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Neelam Deo, Director, Gateway House was interviewed by Bloomberg TV for her views on the India-China bilateral in the context of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to India to meet Prime Minister Modi
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Sameer Patil, Associate Fellow, National Security was quoted in an article in the online news site RT.com which looked at how increased trade could have a positive impact on relations between India and Pakistan.
By inviting all SAARC heads of state to his swearing in ceremony and by choosing Bhutan to be the destination of his first foreign trip abroad, Prime mInister Modi has made foreign policy and SAARC central to the new government's agenda.
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Basher Assad has been voted to power in Syria in an election which is widely regarded as lacking legitimacy. This will be Assad’s third term in office and his victory is an indication of the control he continues to wield despite growing western backing of opposition groups
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These elections may have been an inflection point, when big data hit critical mass. From now, it will be used to maximal effect to raise funds, influence people and read the national mood. Not just by political parties, but equally by pollsters and the media.
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Sarvodaya is market economics, with a soul. There are different means towards achieving this end, but the evangelists need to come up common mantra and thwart vested interests from benefiting a few
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As the U.S. prepares to leave Afghanistan and refocus on Europe, geopolitical configurations are set to change. India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi’s pragmatism—evident in his acceptance this week of Obama’s invitation to visit the U.S.—will be an asset in rebuilding bilateral ties in this evolving global order
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GLOBSEC, the Bratislava Global Security forum is central and eastern Europe’s premier security forum. While this year’s edition focused on the crisis in Ukraine, a lack of balanced – or even representative – discourse painted a very bleak picture of Russia and its president
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Edward Snowden’s revelations about the U.S.’s PRISM surveillance raised many issues related to espionage, electronic surveillance and privacy. It brought home the lack of strong privacy laws in India. As the country sets up its own domestic surveillance system, it must also quickly enact statutory privacy legislation
Amit Bhandari, Energy and Environment Fellow at Gateway House, comments on the importance of India’s energy relationship with Bhutan