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Should India fear China's Navy? |
If one really wishes to get a better appreciation of how the Indian Navy plans for an upsurge in naval rivalry with Beijing, the best thing to do is to carefully parse the refreshingly sanguine words of India's naval chiefs on the matter.
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How India sees the U.S. presidential race |
Though US-India relations have dipped from the high point they reached during the George Bush administration, they are still "in reasonably good shape," says Dr. C. Raja Mohan in an interview to CFR.org Consulting Editor Bernard Gwertzman.
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Midnight deal in Nepal |
The ministers in Baburam Bhattarai cabinet resigned en masse just before midnight on May 3 to pave the way for the formation of a new national consensus government.
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The foggy trend in Europe
19 May 2012 |
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Saeed Naqvi
The return of a Socialist in France since Mitterand?s victory in 1981 confirms a trend in Europe which, instead of lifting the mist, is adding to the fog. The other day in the UK, Labour had trounced the Conservatives in local bodies election across the country.
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Pak accountability bill: More harm than good
19 May 2012 |
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Pankhuri Mehndiratta
The Pakistan Accountability Act, moved in the US Congress this week, lacks the necessary coercive elements required to persuade Pakistan or to alter its strategic calculus in the context of Afghanistan. It very well realises its importance to the US for successful completion of the counter-insurgency campaign and sustaining troops.
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Putin 3.0: Creating hedges for the next decade?
18 May 2012 |
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Samir Saran and Vivan Sharan
The Russian experience with the hard bargaining Chinese must not colour their prospective engagements with other emerging and developing countries. In the next few decades, global growth will be a function of how such economies in Asia and Africa perform, and in turn, so will Russia's economic fortunes.
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Politics threatening EU experiment?
18 May 2012 |
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M K Venu
The current spell of currency volatility across several emerging market economies is clearly on account of the manner in which politics is unfolding in the euro area. Politics in Germany and France is showing all signs that could undo the European Union experiment.
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India's oil hunt in South China Sea to continue
16 May 2012 |
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C. Raja Mohan
While India is preparing to give up one of the blocks it has been drilling in, it has no intention of abandoning its search for oil and natural gas in the South China Sea.
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After trade, can we use water to build peace with Pakistan?
16 May 2012 |
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Tridivesh Singh Maini
In the domain of water cooperation between India and Pakistan, maybe it is important to look at actors beyond the Ministry of Water Resources. Greater cooperation between the farming communities could be one more logical step towards building a substantial peace constituency in Pakistan.
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Clashes on Libya-Algeria border
18 May 2012 |
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Vol II, Issue 20
Seven people were killed in clashes between armed men and residents of a Libyan town on the border with Algeria. "There were clashes in the city of Ghadames," Nasser al-Manaa, Libya's government spokesman said.
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India can do much more in Afghanistan
17 May 2012 |
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The international community's increased enthusiasm about leaving Afghanistan could have an adverse impact on the human rights situation in the country, according to human rights researcher Ms Heather Barr.
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Big scope for EU countries to set up new tech power plants
15 May 2012 |
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During a roundtable with a delegation of EU Members of Parliament, the ORF Director pointed out the great chance the international community has today in setting up electricity generating plants in India with green technology.
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Second Asian Forum on Global Governance in October
15 May 2012 |
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After its successful maiden meeting last year, the Asian Forum on Global Governance will be organised again in New Delhi from October 14 - 24 this year. The nomination and application process is going on since March 15. The last date for submission of applications is June 1.
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Recent political unrest and role of microblogs
14 May 2012 |
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Vol II, Issue 20
The Bo Xilai episode once again tested the Chinese government's ability to control or restrict the freedom of speech on microblogs. Heavy crackdown on the internet was initiated when discussion about the issue started on Chinese microblogs.
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| Pakistan Urdu Media Watch |
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Nawaz Sharif pulls out of protests under US pressure
5 May 2012 |
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Shahid Raheem
Vol III, Issue 22
Pakistan Muslim League (N) has postponed its scheduled grand protest rally on May 9, 2012 at Neela Gumbad in Lahore. PML-(N) spokesperson Khwaja Imran Nazir, while addressing media persons, said that the scheduled rallies in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Krishna, Yang discuss South China Sea issue
May 2012 |
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Vol I, Issue 5
The recent spat over the South China Sea came up for discussion at a meeting between the Indian and Chinese Foreign Ministers on 11 April in Moscow. Meeting for an hour on the sidelines of the Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral conference, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi.
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PLA General calls for "decisive actions" against Philippines
May 1, 2012 |
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Vol I, Issue 5
A Chinese Army General has stated that China should launch "decisive action" against the Philippines to reinforce Beijing's claim on the disputed Scarborough Shoal. PLA's Major General Luo Yuan said that China has not abandoned the idea of "war at all costs" to protect its interests.
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| ORF Seminar Series |
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India-US Defence Trade Relations: Trends and Challenges
May 2012 |
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Compiled and edited by Uma Purushothaman
Indo-US relations have seen a qualitative change since the end of the Cold War because of greater strategic convergence between the two countries. Bilateral cooperation has expanded to areas as wide ranging as defence, education, health and agriculture.
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Campaign Finance Reforms in India: Issues and Challenges
May 2012 |
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Compiled and edited by Samya Chatterjee & Niranjan Sahoo
The Observer Research Foundation organised a roundtable on "Campaign Finance Reforms in India: Issues and Challenges" on February 1, 2012. The panelists included Mr. Manish Tewari (MP, Indian National Congress), Mr. Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MP, Bharatiya Janata Party), Professor E. Sridharan (Academic Director, Centre for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania.)
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Annual Report 2011
November 2011 |
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ORF is an endeavour to aid and influence formulation of policies for building a strong and prosperous India. The expectations of the global community from India are immense as the country is poised to play a leading role in the knowledge age. The Foundation believes that in the next 25 years India will be one of the world’s great economic powers and contribute to a significant transformation in the quality of life of humanity. |
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| Energy/Water |
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| Will a trillion dollars meet a billion aspirations? |
| 14 May 2012 |
| Lydia Powell |
| Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) do not come out of vacuum. They need to be created and this involves a significant transaction cost. Often these transaction costs make PPP projects far more expensive than public projects. |
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| Absorbing latest technologies and repowering wind energy |
| 14 May 2012 |
| Sonali Mittra |
| The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been at the forefront of providing the support for accelerated development of wind energy through proactive and regulatory interventions so far, but there is definitely a need to revise the policies and introduce new innovative measures for optimal potential utilization of wind energy resource. |
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Wake up to the real world, EU!
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| 11 May 2012 |
| Samir Saran and John C. Hulsman |
| It is time for the European Union to wake up to the world they actually live in and now move towards the more workable paradigm of "Shared Interests and Shared Prosperity", |
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Tehran renews ties Taliban?
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| 11 May 2012 |
| C Raja Mohan |
| After US President Barack Obama's visit to Kabul earlier this month and the signing of the Srategic Partnership Agreement, the Afghan landscape looks a lot different. |
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| To Delhi, via State capitals |
| 08 May 2012 |
| C. Raja Mohan |
| With the Delhi Durbar at its dysfunctional worst, power is flowing away from Delhi to State capitals, where some strong men and women are ruling. |
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