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.
India in the last few years under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to be gravitating towards Israel with deepening cooperation among the two, across sectors of defence, security, science and technology, and agriculture ...
Myanmar is also a crucial partner to India in dealing with insurgency in Northeast. It is important for India to have good relations with Myanmar, whether it is under military junta’s rule or under a democratic form of government. ...
The SCs and the STs are grossly under-represented in the upper echelons of government - as indeed they are in upper management elsewhere and every effort must be made to undo this injustice brought about by centuries old practices of social discrimination. ...
China’s developmental push comes in the backdrop of restive Xinjiang region which sustains a huge Uighur Muslim population and has been at odds with China ...
Around 98 percent border disputes between India and Nepal have been resolved and the remaining 2 percent (including Kalapani and Susta) is likely to be resolved through negotiations ...
Conventional and nuclear weapons can be expectedly used as tools of consolidating consensus around an ultra-nationalist discourse ...
India’s Vaccine Diplomacy: What went wrong ...
In order to handle the additional pressure, the Government has increase the time gap between the first and second dose. If India wants to control the pandemic, it should first vaccinate its own people, then the rest. It can help its friendly countries only after overcoming the pandemic ...