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At Least 200 Dead in Easter Day Attacks on Sri Lankan Churches, Hotels0
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- April 21, 2019
Sunday, 21 April 2019 Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and four hotels killed at least 207 people and wounded more than 400, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. Seven people were arrested and three police officers
Under Modi Govt, India Has Turned Into a ‘Designer Democracy’0
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- April 20, 2019
Apart from designing a Hindus-as-friend versus Muslims-as-enemy distinction, there is trickery and deception in BJP’s portrayal of Modi as the only choice to lead India. Irfan AhmadPolitics19/Apr/2019 Everyone curious about the 2019 election process senses it as a radically different, even an unusual, phenomenon. However, they are uncertain what name to give it. Designer democracy
Indian elections: Gandhi has changed, but Modi is ahead0
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- April 20, 2019
Modi has made mistakes on the economic front, but his key rival Rahul Gandhi has been unable to capitalize on them By Saikat Datta 20 April 2019 In one of the youngest countries in the world, jobs should be a major issue in every election. But in 2019, as incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes
South Asian Militant Landscape in the Context of the Pulwama Attack and its Aftermath0
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- April 17, 2019
CTTA: Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (April 2019) Building a Global Network for Security A Journal of the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research We are pleased to release the April issue of the CTTA. Volume 11, Issue 4, April 2019 of the Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) (ISSN 2382-6444) is available
China Has Embedded Global Lending Institutions in Its Belt and Road Initiative0
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- April 17, 2019
2019/04/16, Worldinternational.thenewslens.com Credit: Reuters / TPG Feifei Zeng & Vasabjit Banerjee Feifei Zeng is an Operations Analyst at International Paper. She graduated with Honors from Mississippi State University with a dual degree in Business Administration and Foreign Language. Her research interests include China’s Belt and Road Initiative and U.S.-E.U.-China relations. Dr. Vasabjit Banerjee is an Assistant
BRI as a Regional Enterprise: Headwinds in the Way?0
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- April 17, 2019
By Christopher H Lim & Mok Sze Xin SYNOPSIS Strong political cooperation is the bedrock of BRI’s future success. Three headwinds − political discordance, trade uncertainty and technological disruption − stand in the way. As the proponent of win-win solutions, China should ensure BRI becomes a fulfilling regional enterprise for all parties. COMMENTARY MUCH HAS
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Afghanistan; The Bloody atmosphere continues0
- Commentary, Issue 26 – Fall 2018
- August 9, 2018
by Sidiqullah Sahel * August 2019 Italian Historian, Diplomat, Politician and the writer of Renaissance period Niccolo Machiavelli held that “Human nature is to glorify past cry over present and hope for a better and bright future”. His theory of human nature applies and suits the conditions of many countries in the world. Even
Sri Lanka: ‘Transactional approach’ to India relations persists, still0
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- August 8, 2018
N Sathiya Moorthy 8 August 2018 The off-again-on-again buoyancy in the bilateral relations with the Indian neighbour notwithstanding, Sri Lanka’s approach in this regard has ab initio been stymied by successive governments’ ‘transactional attitude’, which makes for mistrust rather than and confidence-building. While Sri Lanka and Sri Lankans can go back in contemporary history to argue how
Pakistan-Iran relations: India factor0
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- August 8, 2018
www.pakistantoday.com.pk by Venita Christopher 8 August 2018 Pakistan and Iran’s relationship has been evolving. The relationship between the two states deteriorated after the Iranian revolution, the ties improved when the two countries signed the Free Trade Agreement in 1999. Today, both states have come together to bring stability in Afghanistan and to overcome
India’s Probable Move toward Space Weaponization0
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- August 8, 2018
Credit: India Defence update By: Ahyousha Khan 8 August 2018 The term Space Weaponization tends to raise the alarm as it implies deployment of weapons in the outer space or on heavenly bodies like Sun and Moon or sending weaponry from earth to the outer space to destroy satellite capabilities of other states.
Bangladesh: “You cant tame a nation through fear”- Shahidul Alam0
- Commentary, Issue 26 – Fall 2018
- August 8, 2018
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 A few hours before the celebrated photographer Shahidul Alam was forcibly picked up from his Dhaka home by 25 plain clothes dressed Detective Branch officers, he gave a live skype interview to Al Jazeera about the ongoing student protests over road safety. A case has been filed against him under section 57 of
Multiple diplomatic spats raise questions about Saudi concept of sovereignty0
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- August 8, 2018
By James M. Dorsey 8 August 2018 The failure of Western allies to rally around Canada in its dispute with Saudi Arabia risks luring the kingdom into a false belief that economic sanctions will shield it from, if not reverse mounting criticism of its human rights record and conduct of the
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Indian-American Hindutva believers are ecstatic about India’s court decision on Babri Masjid
By Bhargavi Kulkarni and Suman Guha Mozumder Nov 12, 2019 The Nov. 9 verdict of the Supreme Court that granted Hindus permission to build a Ram temple at the centuries-old Ayodhya holy site, ending one of the country’s most politically-charged land disputes, has evoked a mixed reaction from Indian-Americans. The Hindu-American community and those supporting
India’s Narendra Modi has had a free pass from the west for too long
Threats to minority rights and democratic norms are ignored to preserve a comforting illusion Gideon Rachman November 11 2019 The Financial Times The world’s democracies are desperate to believe in India. From Washington to Tokyo, and from Canberra to London, the country is viewed as an indispensable counterbalance to China. The two Asian giants are