Bhowmick | Ambar Kumar Ghosh

Economics and Finance | International Trade and Investment

Mar 21, 2016

Battle for globalisations?

Marko Juutinen | Jyrki Käkönen

Battle for Tamil, Muslim votes will determine the poll war

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Jan 19, 2010

Battle for Tamil, Muslim votes will determine the poll war

The struggle is not between majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils, but a Sinhala struggle for Tamil votes

Battles of attrition in West Asia & Ukraine

International Affairs

Dec 26, 2024

Battles of attrition in West Asia & Ukraine

Harsh V. Pant | Kartik Bommakanti

Neighbourhood

Nov 05, 2019

Battling for the PM's job

| N. Sathiya Moorthy

BBIN come together for prosperity of the region

Jun 20, 2015

BBIN come together for prosperity of the region

BBINMVA is an encouraging development that aims at shared growth and prosperity of the region. For success of the BBINMVA, the member countries should remain consistent and resolve the issues on timely basis for fulfilling the vision of prosperity of the region.

| Joyeeta Bhattacharjee

BBIN initiative: Less euphoria, more realism

Neighbourhood

Sep 05, 2016

BBIN initiative: Less euphoria, more realism

Before India can reap any real economic benefits, it should take cognizance that social challenges prevailing euphoria over BBIN, has gone unnoticed.

BBIN Initiatives: Options for Cross-Border Power Exchange

Neighbourhood | Developing and Emerging Economies

May 11, 2023

BBIN Initiatives: Options for Cross-Border Power Exchange

Mahendra Lama

Neighbourhood

Aug 10, 2018

BBIN: Opportunities and challenges

The intensity with which India is trying to focus on the aspect of subregional affinity — in the geopolitical and geostrategic realms — finds expression in the BBIN interaction.

BCIM corridor key to development of border regions

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Economics and Finance | International Trade and Investment | Regional Integration

Dec 19, 2013

BCIM corridor key to development of border regions

The BCIM economic corridor has the potential of transforming a conflict zone into a cooperation zone. This can happen only if adequate measures are taken to check any possible negative impacts of the corridor by involving all of the key stakeholders.

| K. Yhome

Jan 02, 2015

BCIM: Can India Be a Driving Force?

The current Indian government has given clear indicators that it is likely to place regional integration high on its economic diplomacy agenda, be it SAARC, ASEAN or BCIM. The last two are especially important to India's Act East Policy.

Manish Vaid

Be a Benevolent Big Brother: Shujaat Hussain

International Affairs | Neighbourhood

Mar 31, 2005

Be a Benevolent Big Brother: Shujaat Hussain

A lively and frank debate on India-Pakistan relationship marked the meeting between a high-powered delegation from Pakistan led by former Prime Minister Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain and an Indian team of senior diplomats, strategic analysts, commentators and policy makers led by former Indian Foreign Secretary M Rasgotra, who is presently, International Affairs Adviser, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, at ORF, Campus on March 31, 2005.

Be flexible on reforms, ensure ‘pain’ is shared

Indian Economy | Economic Reforms

Jan 06, 2018

Be flexible on reforms, ensure ‘pain’ is shared

Fiscal 2017-18 will end with a real GDP growth of 6.5 per cent, helped by low inflation, versus 7.1 per cent last year.

Sanjeev Ahluwalia

Beating retreat or beating a retreat: Which will it be?

Indian Defence

Feb 01, 2018

Beating retreat or beating a retreat: Which will it be?

Deepak Sinha

Beckoning Frontiers: Virgin Vistas for Indian Security

Indian Economy

Jan 19, 2004

Beckoning Frontiers: Virgin Vistas for Indian Security

A second Green Revolution is in the offing given the recent announcements by the central government. The highlight of Finance minister Mr Jaswant Singh¿s January 9 pre-poll sops was the setting up of a Rs. 50,000 crore Agriculture Infrastructure and Credit Fund, to be operational in four weeks and providing end use credit at 200 base points below PLR.

International Affairs | Indian Foreign Policy

Apr 16, 2015

Becoming a leading power isn't easy

Fifteen nations in 11 months and important visits to China and RoK in May is a tremendous track record. Considering the pace and scale of Modi's engagements and what each visit is expected to produce, one must congratulate the MEA for measuring up to this scorching pace.

Vikram Sood | Holger Rogner

International Affairs | Neighbourhood | Indian Foreign Policy

Jul 14, 2015

Been there, done that

Twenty-five uninterrupted years of mostly weak coalition governments at the Centre may have closed political options in Jammu and Kashmir, but now that we have a majority government in New Delhi, decisions may be easier.

Vikram Sood | Holger Rogner

Before Afghanistan, Trump should sort out how 'South Asia' is seen in Washington

Neighbourhood | US Foreign Policy

Aug 24, 2017

Before Afghanistan, Trump should sort out how 'South Asia' is seen in Washington

If history is to be consulted, re-packaging sells well within the White House and perhaps more importantly, the Pentagon.

Kabir Taneja | Jonathan Phillips

Economics and Finance | Economic Reforms

Feb 27, 2017

Before the state funds elections

Niranjan Sahoo

Beheading dead soldiers is a war crime; Bragging about it does no one any credit

International Affairs | National Politics

Oct 12, 2016

Beheading dead soldiers is a war crime; Bragging about it does no one any credit

As the political debate overdegenerates into ‘mine was bigger than yours’, beheading dead soldiers are grave and indefensible by their very nature

Hildegunn Kyvik Nords

Behind a mysterious budget increase lies a tale of ‘Make-in-India’ critical system chips

Defence and Security | Cyber Security | Nuclear Security

Mar 31, 2017

Behind a mysterious budget increase lies a tale of ‘Make-in-India’ critical system chips

The National Security Council Secretariat, headed by top spy Ajit Doval, may have gotten a staggering 311% increase in funds this year to tackle issues at the intersection of cybersecurity and nuclear weapon delivery systems.

