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Chinese Investments in Nepal in the Context of BRI
October 11 , 2019 Prof Hari Bansh Jha
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All countries, big or small, promote investment as it plays a crucial role in capital formation and in increasing production, generating employment opportunities and boosting exports. Foreign investment is required when the domestic investment proves inadequate in meeting the requirements. In Nepal, a number of policies have been formulated to attract foreign investment.

Nepal, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : BRI in Nepal , Nepal’s China policy , Nepal’s economic concerns

Indic Statecraft and Indo-Pacific
October 11 , 2019 Dr Vijay Sakhuja
Article Views: 63394
India’s cartographic delimitation of Indo-Pacific broadly encompasses sea space from the western Pacific Ocean through Southeast Asia to the western Indian Ocean along the east coast of Africa. In this ...

Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : India foreign policy , Indian concept of Mandala , Indo-Pacific , Mandala principles on foreign policy

पाकिस्तान: आतंकवादी हिंसा की पुनरावृत्ति
October 11 , 2019 Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF
Article Views: 2436
आतंकवादी और अलगाववादी धीरे-धीरे एक बार फिर पाकिस्तान में सिर उठा रहे हैं। जर्ब-ए-अज्ब और रद्द-उल-फसद जैसे अनेक अभियानों के बाद सेना ने दावा किया था कि स्थिति नियंत्रण में आ चुकी है। लेकिन हाल की घटनाएं ...

Pakistan, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Hindi , अफगानिस्तान , अलगाववादी , आतंकवाद की समस्या , आतंकवादी , पाकिस्तान , बलूचिस्तान

Building Indigenous Missile Capability - An Imperative
October 10 , 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Article Views: 5079
When the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was sanctioned way back in 1982-83, Agni Missile was not even a part of the four missile Projects in its development agenda which include...

Technological and Scientific Studies

Tags : Building indigenous missile capability , Inescapability of different types of missiles , Range of air threats

Global Norms for Stable Cyber Space: How Effective without Secure Supply Chain and Attribution to Attackers?
October 9 , 2019 Dr Kamlesh Bajaj
Article Views: 4868
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyber Space (GCSC), set up by The Hague Center for Strategic Studies and East-West Institute (EWI) in March 2017, in the Munich Security Conference will shortly...

National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security

Tags : Need for international technical accord , Rising cyber threats , Securing cyber space

Can the Second Xi-Modi Summit Tackle the Really Difficult Issues
October 4 , 2019 Jayadeva Ranade
Article Views: 2436
In just around a fortnight in mid-October, Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in India for his second ‘informal’ meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ancient coastal ...

China, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : President Xi Jinping’s India visit , Upcoming Indo-China informal summit

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