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10 October 2014

Has Asean opened the floodgates to Indians?

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Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geo-economics fellow, Gateway House, was quoted in the Business Standard on how the services sector is India's economic strength - it accounts for about 60 per cent of the country's GDP

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10 October 2014

Gefechte zwischen Indien und Pakistan

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Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow at Gateway House, was quoted in a Luxembourgish daily, on the ongoing ceasefire violations in Kashmir along the India-Pakistan Line of Control

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10 October 2014

Hong Kong’s identity crisis

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China’s rise as an economic power has meant that Hong Kong has lost its edge as the East’s international centre for business. This decline combined with Beijing’s efforts to cement control over the city has led to protests that have an underlying theme of Hong Kong wanting to chart its own path under the “one country two-systems” policy

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10 October 2014

Brazil elections: turning left or right?

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Since none of the candidates won the required 50% majority in the Brazilian presidential elections held October 5, there will be a second round on October 26 between the centre-left President Dilma Rouseff and centre-right Aecio Neves. As of now, polls predict a Rouseff win - but like India, the Brazilian electorate is known for throwing up surprises

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10 October 2014

NATO Diaries

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A rare opportunity to visit the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels provides a good opportunity to assess the organisation’s functioning. Interactions with its officials brought out the challenges the alliance faces, and its constant efforts to remain relevant in Europe’s security landscape

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10 October 2014

The UN and sustainability

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The UN and the global finance industry are making gradual but concerted efforts to align business interests and ecological sustainability. A growing number of companies are combining profit-making with social responsibility. There is still a long way to go, but the UN system has created useful mechanisms of change

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8 October 2014

Chumar incursion: a message to Xi?

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The reason behind a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) contingent intruding into eastern Ladakh around the time of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India, still needs to be decoded. It is not unlikely that domestic rivals, including possible ‘rogue’ elements within the PLA, could have decided to embarrass Xi — angry with his historic crackdown on corruption among Chinese officials

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6 October 2014

India-U.S: indifference to interest

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington has led to a patching up of differences between the two countries. Building on this understanding will allow the bilateral to operate as a partnership of equals, and move from the current indifference and irritability, to a true convergence of interests