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China’s One Belt One Road could be the Marshall Plan of the 21st century

With the global economy in a constant decline coupled with the gradual decline of the United States, and China constantly vying to replace it as the global hegemon, the answer lies in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The author seeks to illustrate how the OBOR is going to be the Marshall Plan of the 21st…
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Peace through Power

In this article, the author talks about the various strategies India should employ towards Pakistan, including all spheres of hard and soft power, from using diplomacy to isolate Pakistan internationally to putting economic pressure by restraining trade.
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India- UK Trade Relations

In this article Mr. Ankit Malhotra examines India and the United Kingdom who share a modern partnership bound by strong historical ties. Trade dialogue between superpowers inevitably takes time, but with the input and knowledge the relationship is set to make even more history.
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Saudi Arabian Oil Crisis, Reforms and Its Impact

In this article ,Danish, the author, discusses how the policy changes in Saudi Arabia due to oil crisis has had an impact on expatriates of other countries especially India.
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Local Content Policy: A Strategic Way Towards Economic Development of Mozambique

Elisa Salaúde, through her article talks about Local Content Policy (LCP) in Mozambique which has come into limelight after the discovery of vast amount of natural resources. In this article she presents a template of some important measures that can be included in Mozambique’s LCP. Read on…
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Book Review – South Asia in the New World Order: The role of regional cooperation, Shahid Javed Burki

In the book, Shahid Javed Burki, a Pakistani economist and social scientist talks about how India and other South Asian Countries could benefit from the new world order if they play their regional cooperation card carefully. As reviewed by Aditi Khemani.
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India’s Alternative Approach Towards African Market.

In this article, Atharva argues that despite the availability of abundance of mineral reserves in Africa, the country depends on foreign economic actors and investments owing to the lack of a sustainable manufacturing sector. This makes Africa prone to exploitation, by countries that look for an external source to uplift their consumer markets. However, the…
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India and Brexit

What does the post-Brexit aftermath imply for India? Richa Sekhani poses the question for India to assess what the possible short and long term implications can be. With Brexit decided, the British have dismantled the decision they had taken to join the common market in 1975 and have unwittingly opened a Pandora’s Box not only for…
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The Social-Justice Implications of Brexit

In the ongoing brouhuahua over Brexit, Kalyani Unkule tries to uniquely assess the impact on global social justice through the various consequences Brexit threatens to have on politics, trade relations, and the lives of the British people. Even as the political and economic fallout of the result of the Brexit referendum largely remain matters of…
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ECONOMY OF TURKMENISTAN: THE EVOLUTION

This essay, written by Ansh Bharadwaj, is a country study of Turkmenistan. He gives a comprehensive narrative on Turkmenistan’s economic trajectory in the wake of the socialist regime that took over after the country became independent of foreign control. The essay also throws light on the reforms introduced in the country and the challenges ahead.…
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“China’s One Belt One Road Initiative”: Analysis from an Indian Perspective

Reproduced from Economic and Political Weekly Issue Vol. 50. Issue No. 49, Dec 5, 2015 with the authors’ permission. The authors Geethanjali Nataraj (geethanjali@orfonline.org) and Richa Sekhani (richa.sekhani@orfonline.org) are with the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. The One Belt One Road initiative is the centrepiece of China’s foreign policy and domestic economic strategy. It aims…
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India-Afghanistan: A Tie from the Past

In this essay, Srilaxmi Sriram explores India’s historical relationship with Afghanistan and underlines the future potential as well as possible obstacles which can serve as deterrents in smooth economic and political relations. Afghanistan, as a rich land with abundant resources, has been a crucial area since the Mughal rule in India. Since that period, Afghanistan…
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