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 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 ...
China believes that India will cooperate with the US in containing China’s role in international relations and at the same time, India considered China a threat to its national security and India’s role in international relations ...
it is the good opportunity for India and the US to converge their interests together on the Afghanistan peace process and shape Afghanistan future. The Shuttle diplomacy though has its own weaknesses as far as its applicability is concerned in the case of China as a mediator and its increasing ties with Taliban ...
One of the main issues between the two countries is over partition of territory leading into several border disputes most prominent among them is related to the accession of territory of Jammu and Kashmir ...
While Realists have long argued that small powers efficiently use their prevalent resources and integrate their economies with the other states and the international system, it is not the same case with Bhutan ...
The construction of border roads are a struggle for power, in this case between India and China. China’s aggressive efforts to increase infrastructure investment in the Himalayan region has created conflicts with India ...
It would be correct to say that the Bay of Bengal, which serves as a nexus between the Indian and Pacific Ocean, acts as a confluence of Indian, Chinese and East Asian strategic interests ...
The US exit will bring opportunities for the breeding of terror organizations in the war-torn country and the peace on paper seems to be fading away with relentless march of the Taliban. A gloomy picture of Afghanistan ravaged with civil war is waiting ahead ...
The greater responsibility lies on the leading powers and international institutions. It is necessary to assure that every country, community, and individual have access to the vaccine ...
Rise of the Digital Ideologue in Indian Cyberspace
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 ...