Trincomalee Oil Tank Deal has the potential to take the Indo-Lankan bilateral relations to a new level and infuse new vigour into the partnership if it survives any political miscalculations. ...
India attaches a novae attachment with the Dhaka denomination in order to traverse the way forward in the context of the future regional cooperation and stability in South Asia. ...
It is very difficult to maintain a balance of internal legitimacy and external policy influences where taming the Nepalese state under the matrix of international society is exacting and exhaustive in public policy. ...
It is not possible to ultimately relocate from China as the sectors and the firms are heavily dependent and the Belt and Road Initiative could also be seen as a challenge in this separation as BRI’s primary objective is to improve regional integration and stimulate economic growth. ...
With a South-Asian landscape that is undergoing constant transformation, the need of the hour for Nepal is the formulation of a policy that serves to its best interests without coercing it into entering a choosing game between the elephant on one side of its border and the dragon on the other. ...
Dhaka is not unaware of the importance of India, China, United States and Japan in infrastructural and economic development of the nation. It has not been very active in demanding a seat at the table of the QUAD meetings and its interest in the alliance is restricted to the economic and connectivity prospects. ...
President Biden’s democracy summit fits perfectly in this political and intellectual tradition of politicizing democracy as per one’s strategic interests. Democracy has become an inadvertent victim of superpowers’ rivalry. ...
The US should refrain from adopting an aggressive stance vis-à-vis Iran and Tehran also needs to be less maximalist in its approach. ...
The feminist and gender lens allows for more recalibration towards an inclusive and more socially-developed level of community. ...
Women Leadership: An antidote to War
With the rise of women leaders in all the decision-making bodies of the world, possibility of a gender-neutral spaces can be realized, creating an ecosystem where the thought process of growth and development would gain traction. ...