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COMING TO TERMS WITH NEW GEOPOLITICAL REALITIES IN WEST ASIA
The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh points to a continuing regional realignment against Tehran marked by the normalisation of ties between some key Arab states and Israel. This geopolit-ical turbulence in the Middle East has major consequences for the subcontinent, which has intimate reli-gious, economic, and strategic ties with the region.
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‘LOVE JIHAD’: FOUNDATION OF HINDU ‘RASHTRA’ (NATION)
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved an ordinance that makes religious conversion a non-bailable offence inviting prison terms.
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CORPORATES IN BANKING: CONTROVERSIAL SUGGESTION BY RBI PANEL
RBI’s Internal Working Group (IWG)’s to allow Indian corporate houses into banking, instead of being hailed as a ‘big bang’ reform, has invited scathing criticism from former RBI Governors, banking experts and others.
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STATE OF NATIONAL POLITICS AFTER BIHAR ELECTIONS
The BJP led NDA alliance narrowly won the Bihar elections beating the ‘grand alliance’. The implications of a state elections are normally not nationally significant. Not this one.
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INDIA’S EXIT FROM RCEP: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG
15 Asia-Pacific countries — with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of over $26 trillion and com-prising nearly one-third of the world's population — signed the the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), on November 15.
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BIHAR ELECTION OUTCOME: REAL ISSUES DID NOT MATTER; CASTE PREVAILED
The ruling NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in the state of Bihar won the crucial Assembly elections that has implications beyond the Bihar. BJP emerged as the NDA’s senior partner with the largest number of seats.
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INDIA - US: BIDEN MORE DEPENDABLE BUT NO FREE PASS FOR MODI
This is yet another of our series of studies on the Biden factor. Generally, Indian commentators opine In-dia will remain a potential strategic partner for the US, but that there will be no more free passes on hu-man rights, in particular the targeting of Muslims and Kashmir.
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BIHAR: AN ELECTION OF CRUCIAL SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
The implications of the outcome of the elections are not just political but also social. The study examines the phenomenon in which lower castes have political power, not economic progress; implications for the long-term Dalit politics; and whether class politics are transcending caste politics as some experts assume.
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INDIA - PAKISTAN: ‘PROVINCIAL STATUS' FOR GILGIT BALTISTAN - SERIOUS IMPLICA-TIONS
Despite protests in his country and strong opposition from India, Pakistan on 1 November, officially con-verted the disputed territory of Gilgit Baltistan (GB) into a full-fledged province.
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INDIA - CHINA: MANAGING A MUCH MORE COMPLEX GEOPOLITICAL LANDSCAPE
Even as tensions along the LAC remain, Xi Jinping is profoundly adjusting the balance of international power.
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INDIA - US: SECURITY PARTNERSHIP TO ONLY STRENGTHEN
The study examines if the security partnership of the Trump era will sustain, in particular the 2+2 Dia-logue and signing of BECA; with Australia now part of the Malabar exercise, India would need to take full advantage of the possibilities to construct a wide range of new international coalitions; the new global or-der; an expert assessment that ‘Never before have India-US relations been as go
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INDIA - US: WHAT DOES A BIDEN VICTORY MEAN FOR INDIA
The US election outcome has left a deeply divided nation. The study assesses the implications for India - that despite a Biden win, Trumpism has come to stay and that some of the changes wrought by Trump will remain; that Biden-Harris won’t give Modi the free pass that Trump did; whether Biden will be good for India or Pakistan; a BJP view on Biden etc
