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A politics of hand-outs hasn’t removed poverty from India. It has embedded it even more deeply. Narendra Modi was elected to end this politics. He is now following it.
New Delhi and Washington need to be mindful of the larger Asian strategic issues that have brought the two closer in the first place.
A violent movement is nourished by the cultural milieu available to it, something that regulating content or fact checks cannot tackle.
The Siachen Glacier is strategically positioned between India and Pakistan, in a disputed and un-demarcated region of Kashmir. Nitin Gokhale, journalist and author of 'Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga' argues why India cannot give up Siachen. He says Indian troops will continue to be deployed in the region despite the difficult weather conditions.
The ‘Cope India’ military exercise holds broader significance for the bilateral relationship.
The allegation of Indian expansion of its uranium enrichment facilities is based on a report released by IHS Jane's, which has already been dismissed by both the US and the Indian governments as speculative. Indeed, the IHS Jane's report merely identifies a "possible" new uranium hexafluoride plant.
Narendra Modi’s West Asia policy remains the one area of achievement in an otherwise indifferent record of foreign policy.
Unless you are a terrorist, you can rest assured that the agencies have no time or use for snooping into your computers or mobile phones.
2019 will be the year when social scientists from across the world will be able to test their hypotheses on predicting new world orders.
The UN report may not change India’s official position on Myanmar and New Delhi will continue its constructive engagement with the country
It is increasingly becoming clear that the battle is less about the trade deficit and more about America’s intention of preserving its global primacy.
With trade sanctions lifted, New Delhi can engage in substantive economic ties with Pyongyang.
In an announcement that caught the nation by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the demonetisation of ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes of the Indian currency in November to arrest ‘black money’, end corruption, and choke terrorist finances. This move represents a policy departure and it has far-reaching implications. As national debate has been hijacked by the possible fallouts of demonetisation, other critical issues have been pushed to
The Trump administration is signalling that the US is no longer interested in sustaining Pax Americana—not ideationally and not materially
Germany’s image as the leader in green energy and the creator of “Energiewende” (energy transition) is under siege. According to a recent study, the self-committed goal to reduce carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020 will likely be missed. This potential shortcoming does not come as a surprise to Germany and has been an intensively discussed issue for many years. Does this mean the end of Germany’s energy transition? This paper anal
New Delhi will be hoping that Congress can continue to rein in Trump’s worst instincts.
The Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) programme in India — an ambitious project, envisioned on a massive scale — will attempt to link 37 rivers, through 30 links, covering a distance of 15,000 km that will transfer 174 trillion litres of water a year.
The FATF sword is dangling over Pakistan. With the country on the verge of economic bankruptcy, it desperately needs access to international financial markets.
There are two options in front of the former Pakistan PM — jail or self-exile.
The end of INF will have strategic implications well beyond Russia and the United States.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe has a fairly heavy political agenda before him. The foremost is his firm resolve to introduce constitutional reforms. If he wins the December 14 elections, Abe would have bright chances to win another term as the LDP president in September next year and stay at the helm for three more years.
Health policy is becoming a prominent poll issue perhaps for the first time in India.
The Chinese premier's speech on Friday in Beijing, with its promises of transparency, open markets and a focus on quality, indicates that China has taken on board the various critiques of the BRI.
While there has been no perceptible effect of tariffs on the economy of either the US or China so far, additional tariffs which could eventually cover the entire $500 billion of US imports from China will most certainly have a negative effect on both countries and the world.
A two-day workshop on international terrorism in the South-East Asian region and its likely implications for South Asia was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) at its headquarters at New Delhi on April 28 and 29, 2004, under its International Terrorism Watch Project.
Xi has been steadily accumulating and centralising power ever since he took office as General Secretary in November 2012 and President in March 2014.
China’s interests and presence in Nepal go far beyond the Tibet issue.
While India continues to evacuate its citizens from Yemen, China was quick to complete its operation last week. China had barely 600 people in Yemen to rescue. India had nearly 4,000 citizens in Yemen when the evacuation began last week amid the escalation of the conflict.
For those cynical about the dialogue process with Pakistan, the lack of substance in the joint statement issued after the latest round of Foreign Secretary level talks (July 4-5) confirms our neighbour's unwillingness to fundamentally revise its thinking on core bilateral differences.
The Observer Research Foundation first conceptualised the foreign policy survey last year to build on the existing strand of polling research in India. In December 2020, the poll sampled 2,037 Indians aged 18-35 from 14 cities
Although Yuan appreciation is warranted, politicians in the US should be aware that this is not a panacea for global imbalances and especially their huge trade deficit. Appreciation of the Yuan will not change the import needs of the US and the widening of the trade deficit to $48.1 billion in March.
Zalmay Khalilzad has a tall task ahead of him in talking to the Taliban.
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अंतराळातील धोकादायक कृतींना आळा घालण्यासाठी स्वेच्छेने कृती करण्यासंदर्भात एकमत निर्माण व्हावे याकरता एका खुल्या कार्यकारी गटाची गरज आहे.
ग्रामीण विद्युतीकरणाची प्रगती आणि अक्षय्य ऊर्जेचा बदलता चेहरा यांच्याबरोबरच ग्रामीण महिलांचा या क्षेत्रातील सहभाग राखून ठेवणेही महत्त्वाचे आहे
चुकीच्या अर्थकारणामुळेअक्षय्य ऊर्जा निर्मितीच्या लक्ष्यापासून भारत भरकटत आहे आणि त्याची किंमत पर्यावरणाला चुकवावी लागत आहे.
अफगाणिस्तानच्या पुनर्बांधणीमधून अमेरिका बाहेर पडली तरीही, स्थिर अफगाणिस्तानाचे उद्दिष्ट साध्य करण्यासाठी, भारताने प्रयत्न करणे आवश्यक आहे.
अमेरिकेने सैन्य मागे घेण्याच्या निर्णयासोबत धगधगत्या अफगाणिस्तानमध्ये आणखी जटील असे नवीन प्रश्न उभे राहात आहेत, राहाणार आहेत. या प्रश्नांचा वेध घेणारा लेख.
गेल्या ७० वर्षांत राजेशाही, समाजवाद, साम्यवाद, इस्लामी राजवट अनुभवलेल्या अफगाणिस्तानात मुत्सद्देगिरीमुळे आणि कूटनीतीक चर्चांमुळे शांतता नांदेल का?
अफगाणिस्तानात अमेरिकेने तालिबानचे पुनरागमन रोखण्यासाठी नवीन घटनात्मक लोकशाही राष्ट्र बांधण्याची गरज होती. पण तसे झाले नाही.
अमेरिकेच्या माघारीनंतर, अफगाणिस्तानच्या हवाई दलाला टिकून राहण्यासाठी मदत करणे, प्रशिक्षण देणे हे अनेक अर्थाने भारतासाठी फायद्याचे आहे.
अफगाणिस्तानात अल कायदाचा बिमोड झाला, लादेनही मारला गेला. मात्र तरीही तालिबानचे अस्तित्व आणि विचारसणी संपलेली नाही.
तालिबान के क़ानूनों से मुश्किल होगा औरतों का जीना, इससे बेपरवाह कई देश बढ़ा रहे नज़दीकियां
