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  • IPCS Discussion
    The Roles and Dimensions of Science and Technology in India’s Foreign Policy
    Report    ·   05 Jun, 2017    ·    #5290    ·    Commentary    
    The Roles and Dimensions of Science and Technology in India’s Foreign Policy Dr V Siddhartha Emeritus Scientist (Retd), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India; Adjunct Faculty, National Institute of ...
  • IPCS Discussion
    Maldives: Contextualising Freedom of Speech in the Murder of Yameen Rasheed
    Report    ·   01 Jun, 2017    ·    #5289    ·    Commentary    
    On 19 May 2017, IPCS hosted Hussain Rasheed and Shauna Aminath for an interaction to discuss 'Maldives: Contextualising Freedom of Speech in the Murder of Yameen Rasheed'. Rasheed is the father of the slain Maldivian blogger, Yameen Rash...
  • Local Elections in Nepal: Is the Second Phase Possible?
    Pramod Jaiswal    ·   23 May, 2017    ·    #5288    ·    Commentary    
    Nepal held the first phase of its local election in May 2017, after nearly 19 years. Following the expiry of the five-year term of the elected representatives in 2002, the local bodies have been without elected representatives for almost 14 year...
  • Forecast 2017: The Future of the European Union
    KP Fabian    ·   23 May, 2017    ·    #5287    ·    Commentary    
    The European Union (EU) has just completed 60 years of phenomenal growth from six member states (the European Coal and Steel Community in 1950) to 28, or 27 when and if Britain exits. The single market has stood the test of time by and large and...
  • India-Sri Lanka: A Grim Tale of Economic Cooperation
    Husanjot Chahal    ·   19 May, 2017    ·    #5286    ·    Commentary    
    On 11 May, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sri Lanka to attend the International ‘Vesak Day’ celebrations, just two weeks after Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s five-day visit to New Delhi. PM Modi’s vi...
  • Strategic Space
    New NPR: Can It Break New Ground?
    Manpreet Sethi    ·   16 May, 2017    ·    #5285    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    As was expected with the arrival of President Trump to the White House, he put all US foreign policy issues under review. He has also called for a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that is likely to be announced in 2018. The last NPR was brought ...
  • Dateline Colombo
    Steering Co-operation Across Oceans
    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera    ·   15 May, 2017    ·    #5284    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    “We should not develop a habit of retreating to the harbour whenever we encounter a storm, for this will never get us to the other side of the ocean.”                     &...
  • Eagle Eye
    100 Days in Office: The Trump Administration
    Chintamani Mahapatra    ·   15 May, 2017    ·    #5283    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    More than a hundred days have passed since Donald Trump entered the Oval Office as the forty-fifth president of the US. US domestic politics and Washington’s engagement with the rest of the world since then have entered an unprecedented pe...
  • India: Missing the Bus on Sustainable Development Goals?
    Garima Maheshwari    ·   08 May, 2017    ·    #5282    ·    Commentary    
    In April 2017, the Government of India released a draft set of India’s indicators for mapping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the country for public consultation. Spanning a set of 17 SDGs and their 169 targets mandated through ...
  • New Complexities in Myanmar's Peace Process
    Angshuman Choudhury    ·   06 May, 2017    ·    #5281    ·    Commentary    
    On 15 April, 2017, seven Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs) - all non-signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) - met in Pangkham, the de facto capital of the autonomous ‘Wa State’ within Shan State (northeast Myanmar). Con...
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