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Issue. 29
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The Economics of Peace: A Nepalese Perspective
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Hari Bansh Jha
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| 29 December 2011 |
| Understanding the importance of peace has been accorded high priority in many religions, such as Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. In recent years, many economists have realized the monetary value of peace. Peace is a pre-requisite for the development of infrastructural facilities like education, health, roads, irrigation, power and communications. |
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Issue. 28
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The Search for a Model Land Legislation: The New Land Bill and its Challenges
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Niranjan Sahoo
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| 29 December 2011 |
| While the draft Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 makes a genuine push for a better land acquisition regime in the country, the proposed legislation fails on many fronts to address some of the vexed issues related to land acquisition. This Paper looks at the key challenges to this legislation. |
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Issue. 27
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Issue. 26
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Debate on Space Code of Conduct: An Indian Perspective
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Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
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| 28 October 2011 |
| As the debate for a Space Code of Conduct gains momentum, there is a need to frame a code that is acceptable to all space-faring nations. This Paper assesses the concerns of Asian countries, especially India, on the code proposed by the European Union. |
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Indo-US Agricultural Cooperation From "Green" to "Evergreen" Revolution?
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Uma Purushothaman
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| 12 October 2011 |
| India and the US are poised to expand agricultural cooperation with the hope of bringing about a "Second Green Revolution" in India. Cooperation in this area would, however, need to take into account the interests of Indian farmers as well as issues related to bio-diversity and the environment. |
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Issue. 24
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Oil Supply Routes in the Asia Pacific: China's Strategic Calculations
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Vivan Sharan & Nicole Thiher
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| 17 September 2011 |
| This Paper examines the existing critiques of China's oil supply diversification strategies in the Asia Pacific. It deconstructs the growing energy relationship between China and the Middle East that has made the security of the Hormuz Strait and the Malacca Strait vital to China's energy security. It also analyses specific geographic and strategic chokepoints in China's oil supply route and concludes that supply diversification motivations are driven by the nation's political economy and military strategy. |
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Issue. 22
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Japan and ASEAN: Changing Security Dynamics
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Prof K.V. Kesavan
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| 06 September 2011 |
| Southeast Asia has been one of the key components of Japan's foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. It is one region where Japan's diplomacy has accomplished considerable success in coming to terms with the challenges posed by the legacies of the Second World War. Successive Japanese governments since 1952 have always maintained that the stability and security of ASEAN countries are closely tied to Japan's security and prosperity. |
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Issue. 23
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India-US Defence Relations: In Search of a Direction
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Deba R Mohanty & Uma Purushothaman
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| 06 September 2011 |
| The strong reactions to the non-inclusion of American firms in a major Indian military procurement tender, in the backdrop of proposed aggressive weapons sales by the Americans, paint a contrasting picture that could influence India-US defence relations in the near future. This Paper looks at the entire gambit of Indo-US Defence relations and, based on past experiences and ongoing deliberations, the challenges ahead. |
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Issue. 21
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Nationalism in Pakistan: Dimensions of Failure
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Ashok Kumar Singh
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| 15 June 2011 |
| Pakistan has for long been grappling with several fundamental problems without any visible signs of overcoming them. Its economic, social and political indicators are amongst the lowest in the world. In its conflicts with India, which it perceives as its sworn enemy, all its tactics have proven to be of insignificant success, as has its intrusive attempts to control Kabul so as to gain strategic depth in Afghanistan. The successive governments' much vaunted Islamisation agenda seems to have back-fired. All nations
have their ups and downs, but Pakistan seems to have entered into a neverending
downward spiral. As things stand, it would be difficult to deny that today, Pakistan is a fragmented nation at war with itself, with little or no hope of rising out of the quagmire, at least in the foreseeable future. |
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