COP21: The Toothless Paris Agreement The fact that the developed countries succeeded in making all commitments non-binding makes the Paris Agreement almost toothless. Shebonti Ray Dadwal , Satyam Malaviya | December 18, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 978-1-13-885599-1 Price: $145.00 In May 2013, China, India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea (Asia 5) were given status as permanent observers in the Arctic Council. It was... Uttam Kumar Sinha , Jo Inge Bekkevold | | Book
“I was born in the party”: Women in Maoist Ranks Women join Maoist ranks for a variety of reasons: impressionable age, social milieu and circumstances, personal reasons, influence of kin or family and the inspiration of ideology. P. V. Ramana | December 15, 2015 | IDSA Comments
FOCAC- China’s Deepening Engagement with Africa and Its Implications The FOCAC process began in 2000 under the Presidency of Jiang Zemin when the first ministerial meeting was held in Beijing and has come a long way since then as... Avinash Godbole | October-December 2015 | Africa Trends
An African Moment: UN Sustainable Development Goals Out of 2,900 billion tonnes, the world now has only 1000 giga tonnes of carbon dioxide to be dispersed into the atmosphere by 2100 in order to maintain the 2... Satyam Malaviya | October-December 2015 | Africa Trends
Third India Africa Forum Summit: Key Outcomes India hosted the third India Africa Forum Summit from October 26-30, 2015. The summit concluded with an agreement to set up a monitoring mechanism that will evaluate the implementation of... Ruchita Beri | October-December 2015 | Africa Trends
Will China’s Economic Slowdown Dent Africa’s Rise? In the twenty first century, China ventured into Africa for new markets for goods and services, natural resources especially oil, timber, metals and minerals and for political and economic influence.... Rajneesh Verma | October-December 2015 | Africa Trends
The Continuing Political Stalemate in Manipur Without going into the merits of the Inner Line Permit issue, the Centre should harness its resources and political and administrative skills adroitly to ensure that the State Government maintains... Gautam Sen | December 14, 2015 | IDSA Comments
Russia and the Syrian Conflict Syria is a long-term Russian ally, before and after the demise of the Soviet Union, primarily under the presidency of the Assads, father and son, and provides the only foothold... Sudarshan Bhutani | December 14, 2015 | IDSA Comments
State versus Nations in Pakistan: Sindhi, Baloch and Pakhtun Responses to Nation Building The present monograph traces the origins of the Pakistani state and the processes that encouraged the state-sponsored efforts to build a Pakistani nation, and seeks to isolate various problems associated... Ashok K. Behuria | 2015 | Monograph
