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This Sri Lankan election, shaped by the aftermath of the 2022 economic crisis and the Aragalaya uprising, is marked by a shift in public focus towards

Hasina's foreign policy aligns with Kautilyan principles—hedging, maintaining neutrality, and avoiding red lines—but she misread the public's sent

The Budget's tax changes aim to curb speculative trading and align with economic conditions but have temporarily dampened market sentiment due to poli

The immigration issue is influencing voter sentiment and will shape the American political landscape, potentially impacting election outcomes and futu

বাংলাদেশে উদীয়মান ‘ভারত-বিরোধী’ মনোভাবের বিশ্বাসযোগ্য�

बांग्लादेश में उभर रही ‘भारत विरोधी’ भावनाओं की विश्वसन�

The credibility of the 'anti-India' sentiments emerging in Bangladesh warrants scrutiny, as reality portrays a different narrative from what is depict

नुकत्याच झालेल्या रशियन राष्ट्रपतीपदाच्या निवडणुकीत व�

Despite Putin’s overwhelming victory in the recent Russian presidential elections, a growing shift in the social attitudes of the citizenry was witn

बुर्किना फासो, माली आणि नायजर या राष्ट्रांद्वारे साहेल र

“पीक चायना” वर अधिकृतपणे चीनने प्रकाश टाकला असला तरी, या�

The establishment of the Alliance of Sahel States by Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger and their withdrawal from ECOWAS undoes the decades of regional int

Although China officially is making light of it, the “Peak China” discourse has been negatively impacting China’s domestic situation

जग तैवानच्या निवडणुकीवर बारकाईने लक्ष ठेवून आहे, कारण ती

The world will be closely watching the Taiwan election as it will play a crucial role in shaping the power dynamics in Asia

इस दो-भाग वाली लेख श्रृंखला का मक़सद उन वजहों को लेकर तार्

इस दो-भाग की श्रृंखला में यह बताने की कोशिश की गई है कि कैस�

A negative sentiment prevails in China about the Sri Lankan crisis as they claim Sri Lanka is exploiting its position and employing the “victim rhet

Equivocal sentiments emanate from African countries on their stance on voting for the UN resolution demanding withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrai

এই দুই পর্বের প্রতিবেদন সিরিজের প্রথম পর্বে ভারতের ইতিহ�

এই দুই পর্বের প্রতিবেদন সিরিজের মূল লক্ষ্য হল প্রতিবেশে

इस दो-भाग वाली लेख श्रृंखला का मक़सद उन वजहों को लेकर तार्

इस दो-भाग की श्रृंखला में यह बताने की कोशिश की गई है कि कैस�

This two-part article series aims to reason the factors that have initiated and promoted anti-Indian sentiments in the neighbourhood. This part will e

In this two-part series, this brief focuses on how the history and identity formation of India and its internal and external interests promotes anti-I

ऐसे आरोप सामने आए कि रिपोर्ट तैयार करते वक़्त आंकड़ों मे�

Beyond noting an overwhelming anti-China sentiment, the ORF Foreign Policy Survey’s findings also reflect the successes of India’s multidimensiona

While one can sense the positive sentiments across the market, albeit tentative, there is nothing to suggest that the end of the pandemic is near —

How President Tokayev walks the tightrope in the coming months will determine the fate of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, to which, Cent

Evolution of the electoral space has somehow not been able to take place at the cost of “all retentionist” separatist sentiment and politics.

Pakistan’s strategy of ‘bleeding India by a thousand cuts’ has been implemented by exploiting religious sentiments and whipping up passions on c

After 2011 Fukushima disaster, popular sentiment against nuclear energy has made it impossible for the government to revive the operations of the reac

In the last four decades, however, attempts to assassinate presidents or presidential nominees had seemed relegated to the past.

Anti-India sentiments have gone viral in rural Nepal and unless urgent steps are not taken, this could lead to a widening gap between India and Nepal, according to former Minister of Water Resources of Nepal, Dr. Dipak Gyawali.

What India needs to understand is that legislation or institutions by themselves do not bring about social change. Countries of Europe or the United States, too, had a history of political corruption. But over the years they have cleaned up their act considerably because of popular sentiment, as well as institutions and laws.

Three top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders -- amir Motiur Rahman Nizami, general secretary Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, and naib amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee -- were arrested on June 29. The Jamaat leaders were charged with war crimes of 1971 and hurting popular religious sentiments.

West Bengal is conducting a massive, potentially historic eight-phase state legislative assembly election between March and April 2021. This paper gives a historical account of the different factors that are influencing the conduct of the elections, including the economic challenges facing the state, unabated political violence, and the plight of religious minorities. It also examines so-called ‘Hindu nationalist’ and ‘Bengali sub-n

Pakistan is today dangling between hope and despair, propelled largely by President Pervez Musharraf's inability, and refusal, to gauge public sentiments for free and fair elections in the coming months. Discontentment, once confined to media and courtrooms, has spilled out into the streets, creating a stifling atmosphere of anxiety and doubt across the country. Political, economic and social differences have sharpened in the past eight years. Re

The trajectories of India’s neighbours like Bangladesh are driven more by their own agency than their adjacency to India

The Kartarpur corridor, inaugurated in November 2019, is regarded as an important peacemaking measure between India and Pakistan. Various international organisations have welcomed the corridor, including the United Nations. Drawing from history, this brief argues that opening a pilgrimage corridor or renovating a place of worship, and other such attempts to bridge India and Pakistan using religious sentiment inevitably fail to address the deep-ro

China is more than likely to consolidate its hold in Nepal and become more assertive in the near future. The growing anti-India sentiments in the Himalayan state could make it easier for China to stay put in India's neighbourhood.

Until the lions write their own history, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. The sentiment of this famous African proverb came out repeatedly during an interactive session with African journalists at Observer Research Foundation on January 24, 2011.

Ethnic divisions will deepen in Pakistan along with popular sentiments against the military in the near future, says renowned area specialist Dr Selig Harrison. "In 10 years, there will be a different landscape in Pakistan," he said addressing the faculty members of Observer Research Foundation here on February 6.

The concept of ‘gentrification’ has been studied extensively in urban agglomerations, specifically in tier-I and tier-II cities. ‘Gentrification’ is largely understood as the displacement of people belonging to certain classes in an area due to the influx of investment and affluent classes into that area. In India, settlements are based on religious and social vectors of caste, rather than economic vectors of class. With settlemen

Interest of the people should take precedence in foreign policy formulations which have a direct impact on their lives. This was the overwhelming sentiment expressed by the people living on either side of the India-Bangladesh border during a field visit early May this year.