Asia The indistinct cartelisation of regional politics in India November 1, 2019 0 Image Credit: Public.Resource.Org/ Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0 Written by Chirayu Thakkar After thirty years of coalition governments in India, an unexpected landslide win by…
Asia Line of Control: If the red line is crossed October 16, 2019 0 Image credit: Umar Jamshaid 03457611024 by Creative Commons, Licence: Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Written by Moonis Ahmar. The India-Pakistan Simla Agreement in 1949 transformed the ceasefire line…
Asia The Kashmir dispute and complex interdependence September 20, 2019 2 Image Credit: Kashmir Global/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Anam Fatima. The contemporary globalised world order reflects the mode of complex interdependence. The theory of complex interdependence…
Asia Union Territory status for Ladakh: Understanding the politics September 19, 2019 0 Image Credit: Ladakh Valley by curiouslog /Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Zainab Akhter. Ladakh used to be an independent kingdom1 long before it was invaded and…
Asia Patronage, performance and projection in the Indian elections: The puzzle of the BJP’s rise – is it sustainable? Part II September 17, 2019 0 Image Credit: International Day of Yoga by Narendra Modi Official/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chanchal Kumar Sharma and Wilfried Swenden. This is Part II of a…
Asia Patronage, performance and projection in the Indian elections: What accounts for the denationalisation of party competition in the 1990s? Part I September 16, 2019 0 Image Credit: Narendra Modi Official/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Chanchal Kumar Sharma and Wilfried Swenden. The magnitude of the win by the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Democracy Indian Elections 2019: Modi’s first 100 days September 10, 2019 0 Image Credit: Prime Minister of India lays a Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery by Arlington National Cemetery/Flickr; Licence:…
Asia Resurgent India removes the curse of Kashmir August 21, 2019 14 Image Credit: Boats on Dal Lake: Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India by Adam Jones/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Written by Brajesh Kumar. Articles 370 and 35A of…
Asia India’s dangerous gamble on Kashmir August 19, 2019 0 Image credit: The shimmering waters of Dal lake by Kandukuru Nagarjun/Flickr, license: CC BY-SA 2.0 Written by Dr Moonis Ahmar. Kashmir used to be considered by many as India’s…
Asia A delicate balancing act in South Asia July 22, 2019 0 Written by Muhammad Nawaz Khan. Image Credit: Global Panorama/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Relations between Pakistan and Russia have a troubled history of divergence that intensified during the…