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 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 ...
This year China will be celebrating the CPC centenary. Beijing would not like to see military conflict with India, or with any other country, escalate amid the Party’s hundredth birthday celebrations ...
Conventional and nuclear weapons can be expectedly used as tools of consolidating consensus around an ultra-nationalist discourse ...
When major powers like the United States and China threaten to send tectonic tremors across the world order, the emergence of strong Indo-Australian relationship ensure that they are prepared to handle them and the summit was a step in that direction ...
Nepal’s role in stabilising the region has become greater than ever with rewards that could provide long-term energy security to Nepal ...
The improvement in India’s ties with the Gulf countries is often cited as a major success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that overshadows Pakistan’s continuous efforts to raise Kashmir issue in the Muslim world ...
It is necessary to strengthen the existing relationship for the peace, and prosperity of the people of both countries who are already inseparable in every way. We must stand with the spirit of our bilateral relations ...
‘Act East through Northeast’ policy holds the key to India’s Approach towards Myanmar
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. ...