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    Securing Afghanistan: historic sources of India's contemporary challenge

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
    Withdrawal of the Western security umbrella has problematised India's current development aid-led soft power approach in Afghanistan. This paper looks at the tensions that shape India's strategic thought in the region. The northwest frontier has traditionally defined India's territorial defence. In looking at historical debates regarding
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    Infrastructure challenges in India: the role of public-private partnerships

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    While India is the fourth largest economy in the world, a key Wfactor obstructing its growth and development is the lack of world class infrastructure. Estimates suggest that this lack
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    A new frontier: boosting India's military presence in outer space

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    India has had an active space programme for several decadesTechnology for socio-economic development has been emphasised from the time of its inception.
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    India-Japan economic partnership agreement: gains and future prospects

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2014
    Economic relations between India and Japan have improved in recent years. The signing in February 2011 of the India-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) Ehas further enhanced bilateral trade and investment relations between the two Asian giants.
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    Overcoming barriers to medicines production through south-south cooperation in Africa

    EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013
    Access to essential medicines is one of the key requirements for achieving equitable health systems and better population health. The number of people with regular access to essential medicines increased from 2.1 billion to about 4 billion between 1997 and 2002. However, access to medicines in sub-Saharan Africa remains low.
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    India-US defence relations: in search of a direction

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2011
    The strong reactions to the non-inclusion of American firms in a major Indian military procurement tender, in the backdrop of the proposed aggressive weapons sales by the Americans, paint a contrasting picture that could influence India-US defence relations in the near future. At the same
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    Oil supply routes in the Asia Pacific: China's strategic calculations

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2011
    Energy security forms the backbone of most economic and political policies of nations around the world. China is no exception and is increasingly following a multi-pronged global strategy - one where its economic priorities do not necessarily overlap with its foreign policies.
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    Indo-US agricultural cooperation from "Green" to "Evergreen" Revolution?

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2011
    Trade between India and the US has grown exponentially since India adopted economic reforms in the 1990/91 period. There still remains a huge potential for increasing the bilateral trade. Defence-related trade, high-tech trade, agriculture, investment in infrastructure and insurance, seem to be the foci of the US in India.
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    South Africa, the Indian Ocean and the IBSA-BRICS equation: reflections on geopolitical and strategic dimension

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2013
    South Africa's entry into the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) forum in 2011 alongside its membership in the trilateral forum of India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) raises a number of issues in the nature of trends analysis. These have to do with the relationships among the
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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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