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11 April 2019

Canada in the Indo-Pacific

Canada, which has been slow to respond to a changing trans-Pacific neighbourhood, can join India and the ASEAN member states to embark on a trilateral dialogue on the Indo-Pacific’s importance in terms of political, strategic and other domains. An alignment in outlook can strengthen the security and prosperity of a region, currently mired in U.S.-China rivalries

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10 April 2019

Simply put: A new high in Maldives

An article by our Distinguished Fellow, Rajiv Bhatia, ‘Maldives’ new balance’ was quoted in The Indian Express. Read our article here. Read the Indian Express article here.

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9 April 2019

India’s Political Parties Vow to Tackle Pollution

Our Fellow in Energy and Environment Studies, Amit Bhandari was quoted in an article titled ‘India’s Political Parties Vow to Tackle Pollution’ in the International Oil Daily, published by the Energy Intelligence Group. Read the full report here.  

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4 April 2019

A critique of India’s Draft National e-Commerce Policy

The Draft Policy, issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade in February, is a welcome step for India and globally, but its all-inclusive definition of a fast, click-and-buy world requires some refining: is it intended to be an internet policy or a specific e-Commerce policy?

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4 April 2019

Japan’s G20 priorities

Solving global issues, such as climate change, working towards the Sustainable Development Goals, promoting free trade – these are some of Japan’s aims as president of the G20, says Hideki Asari, Charges d’Affaires ad Interim, Embassy of Japan, New Delhi, who was part of an India-Japan Dialogue organised by Gateway House recently

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2 April 2019

India & the influential SCO Energy Club

The main objective of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) Energy Club, when Russia formed it, was to market its member states’ substantial oil and natural gas reserves. This map shows some of the important natural gas pipelines, originating from Russia and its neighbouring countries that are not members of the SCO. What can India do to secure supplies from these abundant but currently inaccessible natural gas reserves?