SCO Bank should be flagged as a competitor to India-led initiatives like BRICS Bank, which may undermine New Delhi’s role as an economic power in the region.
With Indian Government reiterating commitment to facilitate investments in Sri Lanka and Maldives, the need for making case-studies of both
Myanmar's seemingly peaceful transition from military dictatorship to democracy has raised hopes of it becoming a model of political transition.
PPM chief, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has formally withdrawn support to half-brother and incumbent, Abdulla Yameen to spice up matters in Maldives
Europe’s gradual embrace of China’s OBOR presents most significant milestone in its history after President Xi Jinping pulled drapes off three years ago
Duterte’s remarks indicate that the political costs of the SCS dispute to the parties outweigh potential benefits from the legal imprimatur that comes from an arbitral award
China will continue to push against India’s Act East policy. If India were internationally inactive, tit will see little obstacle in the neighbourhood.
Yameen needs to keep up the momentum of his unilateral approaches to politics and political administration, including legal, judicial and electoral matters
Theresa May's three-day visit to India will be watched with interest in strategic, political, economic, business, social and cultural spheres.
After 2011 Fukushima disaster, popular sentiment against nuclear energy has made it impossible for the government to revive the operations of the reactors.
Inducting BIMSTEC into BRICS talks was a good idea because it meant a wider awareness and participation with India’s neighbouring countries minus Pakistan
It is not possible to tell if, and how many, Indians from the Middle East have joined or shown an inclination towards the Islamic State.
Call to boycott Chinese goods can be taken up by civil society and leaders of business, trade and industry community in coordination with each other
Bangladesh has emerged as a major partner of India and South Asia, especially in pushing connectivity and development.
Paradiplomacy forms a quintessential part of the country’s foreign policy analysis in conducting international relations
Sri Lanka continues to attract concern in sections of the Indian strategic community in the post Chinese-ship embarrassment
Looking beyond SAARC and engaging with Myanmar to make the most of BRICS-BIMSTEC and engaging with Suu Kyi
Maldives in a none-too-unanticipated move has announced its decision to quit the Commonwealth. India as Maldives’ closest neighbour and regional power needs to look at the evolving situation
In aftermath of the Indian army’s ‘surgical-strikes’ on ‘terror launch-pads’ inside Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) has claimed it's first casualty SAARC
With the crippling of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC), India’s quest for a new architecture for its neighbourhood policy has taken on a certain urgency
The deterrence game between India and Pakistan has changed dramatically with India’s decision to conduct a military strike across the Line of Control.
The short and long term perspective of the Line of Control in the post surgical strikes scenario
The most effective means of preventing another terrorist attack is not to expect a change of behaviour on the part of Pakistan army and the jihadi groups but to improve our own defensive capabilities and ensure greater coordination between the relevant agencies.
Siranush Melikyan is an Assistant Professor at the Yerevan State University. ...
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Tigran Yepremyan is the Dean of the Faculty of International Relations and an Associate Professor of World History and IR at the Yerevan State University, Armenia. ...
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