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.
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 ...
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 ...
The democratic form of governance with enough deliberations ensures some common goals that are fundamental to human security, integrity and liberty ...
If Taliban are seeking international recognition and economic support it requires to make trust-building efforts with regional and international actors. It could be the only approach to prove their rule in which the basic rights of all ethnicities are reserved ...
Incentivizing the States for undertaking Para diplomacy has been the main ingredient of the Chinese success recipe. For a country like India, where regional features such as identity, religion, demographics hold considerable sway over the social formation, Encouraging States to get involved in Para diplomacy can also be successfully employed as a peace building strategy ...
The pandemic exposed the real situation of our health system and the efficiency of the state. In days to come, the government has to strongly focus on healthcare and education if it wants to fight against the pandemic and prepare itself for such disaster ...
Inland navigation can add to the growth of the region if, issues such as infrastructure, environmental friendliness and public policy continue to endure despite political overlapping ...
Technology continues to influence decision making and hate speeches and local language content is being used to influence people on political and economic issues which is turning the voter into a ‘digital ideologue’ in the contemporary data age ...
The proposal could help India and Russia to explore new trade opportunities in the maritime neighborhood. For India, it would also help in securing access to natural resources that is crucial for its economic growth ...
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 ...