More: AsiaPacific
CTBT: A Growing Challenge
With the end of the mutual deterrence between east and the west, and with the nuclearisation of South Asia, number of serious efforts were...
The Congress Party should stand boldly with their Foreign Policy to advise the BJP Government
During the 2009 summit in Sharm-el Sheikh in a Joint Statement with Pakistan, Prime Minister Gilani stated that Pakistan had some information concerning threats...
Kashmir policy blinded by the territorial imperative
Born out of cataclysm in 1948, the Kashmir problem remains alive and unwell. In the latest iteration of the long self-determination struggle, 75 protesters...
India, Myanmar and the Indo-Pacific Economic Corridor
China’s ambitious One Belt One Road project is drawing a lot of attention due to its scale as well as strategic implications. What is...
India-Vietnam Ties: Looking beyond the China factor
Authors: Manish Vaid & Tridivesh Singh Maini Recent years have witnessed a deepening of ties between India and Vietnam. While robust foundations were laid...
India’s gas-based economy vision seeks subsea pipeline option
Authors: Manish Vaid and Darshit Paun India’s hunt for developing a sustainable economy should not only involve the push towards renewable energy sources but...
The Devolution Model for Peace in Kashmir
While there may be no real evidence of a historical Moses (for the Egyptians were obsessive about recording significant events, as an exodus of...
Kashmir-A Million Pellets for a Million Stones
The other day my friend while discussing Kashmir’s worsening situation literally rebuked me for writing yet another opinion on Kashmir’s current uprising and prevailing...
Lab Rats of Pokhran Tests
Exactly four decades ago, India conducted its first nuclear test in Pokhran. Who in the world -- wherever that is -- could care less...
Of AFSPA and Women in Kashmir: A Perspective
Armed forced Special powers Act (1958) is indeed a draconian law given its ramifications in any conflict zone of India. Manipur’s Irom Sharmila was...