IPCS Debate
Various Authors
  • India's Rohingya Policy: Is it Legally Sound?
    Nasreen Habib   ·    29 Sep, 2017   ·    5372
    Violence in the Northern Rakhine state of Myanmar against the Rohingya has escalated in the last two months creating a large-scale refugee crisis in the region. India, which shares a 1643-km-long border with Myanmar, has recently taken a tr ...
  • India's Rohingya Policy: Is it Legally Sound?
    Abhijit Iyer Mitra   ·    29 Sep, 2017   ·    5371
    When Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh labelled Rohingya refugees in India “illegal immigrants” he was patently wrong. The difference between illegal immigrants and refugees is quite simple – choice. An illegal immigrant ...
  • Demonetisation: An Exercise in Instability
    Roshan Iyer   ·    14 Nov, 2016   ·    5179
    On 08 November 2016, the Indian government announced the demonetisation of INR 500 and INR 1000 banknotes with aim to curb the circulation of black money. This is the equivalent of using a wrench to hammer a nail. This move in isolation w ...
  • Demonetisation: Potential Benefits for the Indian Economy
    Prerana Priyadarshi   ·    13 Nov, 2016   ·    5177
    While the world was waiting for the US election results, PM Modi in an unprecedented move on 8 November 2016 demonetised INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes, effective midnight. In the short-term, everyone will be affected and inconvenienced, bu ...
  • Federalism and Foreign Policy: Limits of the Political-Institutional Framework in India
    Zaad Mahmood   ·    01 Feb, 2014   ·    4284
    The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies has initiated a timely academic discussion on the dynamics of foreign policy in response to evolving federalism in India. The first instalment in this exercise is PR Chari’s Limits of Fede ...
  • Federalism and Foreign Policy: Regional Inputs in India's Neighbourhood Strategy
    V Suryanarayan   ·    31 Jan, 2014   ·    4283
    The IPCS should be complemented for initiating a healthy debate on what role federal units should play in the making of India’s foreign policy. This essay is a perspective from Chennai. India borders Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, My ...
  • Federalism and Foreign Policy: Do National Political Parties have ‘Regional Outlooks’?
    Wasbir Hussain   ·    24 Jan, 2014   ·    4272
    Mr PR Chari appears to be happy with the ‘federalisation of India’s polity,’ which, he says, has ‘enabled its conversion into a true democracy’. One can understand his point of view given that federalisation ...
  • Expanse of Federalism: South Asia Sui Generis?
    D Suba Chandran   ·    20 Jan, 2014   ·    4269
    PR Chari, in his commentary titled ‘Limits of Federalism' in South Asia, makes several important assertions on the nature of federalism evolving in the region. Both his assertions and the nature of evolution need larger debate a ...
  • Responding to Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: A Strategy for India
    Manpreet Sethi   ·    18 Jan, 2014   ·    4263
    In Pakistan’s nuclear strategy, the primary task of its nuclear weapons is not to deter India’s nuclear weapons, but to avoid an engagement with a superior military capability. Rawalpindi is aware of the risk of having to conf ...
  • India, Pakistan and Tactical Nuclear Weapons: What’s in a Name?
    Usman Ali Khan   ·    07 Jan, 2014   ·    4241
    India has chosen to fight at sub-conventional level but evidence in this regard is not taken into account. In a recent article, an author considered Pakistan’s development of the so-called tactical nuclear weapons. ‘Nuclear Insa ...
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