Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict?
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In recent times, the world has witnessed a major surge in regional unrests caused primarily by the shortage of water. Tension builds up between two or more countries when an...
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Tibetan Waters: A Source of Cooperation or Conflict?
2025 ,
In recent times, the world has witnessed a major surge in regional unrests caused primarily by the shortage of water. Tension builds up between two or more countries when an...
Read MoreThe ‘Orchid Revolution’ in Singapore
2025 ,
It is often said that the political history of Singapore is synonymous with the rise of the People’s Action Party (PAP). The PAP, which has governed Singapore from 1959 (when...
Read MorePakistan’s Flood Redux: Need for Institutional Disaster Preparedness
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Institutions are often assessed on the basis of their response to crises. The unfolding flood crisis in Sindh draws attention to the state of institutional response to disasters in Pakistan....
Read MoreSino-Indian Trade: Smoothening the Rough Edges
2025 ,
The Marxian paradigm of contradiction between thesis and anti-thesis yielding synthesis is illustrated in the current narrative of the complex Sino-Indian relationship. While on one hand, the Sino-Indian spat on...
Read MoreThe party’s over in the Hindu Kush: It’s time for the US to call it a day
2025 ,
On the tenth anniversary of 9-11, a multitude of ceremonial events and media recapitulations took place across America, focused especially on New York, where the twin towers of the International...
Read MoreThe PM’s Speech at the 66th UNGA session: Indian Foreign Policy in Search of a Balance?
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech at the annual session of the UNGA was succinct and comprehensive. It laid down in clear terms his analysis of the current global situation which...
Read MoreIndian Nuclear Posture: Confusing Signals from DRDO
2025 ,
India is currently in the midst of a battery of scheduled missile tests at its Chandipur test range off the coast of Orissa, including scheduled tests of the Prithvi-II and...
Read MoreIndia and the South China Seas: The Need for a Second Look
2025 ,
A recent article in the Chinese newspaper ‘Global Times’ by the columnist Liu Sheng cautioning India against going ahead with collaboration with Vietnam for oil and gas exploration in the...
Read MoreRabbani Assassination: An Assertive Taliban and America’s Dilemmas
2025 ,
Burhanuddin Rabbani’s assassination proves the pessimists right. The process of reconciliation is dead. The story of his death is as gory as it is familiar. The immediate sequence of events...
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