Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House, outlines why this is a historic opportunity for a united Kurdistan, whether the ISIS violence will spread to other countries in the region, and provides an outlook into India's and the international interests in the region.
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The election of Salvador Sanchez Ceren, a leftist ex-guerilla fighter, as president of El Salvador, is a reflection of the maturity and inclusiveness of the Latin American democracies. With his compassionate and pro-poor policies, Ceren has the vision and compassion needed to reduce poverty and break the vicious cycle of crime and violence which has paralysed El Salvador
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The growing ISIS-driven violence in Iraq highlights India’s vulnerability to the turmoil in West Asia: we heavily depend on the region for our energy. To insulate the country’s energy security from the upheavals, India must urgently diversify its sources and types of fuel, and develop its own energy ecosystem
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Relations between India and Bangladesh have been limping along a road paved with good intentions, but little action. Will the new government in Delhi make things better or worse for its smaller and weaker neighbour? There are concerns, but there is also optimism, that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be the man to do business with
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The rise of the militant ISIS will alter the stability and future of all West Asian countries, and can impact India in multiple ways. India must re-evaluate its West Asia policy, and address the safety of its nationals in Iraq, the security of its oil supplies, and the fallout on South Asia of this resurgence of strife
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The deliberations during a India-Pakistan young scholars’ workshop in the historic city of Istanbul held out a renewed hope for the bilateral relationship and a genuine desire for peace. The magnificent city of Istanbul offered an excellent backdrop to the serious, often heated discussions.
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Recent geopolitical shifts has given birth to the very real possibility of a fractured Iraq. The on-going civil war in Syria and an unstable Iraq has renewed the call for a Kurdish nationhood. Although presented with a historic opportunity, rebel factions and authoritarian governments still present a hurdle to the quest for an autonomous Kurdish region
Gateway House speaks to Stewart Beck, Canadian High Commissioner to India, on the viability of Canadian LNG exports to India and the impact of Shale gas on Canada and global energy markets.
Gateway House hosted John Garnaut, the Asia Pacific editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, on July 4. Gateway House hosted John Garnaut, the Asia Pacific editor for the Sydney Morning Herald, on July 4. He has previously served as China correspondent for the same publication from July 2007 to June 2013. Garnaut has written a book ,‘The Rise and Fall of the House of Bo’, and is currently in Melbourne where he is working on a sequel about the rise of China's princeling rulers. He discusses whether President Xi Jinping will make the tough decisions required to reform the economy, what the Bo Xilai saga revealed about the Communist party and argues why China's frailing relations with its neighbours present a strategic opportunity for India.
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Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow at Gateway House, comments on the terror attack on a civilian plane at the Peshawar International Airport in Pakistan.