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24 January 2014

Jagriti Yatra: Building India through enterprise

Rediff.com published an article by Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House, on the Jagriti Yatra, a program that brings together people from different walks of life who are keen to be a part of nation building.

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23 January 2014

China is America’s biggest challenge

U.S. President Barack Obama’s focus on domestic issues has sidelined his country’s foreign policy at a time when China is ascending as a superpower. With China’s economy set to surpass the U.S.'s by 2017, a recent report presents a ‘grand strategy’ for the U.S. to counter China’s economic and strategic expansion

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23 January 2014

Film review: Frontier Gandhi’s Legacy

The Ministry of External Affairs republished Gateway House's Rajni Bakshi's review of the film 'The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan’. In the article, she says Badshah Khan drew on his spiritual Islamic moorings to show that non-violence could be a political weapon as well as a way of life

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18 January 2014

Controlling Cyberspace

The Indian economist republished an article by Gateway House's Dev Lewis looking at how the rights of internet users worldwide is under threat from watchful states

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16 January 2014

Bangladesh elections: was India right?

The return of the Awami League to power has generated protests and violence in Bangladesh. India’s support to the January 5 election was aimed at keeping at bay anti-India forces in Bangladesh, but anti-India sentiment in the country is high and fresh elections may throw up a result that does not suit New Delhi

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16 January 2014

India’s top security risks in 2014

What are the implications for India of the scaling down of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the continuing tension with China at the border, and the political turmoil in Bangladesh? How should India address these and other upheavals in its neighbourhood, which are potential challenges to the country’s security?

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16 January 2014

‘It is premature to make such attempts’

Vivek Katju, former Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan, says about India’s attempts to reintegrate the Afghan economy into the region. In an interview to Gateway House he also talks about why it will take time for Afghanistan to become a bridge for the flow of trade, and how the U.S.-Pakistan equation impacts India