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    China-Japan-Korea: Tangled relationships

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
    Territorial disputes between China and Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea and between Japan and South Korea over the Takeshima/Dokdo islands in the Sea of Japan have, particularly in the second half of 2012, given rise to concerns about peace and security in North East Asia. Because China, Japan and South Korea
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    Sino-Indian border infrastructure: an update

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
    Improved infrastructure has a critical role in enabling a nation to apply military power. On the India-China border, there is a clear military imbalance-not just in terms of equipment and forces on the border but also in terms of the physical infrastructure.
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    Mumbai blasts: time to act

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    The Mumbai serial train blasts that killed over 200 persons and left more than 700 injured within a span of 11 minutes on July 11, 2006 is the most serious attack on the Indian state and its people since the attack on Parliament on December 13, 2001.
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    Effective legislation critical for fighting terror

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    Terrorism today poses the gravest threat to India’s sovereignty and integrity. It subverts the fundamental Rule of Law, denies rights to the citizens, endangers the social fabric, and threatens political and economic stability. This should not be allowed to happen. Such a determination can only be effectively expressed through comprehensive counter-terrorism legislation.
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    Terrorism and human rights

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2007
    The primary objectives of an effective counter-terrorism effort are to safeguard human rights, strengthen democracy and uphold the Rule of Law. The response to terrorism can neither be selective nor lead to unleashing a wave of unbridled repression, which would, as a consequence, enormously infringe upon the rights of the citizens.
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    A roadmap for RIC

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    The Russia-India-China (RIC) grouping is the only body that brings together the three largest Asian countries at a time when there is a churning in the existing security architecture in the region. But, RIC seems to have lost steam amidst the alphabet soup of multilaterals in which the three countries are engaged, despite some efforts lately to rejuvenate the forum.
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    Rising powers and the African security landscape

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    As the rising powers of China, Brazil, India and South Africa extend their economic engagement in Africa, they are also gradually becoming more involved in the African peace and security agenda. The four articles in this report describe and analyse how these rising powers are engaging with the African security landscape:
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    Tackling civil unrest: policing or redistribution?

    Microcon, 2008
    Using data from India, this briefing paper compares the effectiveness of redistributive transfers and policing in reducing conflict. It asks how policymakers can reduce and prevent civil unrest in highly unequal societies.
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    Of broken social contracts and ethnic violence: the case of Kashmir

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2005
    This paper examines the conflict in Kashmir, arguing that the main reason for political discontent and resort to violence has to do with repeated infringement of the social contract by the central government of India, acting often in tandem with the state government. It first considers the theoretical debates concerning nationalism and ethnicity.
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    Law and counterterrorism: the Prevention of Terrorism Act in a strategic dimension

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2004
    To date, India’s policy-level response to terrorism has been ad-hoc at best. The recently passed Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) attempts to address the most critical dilemma facing democracies – how to maintain security while upholding civil liberties.

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