by Purusottam Bhattacharya
The following is an edited, revised and updated version of a paper presented at a national seminar on “Regionalism in International Relations: Contours and Trends” organised by the Department of International Relations, (...)
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Challenges in Europe: A Critical Overview
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Japan: Challenges before Abe
23 December 2018by Rajaram Panda
Following his successful re-election as the President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on September 20, 2018, a historic third term, thereby securing continuance as the Prime Minister of Japan for three more years, the (...) -
Religious Fundamentalism-Nationalism in South Asia
23 December 2018by Ram Puniyani
Politics in the name of religion has been playing a major role in the post-colonial states, particularly those of South Asia. Pakistan became an Islamic Republic in 1956, and this term resurfaced time and over again. Subsequently (...) -
Through the Prism of a True Communist
23 December 2018, by Gargi ChakravarttyBOOK REVIEW
Fragments of Time: Memoirs of a Romantic Revolutionary by Subrata Banerjee; published by the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID), Chandigarh; 2017; pages i-xx and 494; Price: Rs 875, US $ 35.
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Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: An Analysis
23 December 2018by V. Bijukumar
The astounding victory of the Mizo National Front (MNF) and humbling defeat of the Congress in the recent Mizoram Assembly elections have signified the return of ethno-regional politics not only in the State but also in the (...) -
Russian deployment to Venezuela served the purpose
23 December 2018, by M K BhadrakumarThe brief deployment of two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 ‘Blackjack’ strategic bombers to Venezuela last week became a sensational event. Indeed, it is a display of the growing Russian military prowess that has been restored under President Vladimir (...) -
Assam Tangle: NRC, Immigrants and “D” Citizens brewing Crisis to Warrant Attention
23 December 2018by A.K. Biswas
In a massive exercise by the Registrar General of India (RGI), monitored by the Supreme Court of India, 28,983,677 out of 32,991,384 applicants were found eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Citizens (NRC). He (...) -
The RBI: Clash of Two Paradigms of Governance
23 December 2018, by Arup Kumar SenThe abrupt resignation of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Urjit Patel, and the appointment of Shaktikanta Das, who served as Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, upto May 2017, has brought into the (...) -
The India - China - Tibet Triangle
23 December 2018by Madhuri Santanam Sondhi
Historical and Strategic Background
About the significance of Tibet in India-China Territorial Disputes, perhaps I can start by reminding ourselves of a few familiar facts—
1. In contemporary times, and I stress this (...) -
Naxals and Other Pestilences
23 December 2018, by T J S GeorgeIMPRESSIONS
What exactly is a Maoist? Or a Naxalite? Or an Activist? Or an Anti-national? Or an Urban Naxal? (Is there a Village Naxal?) Obviously there is something bad about them, though we don’t know what. In the old days of binary values, if (...)