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.
Considering the South Asian shared historical, cultural, religious ties, and now from its strategic and economic standpoints, there is a dire need that India recalibrates its “Neighbourhood First Policy” and revive SAARC to deal with China ...
The fiasco of 1962 and the failure of Panchasheela, which should have led to a massive rethinking of India’s strategy vis-à-vis the border and China, instead gave way to a state of limbo in the relationship ...
Tharoor explicitly wrote “The disrepute into which the political process has fallen in India, and the widespread cynicism about the motives of our politicians can be traced directly to the workings (or non-workings) of the Parliamentary system”, which was adopted from the British colonialists ...
The extraordinary interest in ensuring a better and stronger place for India in the geopolitics of Indo-Pacific will be achieved if India can overcome the challenges in its relations with ASEAN and move forward ...
If the “neighbourhood first” policy is worked upon with long term strategic goals in mind, the support will work in India’s favour ...
Bangladesh has done fairly well in disaster management and preparedness but climate change is not to be dealt with in solitary, especially when their contribution to global emission is negligible while its vulnerabilities are at a maximum ...
All concerned ministries should ensure minimum job loss of overseas Pakistanis by engaging and cooperating with foreign governments so that those who have already cleared the application process can still be provided for in the future ...
A good start towards the solution could also be to propose or moot an Inner Tibet and Outer Tibet Solution as in the case of Mongolia reflecting from the May 1914 objections of the Chinese to ratify the Simla Convention, in which case, the Chinese will be forced to think again and give some concessions to India ...
India needs to invest in capacity building with specialised branches like incorporating a rescue corps which may emerge as the first line of defence. HADR operations merge the security and development requirements and hence India is likely to develop that route to appear as a powerful yet benevolent actor ...
Japan and India in Africa: Need for Revival of Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
The AAGC is indeed going to be an effective platform for a rules-based and open level of development between Asia and Africa. All that is needed is proper timing, and the time now is perfect for its ascension ...