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Three Years of the Modi Government
India-Afghanistan Relations: Innovating Continuity
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy. · 17 Aug, 2017 · #5340 · Commentary
Bilateral relations between India and Afghanistan have been characterised by ‘friendly engagement’ and underscored by positive public perception in both countries; this has continued after the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Allia ...
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IPCS Discussion
Dealing with Dirty Wars
Report. · 19 Jul, 2017 · #5330 · Commentary
IPCS report on 'Dealing with Dirty Wars', a discussion held on 21 June 2017.
REMARKS BY THE CHAIR
Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain
Member, Governing Council, IPCS, & former GOC, 15 Corps, Srinagar
There is ...
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Global Warming-Induced Migration: An International Convention Needed
John Schabedoth. · 14 Jul, 2017 · #5326 · Commentary
In recent years, reports on the first global warming-induced migration into New Zealand have accumulated. Two of the most prominent cases involved concerned nationals of the island states of Kiribati and Tuvalu applying for refugee status in New Ze ...
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IPCS Discussion
Diplomacy and the Politics of Language
Report. · 10 Apr, 2017 · #5261 · Commentary
An overview of the remarks made at 'Diplomacy and the Politics of Language', the first discussion in IPCS' 2017 series, 'Evolving Discourses of Security in International Politics'.
Deconstructing Anti-Islamic Di ...
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Afghanistan and the Attempted Exhumation of the QCG
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy. · 21 Mar, 2017 · #5249 · Commentary
On 17 February 2017, the office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, citing mechanisms devised during the meetings of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG), demanded that Pakistan take "practical measures and initiate effective counter-terro ...
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IPCS Discussion
'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Pakistan'
Report. · 29 Jan, 2017 · #5226 · Commentary
On 18 January 2017, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted an interaction with historian and political scientist Dr Hein Kiessling, who spoke on the issues covered in his latest book, titled 'Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Int ...
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India, Afghanistan and the Heart of Asia: Reading Between the Lines
Sarral Sharma. · 03 Jan, 2017 · #5217 · Commentary
On 4 December 2016, the sixth ministerial conference of the Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) on Afghanistan concluded in Amritsar, India. The Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi voiced their concern over c ...
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IPCS Discussion
Women & Public Policy Journal [Vol. 2] Launch: 'Afghan Economy in the Decade of Transformation (2015-2024)'
Report. · 12 Dec, 2016 · #5201 · Commentary
The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) hosted Mariam Safi, Executive Director ofthe Kabul-based Organization for Policy Research and Development Studies (DROPS), for the launch of the second volume of DROPS’ Women and Public Polic ...
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Fragile States Index 2016
FSI Afghanistan: Limited Scope for Use
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy. · 26 Oct, 2016 · #5160 · Commentary
In the 2016 edition of the Fragile States Index (FSI) brought out by the Fund for Peace (FFP), Afghanistan is listed in ‘High Alert’, scoring 107.9 points. It is placed 28.3 points behind India ('Elevated Warning'); and 6.2 poin ...
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Fragile States Index 2016
FSI and South Asia
Monish Gulati. · 10 Oct, 2016 · #5149 · Commentary
The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking
of 178 nations, conceived with the core notion that weak and failing states
pose a challenge to the international community and in a highly interconnected
world, ‘pressures’ on one ...
