Courtesy: India America Today
India America Today published Gateway House, Senior Gandhi Fellow, Rajni Bakshi's Article. She discusses that ramifications of the Village councils in the Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha vote against mining in their area which decided the fate of billions of dollars in investment.
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While the rejection by Odisha’s Gram Sabhas of mining projects in the state indicates the triumph of direct democracy, concerns that international investors will shun India due to the fear of unfavourable conditions are rife. How can we work towards both greater democracy and mining projects necessary for growth?
Courtesy: International Business Times
Manjeet Kripalani, Executive Director, Gateway House, was quoted in a International Business Times' article Karachi, Pakistan: Troubled, Violent Metropolis Was Once Called ‘Paris Of The East’.
Courtesy: Asia Briefing
China ranks fourth globally for retail development, while India’s retail development ranking fell nine spots from the 2012 GRDI to 14th overall after experiencing backlash from the global economic slowdown. A comparison of India and China’s retail sectors reveals some lessons for retailers in both markets.
Courtesy: India Briefing
The U.S. economy is recovering, and the dollar strengthening, the lack of which has been behind much of the Global Financial Crisis over the past four years, and one that is largely responsible for the slowdown in China’s manufacturing. This is not a crisis, it’s a rebalancing, and the same is true for India.
Pankaj Saran, India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, talks to Gateway House about the current relationship between the two countries and the prominent issues that need to be addressed for a durable partnership.
Courtesy: Foreign Affairs
In Indian politics, caste and religion still matter, but in many states, economic competence now matters more. Things look bad in New Delhi, but the capital is not the whole of India.
Fair Observer published Gateway House's Michael Kahn's article on Zimbabwe: The Road to Stability? He argues that President Mugabe's re-election means ZANU has now re-established its hegemony in Zimbabwe, allowing the government to advance its economic agenda in concert with parties that abide by its rules.
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This daily column includes Gateway House’s Badi Soch – big thought – of the day’s foreign policy events. This Badi Soch deliberates on the timing of the CIA’s admission of involvement in overthrowing Iran’s Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh in 1953 and the implications of this disclosure
Gateway House's Sima Sirohi's article was published in Italian by Geo-Politica, the official Journal of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Geopolitics and Auxiliary Sciences, Rome.
