The US and the Rising Powers
The US position as it was in the first decade of this century is not the same but the analysis of the American history and opinions of the thinkers suggest that it is not going anywhere anytime soon ...
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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. ...
Trincomalee Oil Tank Deal: A New Beginning for Indo-Lankan Relations?
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. ...
The India Bangladeshi Tryst with 2022: Deciphering Bilateral Bonhomie beyond Maitri Diwas
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. ...
Nepal: A Quest of Synergy in Peace Politics
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. ...
Supply Chain Alternatives in Asia Pacific amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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. ...
Nepal-China Relations: An Opportunity for Strategic Diversification of Nepalese Foreign Policy
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. ...
Bangladesh’s Balancing Act Under Pressure
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. ...
Biden’s Democracy Summit: A Façade of Democracy Promotion
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. ...
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The Epistemology of University Education in South Asia
f the emergence of nation-states in South Asia is termed as the result of social construct that characterizes the complexity of its society, then we can say that any homogenisation prescription of nomothetic social sciences is destined to be inconsistent with the social realities of the region. ...