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Doklam Dispute: Part-II
Understanding the Tri-Junction Question
VP Haran. · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5354 · Commentary
Bhutan’s 470 km-long border with China has been mostly agreed upon with the exception of 2 sectors which together measure 764 sq km. In the north, there is disagreement over 495 sq km in the Jakarlung and Pasamlung areas. The remaining 269 sq k ...
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Doklam Dispute: Part I
A Brief History
VP Haran. · 05 Sep, 2017 · #5353 · Commentary
It is with a sigh of relief and satisfaction that Bhutan and India received the news on 28 August that following diplomatic efforts, India and China have agreed to disengage at Doklam, where their troops had been at a standoff since 16 June. Unlike t ...
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Three Years of the Modi Government
India-Bhutan: Furthering Common Interests
VP Haran. · 21 Jun, 2017 · #5306 · Commentary
Bhutan, like other neighbours, watched with interest and some anxiety as National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept the polls in May 2014. Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi was an enigma to them. They were unsure of what the Modi government ...
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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 ...
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Japan in Northeast India: A Potential Boost for New Delhi’s ‘Act East Policy’
Ateetmani Brar. · 18 Jan, 2016 · #4960 · Commentary
India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil, and gas. However, among the biggest challenges the region faces, is con ...
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Joint IPCS-Oval Observer Round-Table
Discussion Report: India’s Role in Building a Counter-Narrative to Isis Propaganda
Report. · 16 Dec, 2015 · #4945 · Commentary
On 9 December 2015, the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), in collaboration with the Oval Observer Foundation, conducted a round-table discussion, titled ‘India’s Role in Building a Counter-Narrative to ISIS Propaganda&rsqu ...
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Travails of Post Conflict Societies
Cost of Peace
D Suba Chandran. · 26 Aug, 2014 · #4622 · Commentary
While there have been enormous emphasis in studying the cost of war and the evil effects of conflict, in the recent period, there have been an emphasis on the cost of peace in terms of economic and political investments and its fallouts.
Can ...
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Modi’s Thimpu Visit: Deepening India-Bhutan Relations
Roomana Hukil. · 17 Jun, 2014 · #4521 · Commentary
In his maiden foreign visit as premier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently went to Bhutan to strengthen development cooperation and further enhance economic ties. Although there are no big agreements on the anvil, the prime minister's short ...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Modi Sets a Regional Agenda
Jayadeva Ranade. · 03 Jun, 2014 · #4490 · Commentary
Elected with a massive popular mandate not seen in the past thirty years, Narendra Modi took a bold foreign policy initiative even before he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 26 May 2014. The initiative did not emanate from the foreign policy manda ...
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India and its Neighbourhood
Fresh Air of Rapprochement
Shujaat Bukhari. · 29 May, 2014 · #4472 · Commentary
Much before he took over as the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi hit the diplomatic ground with a master stroke. He invited all the heads of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to witness his swearing in ceremony, ...
