Comment & Briefs

Prachanda’s Visit to China: Opportunities and Challenges

Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to China on 22 September 2023 assumes significance, given the growing engagement of China in many sectors of Nepalese economy in the last few years.

September 20, 2023

  • Saurav Raj Pant
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    Ladakh’s Vulnerability to Flash Floods: Adaptation and Mitigation Measures

    Ladakh's ecological balance has been disrupted due to climate change, altering weather patterns and water flow, which are leading to frequent perilous floods.

    September 18, 2023

  • Ravinder Singh
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    Taliban’s Systematic Apartheid against Afghan Women and Girls

    Afghan women and girls have borne the impact of systematic identity erasure and discrimination in the public sphere due to the Taliban’s edicts.

    September 18, 2023

  • Saman Ayesha Kidwai
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    The United States and UNESCO: A Contentious History

    It remains to be seen if the UNESCO will become another platform for US–China contentions or realise the lofty goals as enshrined in its constitution.

    September 15, 2023

  • Opangmeren Jamir
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    Nuclear Issues and the G-20 Leaders’ Declaration

    The G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration asserts that the ‘use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible’.

    September 15, 2023

  • Rajiv Nayan
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    The 18th East Asia Summit: Priorities of a Region in Flux

    The East Asia Summit remains critical to advancing closer regional cooperation, at a time of a rapid geo-political and geo-economic changes.

    September 14, 2023

  • Temjenmeren Ao
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    Military Applications of Virtual Reality and Beyond

    The military applications of Virtual Reality include those relating to combat training and simulation.

    September 14, 2023

  • Akshat Upadhyay
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    Oppenheimer and the Indian Knowledge Tradition

    Oppenheimer was admired by a section of the Indian intelligentsia for his familiarity with Indian philosophical traditions and his advocacy of peaceful nuclear uses.

    September 12, 2023

  • Rajiv Nayan
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    India–US Jet Engine Deal: A Major Milestone

    Prime Minister Modi and President Biden recommitted to expeditiously work towards supporting the fulfilment of the GE-HAL jet engine deal, at the meeting ahead of the New Delhi G20 Summit.

    September 11, 2023

  • Arvind Khare
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    The China–Africa Peace and Security Forum: Practical Outcomes or Same Old Rhetoric?

    China’s security engagement in Africa has grown to encompass aspects relating to police and law enforcement cooperation, conflict mediation, and professional military education.

    September 06, 2023

  • Abhishek Mishra
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