Manoj Joshi

Behind Enemy Lines: Indian Special Forces Need to be Re-organised

Defence and Security | Indian Defence

Jan 22, 2004

Behind Enemy Lines: Indian Special Forces Need to be Re-organised

In the prevailing era of strategic uncertainty, Special Forces (SF) provide the most reliable means to a government for the application of military force to achieve national security objectives. The SF components of a nation¿s military and other security forces are force multipliers in times of both war and peace.

Behind the emerging idea of ‘national security with Chinese characteristics’

Defence and Security | China Military

Apr 04, 2016

Behind the emerging idea of ‘national security with Chinese characteristics’

Manoj Joshi

Behind the facade of civility, the reality of the US-China dialogue

Great Power Dynamics | China Foreign Policy | US Foreign Policy

Nov 19, 2021

Behind the facade of civility, the reality of the US-China dialogue

China sees itself as a power that has risen to become a peer of the US and wants its place under the sun, in the process unmasking its aggressive intent. The US is trying to push to retain its pre-eminent global status

Harsh V. Pant

International Affairs | Economics and Finance | Economic Diplomacy | International Trade and Investment

Mar 30, 2015

Behind the lines of credit

The Modi government must now attempt to transition India's economic engagements towards a more deliberate, durable and definitional framework. Well-administered LoCs offer a great avenue to do this -- and therefore must be given commensurate strategic priority and attention.

Samir Saran

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Bangladesh: Politics of hartal is back

Bangladesh: War crimes tribunal - Better late than never

Bangladesh: Warming up to the US on all fronts

Bangladesh: Warring Begums

Bangladesh: What city corporation elections indicate

Bangladesh: Will the new cabinet overcome the political deadlock?

Bangladesh: Zero-tariff imports, a diplomatic victory for China

Bangladesh’s Elections Show Limitations for India-U.S. Cooperation in South Asia

Bangladesh’s rapid transformation

Banking on BRICS to deliver

Bankura’s terracotta: Can timely measures facilitate socio-economic revival of potters’ community?

Banning surge pricing is bad economics

Bantirani PatroBantirani Patro is a Research Associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. Formerly, she worked at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi as a Research Intern.

Banuchandar NagarajanBanuchandar Nagarajan is a policy advisor with the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India.

Bapon FakhruddinDr Bapon Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund (South Korea)

Barbarians at the gate as Afghanistan reels from a Taliban onslaught

Bargaining with Iran should have been much better

Bart desBart des a former Director in the Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Bart HogeveenBart Hogeveen is Head of Cyber Capacity Building at ASPIs International Cyber Policy Centre.

Basanta Kumar KarBasanta Kumar Kar is International Development Professional Recipient of the Global Nutrition Leadership and Transform Nutrition Champion Award. He was recognized as a Hero of the Decade in India

Bashir Ali AbbasBashir Ali Abbas is a Research Associate at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research, New Delhi. He is also a South Asia Visiting Fellow (2024) at the Stimson Center, Washington DC and a columnist for Hindustan Times Premium (Eye on the Middle East).

Basic income transfer: Modi’s next big thing?

Battle against naxals cannot be won purely by military means

Battle for Bengal 2021: Political Themes and Electoral Dynamics

Battle for globalisations?

Battle for Tamil, Muslim votes will determine the poll war

Battles of attrition in West Asia & Ukraine

Battling for the PM's job

BBIN come together for prosperity of the region

BBIN initiative: Less euphoria, more realism

BBIN Initiatives: Options for Cross-Border Power Exchange

BBIN: Opportunities and challenges

BCIM corridor key to development of border regions

BCIM: Can India Be a Driving Force?

Be a Benevolent Big Brother: Shujaat Hussain

Be flexible on reforms, ensure ‘pain’ is shared

Beating retreat or beating a retreat: Which will it be?

Beckoning Frontiers: Virgin Vistas for Indian Security

Becoming a leading power isn't easy

Been there, done that

Before Afghanistan, Trump should sort out how 'South Asia' is seen in Washington

Before the state funds elections

Beheading dead soldiers is a war crime; Bragging about it does no one any credit

Behind a mysterious budget increase lies a tale of ‘Make-in-India’ critical system chips

Behind Enemy Lines: Indian Special Forces Need to be Re-organised

Behind the emerging idea of ‘national security with Chinese characteristics’

Behind the facade of civility, the reality of the US-China dialogue

Behind the lines of credit

Bantirani Patro
Bantirani Patro is a Research Associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. Formerly, she worked at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi as a Research Intern.

Banuchandar Nagarajan
Banuchandar Nagarajan is a policy advisor with the Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India.

Bapon Fakhruddin
Dr Bapon Fakhruddin, Water and Climate Leadership, Green Climate Fund (South Korea)

Bart des
Bart des a former Director in the Asian Development Bank's Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department is now a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Bart Hogeveen
Bart Hogeveen is Head of Cyber Capacity Building at ASPIs International Cyber Policy Centre.

Basanta Kumar Kar
Basanta Kumar Kar is International Development Professional Recipient of the Global Nutrition Leadership and Transform Nutrition Champion Award. He was recognized as a Hero of the Decade in India

Bashir Ali Abbas
Bashir Ali Abbas is a Research Associate at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research, New Delhi. He is also a South Asia Visiting Fellow (2024) at the Stimson Center, Washington DC and a columnist for Hindustan Times Premium (Eye on the Middle East).