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    The discontent in West Asia: implications for India

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    In the past, governments had succeeded in containing the spontaneous outbursts of crowds by a combination of force and temporary special measures. Nevertheless, the relative material deprivation combined with a perceived sense of injustice of the regime as reflected in the form of high corruption, and the growing Americanisation of Arab has ignited the long wounded Arabs on the street.
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    The African safari: understanding the Sino-Indian competition in Africa

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    China and India are now seriously competing with each other to engage resource-rich Africa, thus giving a new dimension to South-South relations. This essay illustrates that while India's trade with Africa dates back to the days of the Silk Road, China’s thrust into the area is rather recent, and is focused mostly in infrastructure.
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    Preventing terror attacks: role of human & technical intelligence in India

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    A study of terrorist attacks would show that a lot of in-depth planning goes into each major attack. Selection of the target in each case would be based on the needs and objectives of the terrorist organisation.
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    Strategic Partnerships: the European Union's quest for global clout

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    The European Union (EU) has revisited many of its external policies with the view to strengthen its relations with strategic partners in the developing world, and to boost its visibility as a pivotal political actor on the global stage.
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    Defence reforms and national security: managing threats and challenges to India

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    Among the world’s major democracies India faces the most complex threats and challenges spanning the full spectrum of conflict from nuclear to sub-conventional.
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    Linking India’s Northeast with Southeast Asia: significance of internal connectivity & backward integration

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2011
    Why is India’s Northeast (NE) region not able to gain the benefits from the growing India-Southeast Asia trade alliances? This paper clarifies that connectivity through the Northeastern states became a priority for India’s foreign policy in 2003, providing a new dimension to the Look East Policy (LEP).
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    Blue helmets for Africa: India’s peacekeeping in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    For the past 60 years, the United Nations has been keeping foes apart in strife-torn parts of the world, and rebuilding countries and communities afterwards. In the UN’s peace operations in Africa, India has been an active partner since its peacekeeping mission in the Congo in 1960.
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    India and Africa: towards a sustainable energy partnership

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    The depletion of hydrocarbon resources, due to unprecedented growth in energy demand from developing countries, concerns over the disruption of energy supplies arising from political instability in the Middle East and the emergence of energy ‘nationalism’ in some oil-producing states, has resulted in major and emerging economies shifting their focus to finding alternative energy sou
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    Global governance and the KAS guidelines: the view from India

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) guidelines are a framework for discussions on issues of global economic governance that could be relevant for all G-20 countries. This paper sets out to examine India’s approach to the guidelines against its internal and external policies and the general background of current changes and challenges in world economic governance.
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    The burdens of multilateral engagement and club diplomacy for middle-income countries: the case of South Africa in the Brics and the G-20

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    South Africa is a member of both the G-20 and the BRICS, which is a significant positioning for the country’s global strategy. This further enhances the country’s weight as Africa’s powerhouse. This membership occurs at a time when global governance is in a sustained state of flux, with no discernible leadership anchorage.

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