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4 July 2012

Revitalising India’s ailing arms industry

Various unfavourable factors, attributed to both the government and the military, have resulted in dubbing India as the world’s largest arms importer. These factors – corruption, political interference and bureaucratic lethargy – have contributed to an absence of clarity on the use of arms in diplomacy.

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2 July 2012

Revitalising India’s ailing arms industry

South Asia Monitor published Xerxes Adrianwalla's article on India's expensive arms imports. He writes that India needs to shake off political interference and bureaucratic lethargy, and awaken its somnolent arms manufacturing sector to break away from expensive imports.

BRICS: An alternate financial framework Courtesy: PMO
27 June 2012

BRICS: An alternate financial framework

The Western-dominated financial system that is strangling Iran with sanctions today can do the same to BRICS oil exporters tomorrow, should their geopolitics be deemed inconvenient. Hence, there is urgency for the BRICS nations to create a new financial architecture for mutual economic benefit.

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26 June 2012

Paraguay: Back to Latin America’s bad old days?

Merco Press republished Ambassador R. Vishwanathan's article on the impeachment of the Paraguayan President, Fernando Lugo. He argues that although the incident is a setback to the young democracy of the country, it shouldn’t be viewed as a repeat of Latin America’s history of coup d’états.

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18 June 2012

The new emerging donors at Rio

Live Mint, a business daily, republished Gateway House researcher, Estefanía Marchán's article on the Rio+20 Conference. She writes about emerging economies aggressively joining the ranks of international donors in financial aid and why the BRICS nations need more flexible platforms for international engagement.

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17 June 2012

India-US: More Equal Partners

Fair Observer republished Gateway House's Ambassador Neelam Deo's article on the third Indo-U.S. strategic dialogue. She notes that the global shift of economic weight to Asia, U.S. military exhaustion, indebtedness to China and other factors call for a greater convergence in Indo-U.S. interests than ever before.

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14 June 2012

Rio+20: Accommodating New Global Donors

Americas Quarterly republished Gateway House researcher Estefanía Marchán's article on the Rio+20 Conference. She writes about emerging economies aggressively joining the ranks of international donors in financial aid and why the BRICS nations need more flexible platforms for international engagement.

Rio + 20: Accommodating new global donors Courtesy: PMO
13 June 2012

Rio + 20: Accommodating new global donors

In an age fraught with economic malaise and fragmented political interests, can there truly be a unified vision of a future we want? What should we infer from the current phenomenon of emerging economies aggressively joining the ranks of international donors in financial aid?

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13 June 2012

Rethinking Western Intervention and Human Rights

World Policy Blog republished Gateway House researcher Azadeh Pourzand's article on human rights. She argues that instead of stigmatizing non-Western democracies which do not necessarily support intervention, the West should initiate an inclusive dialogue with these countries.