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.
To counter China’s growing military and maritime posturing in the long-term, the best possible option for India will be to prioritize strengthening our own defence particularly maritime capabilities in the larger game of geo-politics and strategic field ...
Protest also termed as “monitory democracy” are unavoidable in the future of democracies like Nepal. It is hence in the state’s own interest to guarantee that protests can happen, and that they can happen peacefully ...
Given the resource endowment and their growing population, both India and China are likely to face evident challenges in pursuit of their energy security goals in near future with medium to long term consequences in the region ...
Although, the Himalayan state deserves better treatment from India, shifting the core focus to Beijing would not work for the country keeping its long-term socio-economic objectives in mind ...
The European Union’s presence in South Asia needs to go beyond the traditional trade and development aid assistance model to factor-in the evolving political and strategic realities of South Asia ...
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 ...
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 ...
Indian Migrant Workers during COVID 19: Fighting Governmental Myopia
For the upliftment of the distraughted migrant workers holistically, bottoms up approach of economic distribution rather than trickle-down theory should be practiced which seems to be more pragmatic at this juncture ...