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Examine the strategic importance of India-Japan bilateral relations.

India-Japan relationship has a long history of strong cultural and civilizational ties. Defence and security cooperation between India and Japan are the strong pillar of the bilateral relationship....

October 6, 2023

While highlighting the efforts of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) towards nuclear non-proliferation, critically discuss why India refused to take part in negotiations on its text.

The very efforts of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) highlighted the fact that a vibrant civil society organization like ICAN might manifest an international treaty to ban...

October 6, 2023

While analyzing the relevence of Thailand for India's Look East Policy, discuss the recent progress in bilateral relations of the two countries.

India and ASEAN relationship have shown great progress in last two decades, in economic as well as strategic spheres. India- ASEAN trade is around $70 billion and ASEAN...

October 4, 2023

In the light of recent issues, critically examine why India needs to change replace its old Bilateral Investment Treaties with a new one and establish a mechanism to address BIT disputes.

Bilateral investment treaty is a treaty between two nations to set certain basic protections for foreign investors. For example, assurance of “fair and equitable treatment”. India signed its...

October 3, 2023

While highlighting the demands of the referendum in Catalonia, critically discuss if Spain's response is justified. Discuss.

Catalonia is one of the  Spain’s 17 autonomous regions and enjoys a relatively large level of autonomy, except over the areas of infrastructure and taxes.  Catalan regional parliament...

October 1, 2023

The UN Budget 2020 Displays A Shift In Dynamics

The United Nations General Assembly on 27th December. 2019, has adopted a $3.07-billion operating budget. This is a slight stretch from last year’s budget of $2.9-billion. The UN...

September 30, 2023

What do you understand by the policy of "strategic restraint"? Do you agree with the view that adoption of such policy has made India a rather soft state? Give arguments.

Conflict resolution is essential for peaceful existence. Two important aspects of conflict resolution are Resolve and Restraint. Resolve refers to the state’s consideration to use force for dispute...

September 28, 2023

Point-Based Visa: The New World Order

Amidst the hullabaloo of Brexit, UK Prime Minister has brought forward the topic of awarding point-based Visas to people wishing to work in the UK, similar to the...

September 26, 2023

What are the issues and concerns related to the historic Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh ?

India and Bangladesh signed an agreement to operationalize the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) in 2015. It was signed between PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi Counterpart Sheikh Hasina...

September 25, 2023

While bringing out its major contours , examine the performance of the so called "Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership" in two years of its existence.

The Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership was adopted during the 7th BRICS Ufa summit. The idea behind the Strategy for BRICS Economic Partnership was to increase the competitiveness...

September 22, 2023

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