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Strengthening ASEAN’s Response: Reassessing the Five Point Consensus on Myanmar
On 24 April 2021 the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting was convened at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, with the view to reach a consensus on the situation in Myanmar apart from other issues such as community building efforts, recovery from the COVID19 pandemic, and other pressing issues of common interest to all ASEAN Member States. On…
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Rebalancing of Power: Setting the Stage for India’s Centrality in the Indo-Pacific Theatre
The emergence of new powerful countries has significantly changed the view about the erstwhile power equations in the world. The new global order neither shows the sign of bipolarity nor indicates the sustainability of the hegemonic powers shortly. The bloc division between the West (the US and countries of the Western Europe) and the East,…
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India’s Role in Afghanistan Post-Taliban Takeover: Assessing Strategic Interests, Challenges and Opportunities
Afghanistan has been a land of graveyards of empires since colonial times. Britishers, Soviets, Americans, Pakistanis, Taliban, and some titbits in the timeline of civilian governments have had their chance of trying to tame the untameable. But the continuous change in the governing bodies, having different geopolitical interests has cut off the country from its…
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How India’s G20 Presidency Projected the Nation as the Voice of the Global South?
This paper portrays how India has emerged as the voice of the global south. It is a comprehensive analysis of India’s journey to becoming the voice of the unheard, how India is a friend in times of need, and how it puts concerns of the ignored nations on the international table of the so-called elite…
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Moulding Minds and National Identity in Building a New Era for One China
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has taken a transformative step with the implementation of the Patriotic Education Law (PEL) on January 1, 2024, which aims to fortify the nation’s identity by promoting core philosophical, traditional culture, and socialist values, fostering social cohesion. PEL, comprising five chapters and 40 articles, aims to bolster patriotic education…
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India’s Maritime Security: Relevance of SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) in Achieving India’s Blue Water Ambitions
Introduced in 2015, India’s SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region) vision, represents a significant shift in India’s maritime strategy and its approach to regional security in the Indian Ocean Region. It marks a landmark change in India’s foreign policy as India moves away from its earlier reticent approach on the front of…
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The Need to Look Beyond the Nuclear Binary: Optimists vs Pessimists
The article will delve into the in-depth analysis of theoretical predictions made by Kenneth Waltz and Scott D. Sagan in their debate about the nuclear stockpiling between nations and its safety implications.