The Pakistan Conundrum
India and Pakistan came into being in August of 1947. Ever since the two nations have been in confrontation mode, exchanging skirmishes at the Line of Control (LOC). Pakistan has fought four bloody battles...
Author: The Kootneeti Team
Contributing to a Safer, Healthier and Prosperous World: OIC and its Rapid Reaction Capacitation
OIC and its Rapid Reaction Capacitation in times of new asymmetric challenges All throughout its history, our world witnessed either abrupt, radical changes or gradual shifts and adjustments of the World Oder. Such recalibrations usually followed...
Civilizational Crisis: Broken Femur versus Modern Civilization
Quite a while back, the anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she viewed as the primary indication of human advancement, civilization in a culture. The student anticipated that Mead should discuss...
India-U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement: A Diplomatic Overview
Introduction ‘I am particularly pleased that we have reached an understanding on the implementation of our agreement on civil nuclear cooperation of July 18, 2005’[1], the then Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh,...
The Role of the Belt and Road Initiative in Shaping Chinese Foreign Policy
The Annals of Ancient History talk about the Chinese ‘Silk Road’ (c.200 B.C) as the founding rung in the concept of Trade diplomacy. Today, under Chinese President Xi Jinping, an advanced version of this...
Review: Frederic Grare’s ‘India turns East’ and the changing world order
The book ‘India turns East’ is a comprehensive account of the trajectory of India’s engagement with East and Southeast Asia over a substantial period of time, more specifically after the cold war. It is...
Strengthening India’s economic engagement in Central Asia
The launch of India-Central Asia Business council on February 7, 2020, in New Delhi signals the renewed focus to boost business & economy between India and Central Asian Countries. India and the five Central...
Mother’s Day: A Day to Rethink Gender Roles in Today’s Society
Every year we celebrate this day to honour our mothers. One might argue and rightly say that we do not need a day to remind ourselves how precious mothers are and that her selfless...
Virus Puts Economy on Life Support: How Economists Tackle the Health Emergency
India recorded its first case of COVID-19 on January 30. Fast-forwarding to the present date (May 9), the number of cases have reached around 60,000 mark and the doubling rate of the virus is...
Bois Loker Room: Where we are heading as a society?
A few days back screenshots from a chat group of Instagram named ‘Bois locker room’ was leaked by a girl on Twitter that has taken India by storm. This chat group involves the boys...
