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20 September 2014

Xi, Modi synergy may boost ties

A lot was achieved in the economic arena during Chinese President Xi’s visit with China promising to invest $20 billion in India over the next five years. There is a possibility that the visit could be a game changer in the bilateral, but going by precedence India must pursue a policy of cautious optimism

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19 September 2014

The long road to Nalanda

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to inaugurate the new avatar of the ancient Nalanda University on September 19. The opening is a significant event as the international university is India's attempt at projecting its soft power. However, much more needs to be done to make it an international center in the true sense of the word

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18 September 2014

Border standoff casts shadow on Xi Jinping’s visit to India

Business Today quoted Professor M.D. Nalapat, Director, Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, from an interview to Gateway House, where he predicts that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India will bring in a great deal of investment and be a step towards overcoming the negativity in the relationship

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18 September 2014

Border standoff dominates Xi Jinping’s visit to India

Reuters quoted Professor M.D. Nalapat, Director, Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, from an interview to Gateway House, where he predicts that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India will bring in a great deal of investment and be a step towards overcoming the negativity in the relationship

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18 September 2014

Border standoff casts shadow on Chinese president’s visit to India

The Globe and the Mail quoted Professor M.D. Nalapat, Director, Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, from an interview to Gateway House, where he predicts that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India will bring in a great deal of investment and be a step towards overcoming the negativity in the relationship

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16 September 2014

‘India-US partnership can touch $1 tn by 2030′

SME Times carried a report published on the Press Trust of India on a Gateway House report titled The India-U.S. Partnership: $1 Trillion by 2030 that puts forward a roadmap to bridge the gap between business and foreign policy.

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16 September 2014

Modi, Obama and the Islamic State

Obama’s strategy to target the IS in Syria within the framework of a U.S.-led international coalition has met with a tepid response. There are reports that the U.S may offer India a non-NATO ally status during Modi’s upcoming visit in a bid to seek greater support – a gesture that India will do well to disregard.

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15 September 2014

India-U.S. Partnership: $1 Trillion by 2030

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi's landmark visit to the U.S. in September 2014 was followed by U.S. President Barack Obama's historic visit to India this month. Anticipating a renewed partnership between the two countries, Gateway House, presents a research paper titled ‘The India-U.S. Partnership: $1 Trillion by 2030’ that advocates a different path for the India-U.S. bilateral from all others, one that will help deepen economic relationship with the U.S.