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.
If the two countries could get over their political whims and decide to collaborate at a stauncher level through Track Two diplomacy initiatives, the world could witness lesser number of conflicts. Maybe a cultural ‘act east’ policy is the silent solution. ...
In comparison to men, women are suffering more and are bound to perform the work related to cooking, cleaning and childcare, along with the issue of domestic violence and sexual abuse ...
The refusal of both India and China, of the meditation offer of President Trump, signifies that both the countries have many bilateral avenues to discuss and settle their differences and also gives lots of hope that both the countries will not go for military confrontation, rather resolve it through talks ...
The Nepali government, political parties and nationalist cannot think of going against India. However, it is the duty of every citizen of all countries to protect their national sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, national pride and national interest ...
Nepal and Israel have huge potential for future cooperation. Exchange of Israeli technological sophistication and Nepal’s rich human resource should continue in future for the benefit of both the countries and they should jointly explore other possible areas of cooperation ...
India is moving fast toward clean energy regime by working on a mixed energy use other than managing its biofuel focusing on renewable energy and civil nuclear energy in collaboration with US, Russia, France and Japan in its efforts to comply with Paris Climate Treaty provisions and to honour other multilateral and bi-lateral regimes and arrangements ...
India is projecting itself with a more mature and evolving foreign policy stance working in line with the dictum “Vasudheva Kutumbakam”. The UAE is already India’s third largest trading partner, and it has the potential to become the largest trading partner of India in the coming years ...
The nature of relations existing between India and the Saudi Arabia remain strategic, bilateral and geopolitical ...
India has been in conflict with China for a long time centering on the issue of ‘Entry of China into India’ violating the Sino-Indian Border Treaty, thus triggering recurrent tension ...
‘Borders between Brothers’ - India, Nepal and the China Factor
The smaller countries are caught up in the reverberations of a more assertive China and India. In terms of China's regional role, the assertiveness is visible in several ways ...