FOCUS | THEMATIC | INDIA
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Bangladesh and Nuclear Power: Significance for India
Tarika Rastogi. · 01 Jun, 2018 · #5476 · Commentary
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) in Bangladesh has the potential to re-energise India-Russia cooperation and significantly enhance India's geopolitical clout and standing in the nuclear community. The RNPP (whose construction began in 2013) wil ...
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Dateline Colombo
Sri Lanka and the World: Whither Political Prudence?
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera. · 01 Jun, 2018 · #5475 · Commentary
There is piercing hopelessness for the future when listening to certain political rhetoric in Sri Lanka. The International Workers Day, a day to remember workers ...
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Trump and the Iran Nuclear Deal: Geopolitics and Financial Unipolarity
Ambassador KP Fabian. · 22 May, 2018 · #5474 · Commentary
On 8 May 2018, US President Donald Trump, true to his style and ...
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Modi’s Nepal Visit: More Drama than Substance
Pramod Jaiswal. · 17 May, 2018 · #5472 · Commentary
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a two-day visit to Nepal on 11-12 May. No Indian prime minister had visited Nepal in an official capacity in almost two decades, until Prime Minister Modi, who has been to the country thrice in four years. Thi ...
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Nuke Affairs
Two Decades After Shakti: India's Nuclear Policy
Sheel kant Sharma. · 16 May, 2018 · #5471 · Commentary
India ...
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Sino-Indian Atmospherics and the Wuhan Summit
Siwei Liu. · 16 May, 2018 · #5470 · Commentary
The Xi-Modi summit in Wuhan in the end of April has drawn much attention in the international community with some claiming it may prove a turning point in Sino-Indian relations. Its significance however lies in transforming the overly emotional atmos ...
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Book Discussion
Half Lion: How PV Narsimha Rao Transformed India
Discussion Report. · 16 May, 2018 · #5469 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Dr Vinay Sitapati, Assistant Professor, Ashoka University, for a discussion on his book, Half Lion: How PV Narasimha Rao Transformed India. It was chaired by Ambassador (Retd) Salman Haidar, P ...
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Red Affairs
Counter-LWE Security Operations: Season of Success?
Bibhu Prasad Routray. · 15 May, 2018 · #5468 · Commentary
On the surface, the months
of April and May 2018 appear to have brought about a season of ‘success’ for
the security forces. Pursuing a hardline approach, the security forces, across
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Jharkhand have been a ...
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Book Discussion
National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Politics of Immigration in Assam
Discussion Report. · 14 May, 2018 · #5467 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Sanjoy Hazarika, Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), and former Saifuddin Kitchlew Chair and professor, Centre for North East Studies, Jamia Milia Islamia, for a discussion ...
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Book Discussion
Demonetization and the Black Economy
Discussion Report. · 12 May, 2018 · #5466 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Prof Arun Kumar, Malcolm Adiseshiah Chair Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), for a discussion on his recently released book, Demonetization and the Black Economy. It was chai ...
