Why ASEAN has not yet integrated with South Asia?
If there was a list of most pertinent as well as most persistent questions in the study of South Asian Region as part of International Relations, this is certainly one of them. The history...
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Nepal determined on new official map: UN won’t officially endorse it
India and Nepal have always shared a long and committed bilateral relation. However, the border tension and the territorial claims made by Nepal has drained the relation between the two. The ‘defined’ borders between...
Development vs Expansionism: India, China and the Asian century
During the 19th and 20th centuries, countries tend to expand their territory, to increase natural resources and comprehensive national power. In the 21st century due to the globalization and advancement in science-technology, cyber, space,...
Pakistan Occupied Kashmir- A Neglected Aspect of the Sub-Continent
The first Indo-Pak war of 1947-48 saw the forcible occupation of a part of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan which they ironically named it as ‘Azad Kashmir’. On the contrary, India terms this occupation...
Universalization of Membership of International Solar alliance
A recent amendment made in the International Solar Alliance agreement has now allowed all members of the United Nations to join the Alliance. It was passed on the 15th of July which lets all...
‘Universal Currency’ – Is the idea actually a viable one?
In the era of economically and financially integrated economies, have you ever conjectured why the world does not embrace a uniform currency? Moreover, watching the impractical exchange rates banks impose on a monetary exchange...
Another milestone in India Mauritius partnership
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth together inaugurated the New Supreme Court building in Mauritius on Thursday. The inauguration took place on a video conference with the presence...
‘Dragon-Elephant Tango’ the correct choice: Chinese Ambassador on China-India relations
The escalation in Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has brought India-China relation under scrutiny. The bilateral relation between the two countries have always been a subject of contention and also...
Two Flaws in Western anti-COVID Strategies
As an observer from a developing country, and a former finance minister of Cambodia, I note with surprise two flaws in the strategies being planned or implemented by Western countries to counter the COVID-19...
Interview of Christiane Waked on the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Recently Turkey converted Hagia Sophia museum into a mosque. With this action, Turkey has added another chapter to the history of Hagia Sophia which was at different points of time a church, a mosque,...
