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A decade after the term ‘degrowth’ was first deployed by a small group of European academics, it draws unconventional thinkers, not mainstream policy makers. The recent Degrowth Conference in Budapest made perpetual growth, not degrowth, seem utopian.
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In the last few years, India has stepped up its engagement with the countries of the Indian Ocean. At the first Indian Ocean Conference held last week, a consensus emerged that New Delhi needed to redouble their efforts to foster political, security, economic, and cultural cooperation in the region.
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Our special mini-series on the U.S. Elections and its foreign policy implications continues as Ambassador Neelam Deo discusses the debate over terrorism, in which Trump's inconsistent policy proposals make predictions difficult, while alliances in South and East Asia are shifting with new military drills announced, as others take place this week.
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An article by Seema Sirohi, a regular contributor to Gateway House, on India's maritime foreign policy was republished by Scroll.
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Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism Studies, Gateway House, was interviewed by SBS Australia Hindi Radio about the continuing legacy of 9/11 fifteen years on.
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Gateway House, in partnership with Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) – one of Italy’s leading think tanks on international affairs, is participating in the European Union- India Think Tanks Twinning Initiative for the year 2016.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent trip to Vietnam had both heads of state announcing an upgrade of their ‘Strategic Partnership’ into a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’. This added term captures the importance both sides have vested in the need to deepen the relationship and the prospect for future cooperation.
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Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Programme, Gateway House, wrote an article for The Hindu on Myanmar Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi's upcoming itinerary
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Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict and Terrorism Studies, Gateway House, was interviewed by Azerbaijan news agency Azeri Today on counter-terrorism.
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The unanticipated success of "radical" candidates in Hong Kong's Legislative Council election, including student activists central to the "umbrella revolution" of two years ago, has shaken the territory's pro-Chinese establishment and seized ground from more moderate pro-democracy voices. More fractious politics look set to continue in the immediate future.