m Courtesy: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
19 March 2015

Will Myanmar return to its violent past?

The Thein Sein government’s initial successes in Myanmar have eroded, as it vacillates between reform and a return to an authoritarian past. The violent suppression of student protestors this month will further impact the president’s re-election later this year. But will a new government continue the reforms and honour peace agreements with ethnic groups?

Hindu Bizline Courtesy: Business Line
19 March 2015

Repo rate cut — lost in transmission

Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House, has written an article commenting on the recent cut in the repo rate in India. This article has been republished by Business Line

Political indian Courtesy: The Political Indian
19 March 2015

Examining the Gilead deal

Kunal Nathwani, Research Intern, Gateway House, has written an article analyzing the Gilead Licensing Agreement with seven Indian Pharmaceutical Companies. This article has been republished by The Political Indian

Israel-India Courtesy: Wikimedia commons
12 March 2015

India-Israel: A renewed confluence?

Israeli defence minister Moshe Ya'alon’s recent offer of defence technology for Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India initiative may signal expanding bilateral relations, and it is an opportune moment for the two countries to consolidate long-term common ground in areas such as counter-intelligence and naval cooperation

Under the dome_India's daughter Courtesy: YouTube
12 March 2015

India, China and censorship

In the past week two documentaries that went viral in China and India were banned. In China, a documentary about pollution. In India, a documentary about the Nirbhaya rape incident in 2012. India's decision to ban the film suggests that the government's approach to censorship is starting to look more like China's