Neighborhood Studies looks at the range of cross-cutting issues such as political developments, economic activities, cross-border activities and foreign affairs related issues and security surfacing in its immediate neighbors – India and China – in addition to its extended neighbors such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives. The study focuses to explore and identify emerging priorities in the neighborhood and generate evidence and analysis.
The Idea of Pakistan is a historical retrospection and a prognostic message. It forces readers to contend with paradoxes of a state based on an idea which has yet to find in the plus side of the balance a stable synthesis of ideology and government, of selfhood and safety ...
The Mustafizur Rahman controversy represents a watershed moment in cricket governance, where a single administrative directive triggered bilateral sporting collapse between India and Bangladesh ...
Aragalaya pierced authoritarian carapace tactically yet required elite defection for durability; street power compels responsiveness but cannot unilaterally rewrite constitutional political economy ...
While Germany and India do not align on all international issues, their partnership is increasingly defined by pragmatic convergence rather than ideological conformity ...
The edited book, packs a lot, and has been compiled with great intent to “repriotise” and mend the India-Nepal relationship ...
Mamdani’s example offers not a script to follow, but the confidence to claim agency. It expands what feels possible: that South Asian youth—whether in Dhaka, Delhi, Colombo, Kathmandu, Karachi or Queens ...
The trilateral pact, including both India and Canada, only adds to the recalibrated relationship that countries have begun to have with each othe ...
The world, particularly the Western and the United States, is dealing with Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan and its surrounding region in two unclear ways ...
Hydropower is no longer only a tool for development but rather a strategic instrument for energy security, Bhutan green growth and regional stability ...
Redefining the Himalayan Frontier: India’s Post-Galwan Strategic Recalibration toward China
India’s post-Galwan strategy is one of "calibrated persistence." It recognizes that the era of cooperation is being replaced by an era of contested regionalism ...