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  • Looking East
    Migration Issue in Assam: Going Beyond The Rhetoric
    Wasbir Hussain    ·   13 Jun, 2016    ·    #5059    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    On 24 May 2016, the day he took oath as the new chief minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition in Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Our government will strive to make a illegal migrant-free and corruption-free State.&rdquo...
  • Dateline Colombo
    New Delhi-Tamil Nadu Relations and India’s Sri Lanka Policy
    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera    ·   13 Jun, 2016    ·    #5058    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    “Could a state hostage the central government’s decision especially affecting its foreign policy towards another nation? State can’t put pressure for the central government decisions. I am tired and like Muhammed Ali I will all...
  • Regional Economy
    Changing Regional Contours and Imperatives for India
    Amita Batra    ·   13 Jun, 2016    ·    #5057    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    That the centre of gravity of the global economy has shifted to Asia over the last decade and a half is known and accepted. China, India and some emerging market economies from Southeast/East Asia contributed significantly to this shift. Over th...
  • NSS in Retrospect: Why not Iran and North Korea?
    Kimberley Anne Nazareth    ·   09 Jun, 2016    ·    #5056    ·    Commentary    
    The big question at the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) 2016 was the absence of Iran and North Korea. What implications did their absence have? Or what implications would their presence have had, if any? The participants at the NSS seem...
  • East Asia Compass
    Deadlock at Shangri-La: Is There a Way Forward?
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra    ·   06 Jun, 2016    ·    #5055    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    The discussions at the 15th Asian Security Summit (3-5 June 2016), popularly known as Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore were indicative of the existing deadlock among the countries about Asia’s future security architecture. Overall, the dis...
  • Chabahar and India: Securing Regional Interests
    Anu Abraham    ·   07 Jun, 2016    ·    #5054    ·    Commentary    
    The Chabahar deal and the India-Iran-Afghanistan trilateral dialogue that took place during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’sMay 2016 visit to Tehran have generated much debate. While there is a larger focus within the country on India...
  • India and the NSG: Are the Outliers Justified in their Opposition?
    Abhijit Iyer Mitra    ·   03 Jun, 2016    ·    #5053    ·    Commentary    
    While China’s opposition to India’s NSG membership is considered the main stumbling block, there is a powerful set of smaller countries perceived variously as “problem states” or as “Chinese fronts” in New Del...
  • Strategic Space
    Entry into the NSG: Getting Past the Doorman
    Manpreet Sethi    ·   02 Jun, 2016    ·    #5052    ·    Commentary    ·   Column
    Doormen – big, burly individuals – at entrances of exclusive clubs impose entry regulations. They could deny you entry for not carrying the correct identity card, or for not entering as a couple. One particular country has assigned i...
  • Education Reform in India: Emerging Trends
    Sarral Sharma    ·   02 Jun, 2016    ·    #5051    ·    Commentary    
    The renewed focus on ‘Indianisation’ begs the question — how does the current component of Indianisation translate into education policy? This commentary will attempt to show the translation of rhetoric into policy in the state...
  • Iran’s Economic Renaissance: Will the IRGC Profit?
    Samanvya Hooda    ·   02 Jun, 2016    ·    #5050    ·    Commentary    
    Since 2006, Iran’s economy had grown more isolated following the imposition of sanctions related to its nuclear programme. The economic dynamics of sanctions forced Iran to restructure the economy in a way that minimised criminalisation. T...
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